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Asmita Abhyankar

CANADA, Calgary,AB

Summary

Asmita is a seasoned Information Security and GRC Professional with 15+ years of experience in Information Security, SAP S4 HANA Security, SAP Governance Risk & Compliance (GRC), ITGC Security and SOX Audit.

Out of 15 years, Asmita spent 11 years as SAP Security advisor in the Canadian market and 4 years in the Indian market.

Key Security experience areas include:

  • SAP S/4 HANA & SAP Cloud enterprise security
  • Identity Access Management & SSO,
  • SAP GRC design & implementation,
  • SAP Security integration & architecture,
  • ITGC SOX Controls lifecycle & reviews.

Industry experience includes: Energy, Resources & Transportation clients.

Organizational Experience: SOWs, Conducting Interviews, Trainings, Project Effort Estimations, Practice Building.

Overview

14
14
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

SAP Security and GRC SOX Senior Advisor

Cenovus Energy
03.2018 - Current


Role: Leading the SAP Security & GRC streams to Implementing Enterprise SAP S4 HANA & Cloud Security Strategy across SAP Landscape as part of Cenovus' Cloud migration transformation

  • Developed overall Security strategy including IAM & SSO strategy for Cenovus' SAP ecosystem by liaisoning with various business stakeholders & SI partners ( EY, IBM,Accenture)
  • Led the Security Role Design workshops for Finance, MM, PM & HR areas across S4 HANA Landscape
  • Developed and implemented the Security Governance & SOX Framework and process maps through workshops with key stakeholders across SAP S4 and Cloud environments
  • Performed Workshops to gathering business & configuration requirements for ARM, ARA, EAM Modules
  • Conducted sessions with Business & SOX teams to design & finalize the GRC ruleset for Finance, SD and MM areas for SAP applications like S4 HANA, BTP, Successfactors, Workforce, Ariba, Fieldglass, SAC & Datasphere
  • Created remediation and mitigation plan for outstanding SAP access risks resolution
  • Engaged in reviewing IT Security control designs across various Business Functions


SAP Security & GRC Architect

CP Rail
03.2017 - 12.2017

Role: Led the SAP Security & GRC streams to Implementing a comprehensive SAP Security RBAC model for CRM, SRM, PO, TM & Solman

  • Troubleshooted SAP HR Security issues with structural authorizations
  • Implemented SAP BOBJ & BPC Security Role design
  • Implemented SAP BW 7.3 Security Analysis authorization
  • Implemented SAP Fiori/Gateway Security by designing catalogs and groups belonging to various SAP modules

SAP Security and GRC Architect

IBM Canada
08.2016 - 12.2016

Role : Led SAP GRC stream to remediate SOX deficiencies as part of annual SAP Security review

  • Enhanced the existing SOX Controls and developing new ones to prevent SOX issues
  • Worked closely with internal and external auditors to identify, mitigate/remediate the SOX issues
  • Identified of SOX issues in roles and remediating them through RBAC role modifications
  • Remediated of various SOX deficiencies identified by the audit
  • Extensive interaction with Finance business and Security Operations

SAP Security and GRC Consultant

IBM Canada Ltd.
01.2014 - 06.2016


Role: Managed SAP GRC service operations

  • Produced Risk analysis Reports on User and roles to identify existing SoD violations and discuss with Finance governance to carry out bi-yearly audits to review exiting Mitigation assignments and carrying out remediation work
  • Used real-time data and Management reports retain an offline history of SoD status
  • Worked extensively on Firefighter owner, controller, ID setup and management including the controller workflow in GRC10.x
  • Administered GRC requests to allow Template role provisioning on Positions and Users
  • Maintained/troubleshooted MSMP workflow to allow customization of workflow approval steps and to stay SAP Audit compliant
  • Created template assignment approval workflows for Non ABAP systems to facilitate manual provisioning
  • Scheduling/Administering Synchronization Jobs to manage Data sync between GRC and Satellite systems including User/Role/profile repository data, Transaction log data and FF controller workflow job


SAP Security and GRC Consultant

IBM Global Business Services
07.2010 - 12.2013

Role: SAP Security & GRC platform - Projects / managed service

  • Understood client requirements and implemented SAP security for newly created business units, modifying existing setups to fulfill business needs.
  • User & Role mgmt. across (SAP R3, HR, SAP BW, SAP CRM, Solution Manager, GRC, APO, etc.) with strict adherence to SOX controls.
  • Created structural authorizations (PD profiles) for hierarchy-based authorizations in SAP HR.
  • Prepared quarterly and annual audit reports to comply with SOX control requirements for internal as well as external audits.
  • Ensured on-time delivery to meet Service Level Adherences (SLAs) and Service Level Objectives (SLOs).
  • Was thorough in ALE concepts and experienced in implementing HR data flow from ECC to non-ECC systems through the ALE Distribution model.

Education

Bachelor of Engineering - Instrumentation Engineering

Cummins College of Engineering
Pune, India
06.2010

Class XII - Science Stream (non-medical)

Fergusson College
Pune, India
02.2006

Skills

  • S4 HANA Security , SAP ECC Security
  • Successfactors & Workforce Security
  • IAS/ IPS/ Workzone/ BTP Security & Integrations
  • SAP HCM Security & Structural Authorizations
  • Ariba, Fieldglass, SAC & DataSphere Security
  • GRC - GRC AC10x, SAP GRC 12
  • IAM - NetIQ, Okta Integration with SAP
  • Pathlock AVM
  • Fiori Security , Portal Security

Certification

SAP GRC Certified

Personal Information

Citizenship: Canadian Citizen

Timeline

SAP Security and GRC SOX Senior Advisor

Cenovus Energy
03.2018 - Current

SAP Security & GRC Architect

CP Rail
03.2017 - 12.2017

SAP Security and GRC Architect

IBM Canada
08.2016 - 12.2016

SAP Security and GRC Consultant

IBM Canada Ltd.
01.2014 - 06.2016

SAP Security and GRC Consultant

IBM Global Business Services
07.2010 - 12.2013

Bachelor of Engineering - Instrumentation Engineering

Cummins College of Engineering

Class XII - Science Stream (non-medical)

Fergusson College
Asmita Abhyankar