Asrar Ahamed MA

CEO

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India18 yrs 3 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • 18+ years of experience in enterprise architecture.
  • TOGAF 9.2 Certified Architect.
  • Expert in Business Intelligence and Data Analytics.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned Enterprise Architect specializing in Fintech and Retail analytics solutions.

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Skills

Core Skills

Financial Planning And Analysis (fp&a)It StrategySolution ArchitectureTogafProduct ManagementTechnical DesignSap Bi/bwSap Implementation

Other Skills

Cost-Benefit AnalysisSemantic ModelingResource ManagementGoogle Big QueryPower BIData AnalyticsData SynthesisAutomationSAPSharepointTableauDigital ArchitectureUser RequirementsBusiness Case PreparationSAP BW

About

18+yrs experienced and TOGAF 9.2 Certified Architect with a demonstrated history of working in the retail and health-care industries. Skilled in Define/Design/Execute of the enterprise-wide architectures. Specialized in establishing the data platforms to empower the business with industry standard Business Intelligence, Dashboarding and Data Analytics.

Experience

18 yrs 3 mos
Total Experience
6 yrs 1 mo
Average Tenure
10 yrs 9 mos
Current Experience

Walmart

4 roles

Senior Manager

Promoted

Jan 2022Present · 4 yrs 4 mos

  • Lead the successful implementation of the reporting and analytics for the Fintech-FP&A business on the combination of Google Big Query + Power BI platforms.
  • Established the team at IDC, Bangalore. Lead the team to grow from zero to 19 associates across technologies of GCP, Node.JS, React.JS and Power BI in 3 different locations Bangalore, Chennai and Bentonville(USA)
  • Set the reporting strategy for Fintech teams contributing to the vision of the reporting & analytics as a platform enabling agentic AI capabilities.
  • Delivered the flagship Daily Sales Trackers for all segments to senior finance leadership (all CxOs) by synthesizing all the enterprise level data every day with an automated delivery before 6 AM. These DSTs are curated across the channel, merchandize and location hierarchies providing one single view to the business on 5 Line KPIs.
  • Set a single window access to all financial insights through “Finance Data Hub” with automated RBAC controls. This brought various reporting tools (SAP, Power BI, Sharepoint and Tableau) into an Omni experience to the users.
  • Delivered and operated 40+ semantic models across the business segments of Walmart, Sams, International and Corporate by enabling them with self service capabilities for quick analysis of the data.
  • Lead the automation of all 110+ FP&A reports to the business, on their set frequency, saving 4500+ hrs each year and achieving consistency and accuracy at 99.7%
  • Established cloud optimization strategies and lead cloud cost saving initiatives. The Workload Placement Recommendation engine won the runners-up trophy in Global Techathon-2024.
  • Lead the Campus hiring engagements with all North-Zone colleges/universities in India.
  • Active member of the IDC-Bangalore, POSH Internal Committee as mandated by the govt.
  • Fostered a culture of innovation in the team. Lead the successful execution of POCs like CI/CD for Power BI : Enabling Git controlled development and deployment of Power BI.
Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A)Cost-Benefit AnalysisSemantic ModelingIT StrategyResource Management

Senior Engineer / BI Architect

Feb 2019Dec 2021 · 2 yrs 10 mos

  • Implemented multiple reporting and data solutions for international business units in Walmart. viz, Walmart China, ASDA-George, Walmart US, Mexico and South Africa
  • Delivered a architecture framework of analytics and reporting for Walmart South Africa (Massmart) to drive their data strategy.
  • Devised a technical maintenance strategy for 3 business divisions of Massmart to execute the roadmap on SAP BW/HANA systems.
  • Designed a data architecture on cloud platform for Walmart India on Azure.
  • Synthesized current business intelligence data on HANA to produce reports and polished presentations, highlighting findings and recommending changes through Microsoft Power BI for Walmart India Market.
TOGAFTechnical DesignSolution ArchitectureDigital ArchitectureUser RequirementsBusiness Case Preparation

Associate Product Manager

Promoted

Jun 2015Jan 2019 · 3 yrs 7 mos

  • Lead a scrum squad to deliver a host of business critical analytics for George.com(ASDA)
  • This included a list of 21 dashboards/reports for operational and strategic purposes
  • Lead the complete design and Implementation of a merchandise planning solution to derive open-to-buy value for each category at segment and channel level for George.
  • This is a complete suite of solutions including planning and dashboarding capabilities
  • Delivered highly complex Allowance Management Reporting solutions to Walmart China and ASDA which helped centralizing all the vendor negotiations and end-to-end tracking of rebates accrued.
  • Provided business analytics to Walmart China through PROFIT program implemented in SAP/BW. This is one of the biggest finance programs in Walmart enabling all the financial analysis for reconciliation, reporting, Consolidation and month-end closing.
Technical DesignUser Requirementsscrum squad leadProduct ManagementProduct Road Mapping

Senior Business Analyst

Apr 2015May 2015 · 1 mo

Technical DesignUser Requirements

Nobel biocare

SAP Consultant

Sep 2012Mar 2015 · 2 yrs 6 mos · Mumbai Metropolitan Region

  • Lead the implementation of new business intelligence tools on SAP BW/BI, SAP Portal, SAP Bex and drive them through to their implementation.
  • Lead and managed a team of 8 for end-to-end delivery of the reporting strategy.
  • Drafted strategic business intelligence roadmap, complete with data governance policies and tactical information safeguards. This was designed to have a centralized KPI control on top-down approach of analytical reporting across all the markets in APAC, EU, Australia and USA
  • Primary point of contact to specific BI requests from various business markets in APAC region for Nobel Biocare and deriving their requirements into various reporting solutions
  • Liaised with DevOps team contracted to CapGemini to integrate business intelligence assets into future development lifecycles.
  • Developed intelligence-sharing dashboards, providing company-wide access to collected data.
Technical DesignUser RequirementsSolution ArchitectureSAP BI/BWSAP HANA

Infosys

4 roles

Associate Consultant

Promoted

Mar 2011Sep 2012 · 1 yr 6 mos

  • Lead a team of consultants on-site at various locations of the Novartis Healthcare in Germany, India and USA
  • Worked as a Reporting Delivery spoc for Sandoz India Pvt Ltd, leading a team of 6 developers for a green field solution implementation.
  • Evaluated diverse organizational systems to identify workflows and put governance reporting on these processes.
  • Acted as an area spoc for procurement analytics for Sandoz Healthcare USA Llc.
  • Solution architect to provide the reconciliation of insurance chargebacks to Sandoz.
  • Created a host of reports on Sales, Purchase and Finance areas as an SAP Developer
  • Implemented applications for master data management on SAP Web Dynpro
  • Played multiple roles as a software engineer, business analyst and Support tech lead at off-shore locations at Infosys, Pune.
  • Designed and deployed various planning applications to handle the insurance chargebacks in the healthcare industry.
Technical DesignUser RequirementsSAP ImplementationSAP Development

Associate Business Analyst

Oct 2010Feb 2011 · 4 mos

Sr. Systems Engineer

Promoted

Oct 2009Sep 2010 · 11 mos

Software Engineer

Jun 2007Sep 2009 · 2 yrs 3 mos

Education

Institute of Management Technology, Ghaziabad

Postgraduate Degree — Business Analytics

May 2026Present

Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University

B. Tech

Jan 2003Jan 2007

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