George Gambourg - SAP authorization consultant / SAP Authorization Consulting

Hamburg, Germany

Experience

Apr 2024 - Present

1 year 4 months

Advising on SAP authorizations and governance
Conducting advice on governance, iteration support, and project coordination
Developing solutions for effective control and monitoring of SAP authorizations
Creating concepts and recommendations
Formulating detailed plans to improve assignment and management of SAP authorizations
Providing clear recommendations based on established methods and best practices
Creating and adjusting authorizations for MM including MDG/MDM as well as FI, PP including AIRC services within SAP Finance
Reviewing existing structures and processes
Analyzing and assessing current SAP authorization structures and processes
Identifying weaknesses and developing optimization strategies
Conducting training sessions and workshops
Planning and delivering trainings and workshops to raise awareness
Sharing knowledge in SAP authorizations, including role assignment, iteration support, and advising on role development in the pharmaceutical environment.

Feb 2023 - Apr 2023

3 months

Reviewing, revising, finalizing, and implementing the SAP authorization concept
Implementing agreed roles and permissions in SAP S/4HANA including Fiori
Adjusting authorizations for AICR/AIRC of the client (OData services like AIRC_DOC_SRV, AIRC_GROUP_SRV) within SAP S/4HANA Finance
Supporting the implementation of release 2 in terms of roles and permissions
Assisting in preparation for further rollouts
Coordinating project activities
Tracking schedules and tasks
Preparing and following up on project and regular meetings.

Oct 2022 - Feb 2023

5 months

Collaborating on design and development of SAP role and authorization concept and authorization management
Defining future authorization processes in operational business
Taking over activities from go-live onward.

Apr 2022 - Jul 2024

2 years 4 months

Providing advisory services in authorization management in SAP ECC and S/4HANA systems for P2P (Purchase to Pay) technical and warehouse/logistics including modules MM/WM/LE/LO
Responsible for authorization management in SAP procurement
Responsible for SAP job management in procurement
Operating and enhancing the supplier management process
Creating and maintaining regular reporting
Supporting authorizations for modules SD, FI, Enterprise Asset Management (EAM)
Assisting with critical authorizations including GRC workflow approvals
Working with the Ivalua application (settings, authorizations)
Supporting Data & Analytics for meter2cash processes
Handling service requests and incidents in JIRA and BASEIT
Adjusting authorizations including role changes and assignments and transporting with SAP Solution Manager to test and production systems.

Mar 2022 - Jun 2022

4 months

SAP authorization management in FI/CO modules and cross-modules like PPM, PS, SD, MM, CM, EAM (Asset Management)
Conducting detailed analysis and adjustment of SAP roles and authorizations
Analyzing and implementing findings in the area of authorizations from IT audits
Advising on management of FI and CO reports with ReportWriter
Presenting alternatives to SAP and Excel reports in Power BI, including macro conversion
Rolling out SAP to an Austrian GmbH with a German branch and supporting SAP users in Italy and Belgium.

Feb 2022 - Apr 2022

3 months

Supporting digitization of internal administrative services with focus on standardized internal administrative processes
Process analysis and definition of cross-service procedures
Supporting business process modeling in BPMN 2.0 for process design in 'Digital Administrative Services'
Requirements management to gather requirements for service processes and accessibility
Contributing to creation of requirements specification for tender
Defining and creating data model, client concept, roles and authorization concept
Evaluating concepts like IAM, AD, and USU-Valuemation
Preparing and participating in discussions with service providers and supporting technical go-live and data migration.

Nov 2021 - Dec 2022

1 year 2 months

Creating the service specification and preparing an EU-wide tender
Workshops and analysis of SAP modules HSM, FI, CO, CS, MM, and SD regarding personal data
Supporting the tender, answering queries, and assisting with award of contract.

Languages

German

Native

English

Advanced

Russian

Advanced

Education

Dec 2014 - Feb 2015