Ibrahim Ali
Lead Business Systems Analyst | ERP Transformation • SAP S/4HANA • Workday • Financial Process Automation • SAFe Agile Delivery
- Role
- Lead Business Analyst at Creative Artists Agency
- Location
- Los Angeles, CA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Ibrahim Ali
I help companies untangle complex financial operations. Whether it’s automating deal-to-cash flows, streamlining month-end close, or building dashboards that actually drive decisions—I bridge the gap between finance, systems, and strategy.I’ve led high-impact projects at top media and tech companies, focusing on ERP migrations (SAP, Workday), reporting automation, and process design. I’m fluent in Excel models, BI tools (Tableau, Power BI), and translating business needs into scalable solutions.
Experience
Lead Business Analyst
Sep 2024 — Present · Los Angeles, CA, US
Led the design and implementation of a global contract and financial-automation platform supporting NBA and NCAA operations.Partnered with Finance, Legal, and Engineering to automate deal-to-cash, approval, and payment workflows integrated with SAP, improving accuracy and turnaround time.Gathered and translated business requirements into functional specifications, mapping workflows and user stories across multiple sports verticals.Participated in Program Increment (PI) planning sessions under a SAFe Agile framework, coordinating sprint objectives, dependencies, and feature alignment across distributed squads.Authored user stories, acceptance criteria, and functional documentation in JIRA / Confluence to support Agile delivery cycles.Directed sprint planning, backlog prioritization, defect triage, and release-readiness sessions, coordinating updates to executive stakeholders.Configured system logic for compensation, billing exports, and approval hierarchies, ensuring compliance and financial data integrity.Established governance and change-control frameworks for regression testing, documentation, and release validation to maintain stability and audit compliance.Designed Tableau and Workday Adaptive dashboards for agent revenue, forecasting, and spend analytics, providing unified global visibility to finance leadership.Collaborated with global finance teams to standardize reporting structures and financial data models, aligning regional reporting with enterprise standards.
Education
George Mason University
Bachelor of Science - BS, Business/Managerial Economics
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