Detail-focused, capable and motivated Business Objects Developer with 15 years of progressive business intelligence experience. Skilled in developing business objects, universes and reports with precision and strong attention to detail. Adept in creating dashboards and scorecards based on detailed specifications while working in conjunction with management to reach noted goals. Capable of effectively maintaining existing applications to keep them updated. Thrive both in dynamic team settings as well as in an independent contributor capacity. Proven work ethic, paired with superb service delivery and decision making skills. Resourceful and adaptable, able to foster positive relations amongst management, colleagues and stakeholders. Swift learner, able to absorb new ideas and thrive under pressure in a fast-paced, high-pressure setting. Exude confidence in seeking a career that will offer longevity and advancement opportunities. In pursuance of a challenging, exciting new Business Objects Developer or Report Writer role that will allow for extensive leverage of experience.

Relationship Building | Leadership | Time Management | Problem Solving | Analytical Thinking | Business Objects XI 4.1

MS Office | SAP | SQL Server 2010 | Oracle Report 9i/10g | SSRS | Tableau | DataWarehouse | Universe & Report Design

UAT | Database Query | Web Intelligence | Organization | Cross-Functional Teamwork | Interpersonal Communication

         Develop and deploy Webi Reports and dashboards for the boroughs Adult Social Care directorates suite of reports

         Help manage the 250M adult social care annual budgets, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and statutory returns

         Create and deliver Executive Dashboards for Senior Management use

         Devise a reporting system to allow Adult Social Care of both boroughs to reconcile 85M and 75M commissioned service provisions, respectively, from the corporate SQL Server relational database; manage the Oracle Payment system

         Troubleshoot and fix errors in reports, dashboards and universes as needed

         Design a comprehensive business intelligence system to help the boroughs identify and recover a portion of 161M in overpayment and fraud of welfare benefits under the National Fraud Initiative (NFI)

         Publish reports to the Central Management Console; schedule and export reports in varied formats

         Analyze operations to note risk factors and seek out possibilities for process improvement

         Promote best practices in data analysis and reporting; train users accordingly in using SAP Business Objects 4.1

         Test new migrated SAP Business Objects XI 4.1Web Intelligence reports and Universes/DataMart while developing and quality testing systems prior to them being made available for user acceptance testing (UAT)

         Develop Webi reports, e.g. On-Demand, Audit, Ad-Hoc, Summary, Sub-, dynamic grouping, Cross-Tab, graphical, etc.

         Call on advanced reporting functions including Master Detailed, Drill, Filters, Ranking, Sections, Graphs and Breaks

         Worked with Directors, Heads of Service, Functional Managers and end-users to gather reporting requirements used to implement business logic; successfully executed a reporting system to satisfy the needs of all units

         Crafted and presently maintain universes to support ad-hoc queries and canned reports according to business requirements

         Developed and set forth Webi Reports and dashboards for the boroughs Children and Families directorates

         Worked across a suite of reports to assist them in managing 160M in social care annual budgets, Key Performance Indicators (KPI) and statutory returns

         Evaluated management data for various teams across the directorates

         Analyzed current universes to determine if data was available to use in creating reporting requirements

         Designed and maintained new and existing universes/DataMart; created joins, cardinalities and additional classes, objects and condition objects

         Liaised with subject matter experts and project teams to define, organize, document and deliver reporting requirements

         Scheduled reports using Infoview scheduler and CMC

         Cooperated with cross-functional team members to suggest technical solutions to business and/or system concerns; included making technical recommendations for more efficient troubleshooting

         Critically evaluated reporting requirements for local authorities using business analysis processes; completed interviews, user-group meetings and requirement workshops

         Evaluated a management information strategy for the councils

         Project managed the reporting of the Children and Family Social Care directorates to prepare for the statutory OFSTED and other KPIs including council benchmarking

         Gap-analyzed business and system requirements within both councils; ensured congruent and integrity-focused data

         Led training and guidance efforts within cross-functional teams to discuss master data processes and the impact of master data across SAP functions

         Worked will all groups to create data records so groups could use the data to ensure integrity

         Review benchmark report data specific to internal process to rectify missing or incorrect data

         Discussed relevant policies to identify and document requirements; prioritize and schedule activities and make suggestions for actions that reduce organizational risk, as well as align with both strategic objectives and functional requirements

         Communicate regularly with Team Supervisors regarding reporting requirements and data integrity matters

         Developed and reviewed Business Object Universes for Essex County Council, Kent County Council, Jewish Care London, The Learning Trust Hackney, London Boroughs of Lambeth, Hammersmith and Fulham, Lewisham and Merton

         Crafted comprehensive management information reports using SSRS; worked with clients across all phases of Business Object development

         Created and tested Business Objects reports, created formulas and variables, as well as combined queries and sub-queries

         Called on prompts to restrict data with complex filters; apply condition and filters and displayed data with tables and charts

         Utilized breaks and sections, made and formatted Crosstab and master detail reports, used default/custom sorts, saw top-bottom values for ranking data and used Alerter to showcase content, input and output contexts

         Formulated intricate reports by linking data from various providers and sources

         Synchronized data with merged dimensions and force merge; also scheduled web intelligence documentation, set web intelligence drill options and scope levels for analyses

         Trained end-users in report writing using SAP Business Objects; helped the transfer of the system to authority

         Troubleshot common errors in Business Objects, created optional prompts, tracked data, entered hyperlinks in reports and handled input controls

Master of Science, Computing & Information Systems, University of Greenwich

Postgraduate Diploma, Management Studies, University of East London

Diploma, Journalism, Ghana Institute of Journalism