Barun is a Director with Mantran Consulting Pte Ltd. He was previously an Associate Director with the IT Advisory Practice of KPMG in Singapore.

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Trained as an Engineer with more than 10 years experience in IT and SAP security consulting services
Certified Information Security Auditor (CISA)
ITIL v3 certified professional
Trained on SAP GRC 5.3 (Approved Certified Professional) (ACP)

Barun has experience in serving clients globally across diverse industry segments. Barun has worked in various countries across Asia, Africa, Europe and North America.

Barun has executed and managed projects in various areas with a primary focus on SAP security and Information Security (IS) governance, risk and compliance.

His focus in the area of SAP security is as follows:
Post and pre implementation review – includes review of configuration settings, user authorisations, BASIS security, SoD conflicts and procedural controls
Authorisation and Segregation of Duties (SoD) design and review
Data migration review
Program risk management
SAP security training.

A selection of large projects he was involved in include:-

Natural resources company – Development of risk and controls matrix for supply process and conducting pilot supply audit
Pharmaceuticals company – Post implementation review of SAP systems across five countries (Africa, Switzerland, France, Belgium and UK)
Airlines company in Singapore – Post upgrade review of SAP system
Utilities company in Singapore – Post implementation review of SAP system including project management, data migration, user authorisations, configuration controls, customised reports and IT general controls
Oil and gas company in India – Post implementation review of SAP system
Automobiles company in India – Pre implementation review of SAP system, authorisations and SoD design, project risk management and training
Engineering conglomerate in India – Authorisations design, SoD design and training
Pharmaceuticals company in India – Authorisations and SoD review

Barun has also managed many projects involving IT general, BASIS security and IT automated controls review for clients using the SAP system.

Managing and Auditing Authorisations and BASIS ontrols in SAP.