Aaftab Ahmad

About Aaftab Ahmad

Analytics professional with a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Applications and 6+ years of experience delivering data-driven insights across e-commerce, export-import, and financial analytics domains.Earlier experience spans progressive roles as a Senior MIS Executive, Data Analyst, and Freelance Analytics Consultant across export, e-commerce, and financial trading domains. This journey reflects a transition from business operations and market analytics to advanced, solution-oriented data analysis. Experience includes supporting international business expansion, performance and revenue analysis, and building data-driven dashboards for business teams. In the freelance phase, this evolved into delivering end-to-end analytics solutions for traders—combining live performance monitoring, historical strategy analysis, and comparative insights to enable risk-aware, data-backed decision-making.Currently working as a Consultant at Deloitte, supporting a large-scale global client in the payments and financial services ecosystem. Plays a key role in maintaining and governing critical business metrics across multiple regions, enabling leadership-level business reviews through performance analysis, variance identification, and actionable insights.In addition to recurring analytics and reporting, actively involved in automation and analytics solution development—partnering with business stakeholders to translate requirements into scalable data solutions and dashboards that provide end-to-end visibility into business performance.Also contributes to cross-functional programs, including data enablement initiatives for advanced analytics and GenAI projects, acting as a bridge between business, BI, and analytics teams to ensure data readiness, alignment, and timely delivery.Core expertise includes SQL, Python, Excel, Power BI, Amazon QuickSight, and cloud-based data platforms, with strong experience working closely with senior leaders to support decision-making and solve complex business problems.Focused on creating measurable business impact through analytics and consulting, with a strong interest in continuous learning, expanding technical depth, and developing leadership and people-management capabilities.

Experience

1. Consultant Data & Analytics Deloitte

   Deloitte

   May 2025 — Present · Bengaluru, IN

   Supporting a large-scale global client within the payments and financial services ecosystem by enabling data-driven decision-making across multiple regions.Plays a key role in governing critical business metrics used in leadership-level business reviews, supporting senior stakeholders with performance insights, variance analysis, and trend interpretation to identify gaps and improvement opportunities.Leads analytical discussions with business owners to shape problem statements and define analytics requirements, translating business needs into scalable data and reporting solutions in collaboration with BI and data engineering teams.Drives automation and analytics enablement initiatives to improve reporting efficiency, data consistency, and metric standardization across business functions.Contributes to cross-functional programs, including data enablement for advanced analytics and GenAI initiatives, acting as a coordination bridge between business, BI, and analytics teams to ensure alignment, clarity, and timely execution.Provides strategic and ad-hoc analysis to support planning, reviews, and leadership decision-making, with a strong focus on business impact, stakeholder collaboration, and continuous improvement.

Education

• Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS)

  Diploma in Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies

  2018 — 2019

• Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS)

  Management & Soft Skills, Business and Social Skills

• Jai Narain Vyas University (JNVU), Jodhpur

  Bachelor's degree, Computer Application