Salo Dakhole

Business Analyst who has translated executive objectives into 20+ delivered user stories, cut manual reporting effort by 25–30% and improved pipeline visibility ~30% across enterprise (Accenture) and consulting environments. 4+ years spanning requirements gathering, stakeholder workshops, gap analysis, UAT support and Agile delivery, underpinned by strong data skills (SQL, Advanced Excel, Power BI, Tableau, Looker Studio). MSc Business Analytics (University of Birmingham); McKinsey.org Forward Program graduate (2026).

Published

Tableau portfolio; hands-on GenAI and agentic workflow (CrewAI) delivery.

Business Strategy Analyst - R&D in a Pocket - London, UK (Hybrid)

(2024-11 - 2026-03)

• 20+ user stories and implementation plans delivered in direct partnership with the CEO — elicited operational objectives, translated them into Agile roadmaps with acceptance criteria, and accelerated decision cycles while leading a 3-member analyst team.
• 15+ SME engagements structured end-to-end: defined system requirements, ran stakeholder alignment sessions and maintained delivery roadmaps that improved project clarity across every engagement.
• ~30% improvement in sales pipeline transparency for leadership — gathered reporting requirements and deployed 10+ BI dashboards (Looker Studio) integrating CRM data (Odoo, Dynamics 365) across the customer acquisition funnel.
• ~25% reduction in manual reporting effort by designing Excel KPI models (Power Query, Pivot Tables) with built-in validation, improving data accuracy for executive reporting.
• 3 new client partnerships secured following MOVE London 2025 — produced the market research and pitch materials; research across 6+ UK/EU SMEs shaped go-to-market strategy.
• End-to-end GenAI initiatives — identified use cases with stakeholders, designed prompts and agentic AI workflows (CrewAI), cutting manual research effort across client engagements.

Data Analyst (Application Development Analyst) - Accenture - India

(2020-12 - 2023-08)

ACE Award • Client Value Creation Award • Internal Excel Champion

• Requirements-to-delivery for Fortune 500 clients — worked within Agile ceremonies, translating business reporting needs into Power BI and advanced Excel solutions that cut reporting turnaround ~30%.
• Real-time KPI tracking adopted across stakeholder teams through standardised data models and self-serve reporting layers, gathered and refined through iterative stakeholder feedback.
• 20+ reusable UI components (Angular, ReactJS, JavaScript) accelerating dashboard deployment; contributed to an AWS chatbot implementation within Git and CI/CD standards.

Frontline Sales & Operations - World Duty Free (Avolta) - Birmingham Airport, UK

(2025-06)

• ~15% contribution to team revenue targets with 95%+ customer satisfaction — monitor sales conversion and stock trends via structured Excel trackers in a KPI-driven, high-volume operation, supporting daily trading and replenishment decisions.

Commercial & Logistics Coordinator - Vape Supplier UK - Birmingham, UK

(2024-06 - 2024-11)

• ~20% reduction in delivery delays and 100% data accuracy across 50+ weekly UK/international orders — built Excel-based order and inventory trackers and validation routines spanning suppliers, warehouse and logistics.

MSc - Business Analytics - University of Birmingham (2023-09 - 2024-09)

BEng - Electronics & Telecommunication - Yeshwantrao Chavan College of Engineering (2016-08 - 2020-06)