Wes Harrison

  • SAP Security Analyst
  • Carpentersville, IL
  • Member Since Mar 21, 2023

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Wes Harrison

 

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ERP Security Analysis and Access Control

 

Meticulous Security Analyst who engages in complex assignments, meets tight deadlines and delivers superior performance. Possesses practical knowledge in governance, risk, compliance and access administration. Employs strong risk management and analytical skills to design solutions to support the current and future needs of the business. Core competencies include:

 

Segregation of Duties (SoD) Analysis  ▪  Compliance Reporting  ▪  Mitigating Controls  ▪  User Administration

 ▪  Role Development  ▪  Access Request Management  ▪  Procedural Writing

 

 

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

 

ACCO Brands ▪ May 2015 – Present

One of the world’s largest suppliers of branded school, office and consumer products and print finishing solutions.

 

IT Access Control Analyst

Administers ERP systems including: SAP, Oracle, DCMS, and Manugistics. Manages day-to-day provisioning of internal and external user access requests. Assures all internal access requests or approved equivalents are submitted via a central request process, verifying requests are reviewed and approved prior to completion. Assists in the design of security roles for the SAP ECC 6.0 environment. Responsible throughout the year to perform logical security reviews/audits, including communicating security risks, metrics, exceptions and recommendations to management. Assumes ownership for IT General Controls in the areas of user access, provisioning and terminations. Participates in the development of security procedures, policies and SOP documentation for ERP applications.

 

▪  Designed and built a solution to automate segregation of duties analysis for our ERP systems which has reduced risk and time spent reviewing access requests by 50%.

▪  Subject matter expert for the implementation of our Identity and Access Management solution.

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John Deere (contracted by VOLT Information Sciences) ▪ June 2013 – May 2015

A world leader in agricultural, construction and forestry machinery.

 

SAP Security Analyst

Responsible for global SAP user administration. Evaluated access requests and approvals for compliance purposes. Analyzed and resolved access and authorization issues. Provisioned and de-provisioned access manually and through the use of SAP GRC. Processed security requests, out of a service desk queue, within the parameters defined by enterprise service level agreements.

 

▪  Was a lead security analyst for Product Development implementations. Set up security access for thousands of test users on a global scale. Coordinated with business project managers and security agents to determine the best approach for completing objectives within tight deadlines. Remotely support business access needs during cycle testing and go-live operations.

▪  Created a new work process and service queue to assist with triaging access requests effectively reducing turnaround times by two days.

▪  Developed LSMW recordings to reset passwords and update user master records on a mass scale.

 

 

 

 

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Deer Creek – Mackinaw CUSD #701 ▪ February 2012 – August 2013

School district in central Illinois.

 

District Technology Assistant

Responsible for installing, modifying and upgrading computer hardware and software for over 300 computers district-wide. Maintained virus protection, OS service packs, software updates as required. Provided efficient back-up and disaster recovery options by designing and deploying customized disk images. Troubleshot and resolved hardware, software, network, and printer issues reported by the faculty.

 

▪  Saved the district $12,000, in hardware costs, by acquiring 60 newer computers through an outreach program.

▪  Moved onto the Google Drive platform to reduce the faculty data storage footprint on servers by 25%.

▪  Conducted technology demonstrations and training for staff to enhance productivity.

 

 

EDUCATION

 

Illinois Central College

2009 ▪ Associate’s Degree in Network Administration

TECHINCAL SKILLS

 

SAP (ECC 6.0 and BW)  ▪  SAP HANA  ▪  SAP GRC  ▪  SAP VIRSA Compliance Calibrator  ▪  Oracle  ▪  Microsoft Office Suite: advanced Excel  ▪  Word  ▪  PowerPoint  ▪  Outlook  ▪  CA Service Desk Manager  ▪  BMC Remedy  ▪  Java  ▪  Skype for Business