Global Risk Operations 

January 2024 to November 2024
- Helped 6 students get admission to their school of choice in Europe and the US for the MiM and MBA program.
- Helped 2 B2B clients, and 1 B2C client build their brand value, increasing following by 3x on Instagram and 1.7x for LinkedIn, and boost revenue on average by 1.4X

September 2023 to December 2023
- 4 month Career Break

A little bit of this & that

Ingenico

I help develop innovative business models for new products in Crypto, Low-Code No-Code, Instant & Biometric Payments, and Autonomous Retail space. 

My day-to-day activities involve conducting extensive market research and competitor analysis, identifying strategic partners, and creating go-to-market solutions. 

I also develop & execute marketing campaigns across videos, blogs, and webinars for new product launches & external communication. 

I also cold-call and email potential partners globally to forge highly effective synergies between disruptive innovation projects.

Innovation & Marketing Operations

Transformation Factory

As a Marketing and Communications Intern working closely with the CEO, I worked on growing the customer base through a custom marketing plan and boosted LinkedIn page visits by 300% with targeted content. To further enhance the customer experience and onboard more clients, I reinvented our website for international clients by optimizing it for SEO and removing any slow JSS scripts.

Marketing and Branding Intern

Deloitte Consulting

• $10 Million SAP Implementation for German Automotive clients for their new SAP System across multiple European and APAClocations, ensuring successful project delivery and adherence to budgetary constraints

• Deployed wide-scale consolidations of legacy ERP systems into a single ERP based on SAP S/4HANA

• Optimized EWM & SCM business processes by 20% by automation in modules by mapping new solutions to their business goals

• Trained 70+ new hires on SAP S/4HANA and received the Best Team award at on-site training simulations at DeloitteUniversity, demonstrating expertise in training and knowledge transfer

Business Technology Analyst

The Souled Store Pvt. Ltd.

• Designed various merchandise including but not limited to T-Shirts, Posters, Mugs, Fridge Magnets, etc

Freelance Graphic Designer

Hardluck

♦ Designed various products such as T-shirts, Hoodies, Posters et cetera for different student bodies at MIT Manipal

Creative Head

Webloom Solutions

♦ Designed UI/UX for Android application of LEUK, an in house project
♦ Designed Flyers, Posters, Banners for Clients and Student Body Clubs of MIT, Manipal
♦ Designed Merchandise for The Loom Store

Graphic Designer

Arif is a seasoned professional with a proven track record in the Innovation, Marketing, Operations, and Consulting domains at Ingenico and Deloitte.

With a career dedicated to the tech industry, Arif has navigated corporate and startup landscapes across India and France, contributing significantly to advancing technology-driven initiatives. 

Beyond his professional endeavours, Arif has also coached 100+ students, freshers and young professionals on choosing and applying to their dream study abroad programs or making career transitions from one industry to another.

Here on LinkedIn, Arif regularly shares insights and lessons on Marketing, Storytelling, Growth Mindset, and how you can make a great life for yourself.

Outside work, he finds solace in fiction, through the pages of a gripping novel or as he works on his crime thriller masterpiece. 

When not immersed in books, Arif enjoys indulging his culinary creativity in the kitchen, whipping up delicious cuisines to delight his palate.

Cheers 🙌

Syed Arif Ahmad

Deloitte India (Offices of the US)

• Spearheaded BI Reporting initiatives for a renowned industry leader in the Agricultural Commodities market, overseeing their North America business
• Delivered a robust portfolio of 50+ reports on Profit & Loss, Mark-To-Market and Position, leveraging niche expertise in SAP's ACM solution
• Orchestrated the collection of business requirements and prepared exhaustive Functional Design Specifications for technical teams
• Reduced data errors in BI Reports by 95% through meticulous execution of rigorous test plans during Functional Unit Testing
• Managed a team of 4 in the end-to-end deployment process, from Requirement Gathering through Post Go-Live Support, ensuring utmost client satisfaction

Functional Consultant

• Developed advanced BI Reporting solutions for a prominent player in the Consumer Goods sector, offering in-depth insights into their global operations
• Built a comprehensive framework of 200+ SAP HANA calculation views for R2R Webi Reports to facilitate Cost & Profitability Analysis
• Implemented cutting-edge performance optimization techniques to process ~2TB of data and improved report runtime by 30%
• Created Microsoft Visio diagrams illustrating backend data models to streamline the document sign-off process and expedite client approval
• Coordinated with business owners and cross-functional teams to resolve 350+ defects and incidents with precision and an average turnaround time of 1 day

Technical Analyst

Tata Consultancy Services

Designed a Graphical User Interface that generates YAML-based templates to deploy Virtual Network Functions within the OpenStack ecosystem

Project Intern

I am a multifaceted Techno-Functional Consultant with an extensive exposure to Data Analytics projects within large-scale SAP transformation programs.

With 5 years of experience in a Big 4 Consulting firm, I have adeptly collaborated with a wide array of business stakeholders to assess their intricate reporting needs and successfully driven the delivery of comprehensive Business Intelligence Reports that represent vital metrics and KPIs pertaining to Finance and Risk Analytics.

I am proficient in analyzing business processes and data flows within SAP ERP framework and my expertise lies in translating client requirements into actionable functional specifications for SAP's suite of Analytics solutions.

CORE COMPETENCIES:
Stakeholder Management, Business Analysis, Requirement Gathering/Elicitation, Gap Analysis, Data Modeling, Business Intelligence Reporting, Visualization, Functional Unit Testing, User Acceptance Testing

TECHNICAL SKILLS:
• Data Analytics Tools - SAP Enterprise HANA, SAP BusinessObjects, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Power BI, Tableau
• Functional Modules - SAP ACM (Agricultural Contract Management) 
• Application Lifecycle Management Tools - ALM Octane, HP ALM/Quality Center

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