OneStream Consultant

Muhammed Asif

Profile

With over ** years of EPM solutions design and implementation experience, Muhammed is analytical, adaptable, and adept at selecting business tools for high-value solutions. He excels in aligning end-user needs with long-term resolutions and is a skilled communicator, fostering strong relationships across functions for strategic operations. A lively team player, he handles pressure well and diligently achieves project goals. Muhammed has demonstrated effective communication and success in high-stress situations in over 50+ EPM implementation projects. With rich experience in both private and public sectors, in financial planning and business intelligence project management, he has led many successful implementations across diverse industries, managing teams of various sizes and skill sets.

Professional Experience

Accordion Partners

Solution Lead

02/2024 – 02/2025

Clients: Surgery Partners, Cordis

Project:

Migrate the OneStream application to its Cloud version, while enhancing workflows and adding an additional dimension.

Account Reconciliation / Transactions Matching

Responsibilities:

Developed Workflows, Dashboards, CubeViews, data sources, and transformation rules

Enhanced metadata to support additional dimensionality and data transformation.

Provided assistance with data validation.

MindStream Analytics

Senior Consultant

10/2021 – 10/2023

Clients: TransDIGM, GSA, Flow Control Group, UniVar, Sonny’s

Project: Assisted in implementing complex planning, budgeting, and reporting solutions using OneStream XF

Responsibilities:

Designed and developed an integrated planning application with complex dashboarding

Designed and implemented a people planning application with complex calculations and mapping

Updated and developed metadata, dashboards, cube views, business rules, data sources, and transformation rules

Set up People Planning and its related calculations

Created the administrator guide

Conducted and resolved user testing issues

Created workflows to enhance security around the people planning register

OneStream Software

Senior Consultant

09/2019 – 05/2021

Clients: LinkedIn, Momentive, Equipment Depot Inc., OS Internal

Project: Participated in a program to replace BPC consolidations with OneStream XF

Implementation: Assisted in integrating a planning application with OneStream XF, providing a systematic and process-driven solution for budgeting, forecasting, analysis, and reporting related to business management and operations

Responsibilities:

Created data sources and transformation rules

Updated metadata and developed cube view reporting

Set up People Planning and created associated business rules

Authored the administrator guide

Facilitated the data validation process and resolved data validation errors

Clarity Partners

Senior Manager

02/2017 – 09/2019

Client: City of Chicago

Project: Hyperion Planning and PSPB

Responsibilities:

Led design, requirements, and fit/gap process for Hyperion Planning (PSPB) implementation

Provided leadership and direction for Hyperion Implementation teams

Defined implementation strategy and provided project oversight

Offered technical/functional expertise on Hyperion implementations

Developed test scripts and led CRP, UAT, unit, and integration testing

Managed scope and facilitated change requests

Client: University of Chicago

Project: Hyperion Planning

Responsibilities:

Provided leadership and direction on Hyperion implementations

Troubleshot current Hyperion Planning system issues and provided solutions

Directed Hyperion environment upgrade efforts to mitigate user issues during the budget cycle

Led performance tuning and optimization efforts on the Hyperion Planning system

Rolta/Advizex

Senior Management Consultant

12/2015 – 02/2017

Client: Northern Trust

Project: CCAR (Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review)

Responsibilities:

Troubleshot current Hyperion Planning application (CCAR) and provided solutions

Led the enhancement of the CCAR application to meet user requirements and encourage system use over manual calculations on Excel spreadsheets

Led performance tuning and optimization efforts for the current Hyperion Planning application

AS-IF Consulting Inc

Principal Solution Architect & Managing Partner

08/2008 – 02/2017

Clients:

Pikeville Medical Centre: Hyperion Planning (Healthcare Starter Kit)

KLX Aerospace: Hyperion Planning/Essbase Fiscal Year Change

Pace Bus: Hyperion Planning and PSPB

CNH: Redesign COA

ADP: Hyperion Products Upgrade

Aviva Insurance: Hyperion Planning

Capital Bank: Workforce Planning Application

Alpha Natural Resources: Planning application for mining operation

Sherwin William: Store and Corporate Planning including Workforce

Kraft Foods: EMP Solution including P&L, B/S & VRC

Chartwell: Forecasting, Budgeting including Workforce

Riverbed: Forecasting, Budgeting including Capex & Workforce

GE Consumer & Industrial: FP&A Planning and Reporting System

Roles and Responsibilities:

Planning/Essbase Technical Lead

Planning/Reporting Architect

Planning Lead/Developer

Planning Consultant

Design Architect

Projects:

Led design, requirements, and fit/gap process for various Hyperion Planning applications

Provided leadership and direction for Hyperion Implementation teams

Provided technical/functional expertise on Hyperion implementations

Developed and redesigned calculation scripts

Performed performance tuning and optimization

Led the migration and redesign efforts for multiple applications

Created and led test scripts and user testing sessions

Developed project management documentation and weekly status reports

Oracle Corporation. (previously Hyperion Solutions)

Consulting Technical Manager

06/2000 – 07/2008

Clients: Collaborated with notable companies like Allstate, Eli-Lilly, Heinz, Kaiser, UBS, FDA, and many others.

Experience: Over 8 years working with multiple clients.

Responsibilities:

Led the development and design of Hyperion Planning/Essbase applications.

Developed, built, and customized applications.

Managed project plans and provided technical/functional expertise on Hyperion implementations.

Conducted performance tuning of existing Hyperion Planning/Essbase applications.

IIS (Xansa)

Essbase Consulting

09/1999 – 05/2000

Project: Data-Warehouse Reporting System

Responsibilities:

Designed, enhanced, and implemented several Data-Warehouse reporting systems.

Utilized Essbase and Wired for OLAP as analytical tools to distribute Financial Reporting over the intranet.

Willrich Scott Consulting Group Inc.

Senior Business Consultant

02/1998 – 08/1999

Client: Dr Pepper Seven Up (DPSU), Tricon (KFC, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell)

Roles and Responsibilities: Consultant for EIS & DSS Systems

Tasks:

Leveraged Essbase with Excel to distribute product profitability reports.

Designed a system to replace the existing Access system, Optimizing database size with Essbase's dynamic calculation feature.

Developed a unique VBA process for mass reporting, automated report generation, and Planning and Forecasting.

Implemented security controls and log system using Excel VBA routines to monitor the forecasting system’s activity.

Emirates Telecommunication Corporation, UAE

Management System Consultant

07/1996 – 12/1997

Project: MIS Project

Tidewater Marine int’l Inc, UAE

Consultant

08/1995 – 06/1996

Client: MIS application for Executive Management, Financial Accounting Transactional System, Payroll System

Gulf Star Computer System, Bahrain

Consultant

11/1994 – 02/1995

Client: Ministry of Finance & Economic - Bahrain, Gulf Air.

Information Resources (ME), UAE

Consultant

11/1993 – 11/1994

Client: Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC, Dubai Port Authority, Emirates Airline

Project: Risk Analysis System for Audit Department, Container Tracking System

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