Data & Analytics Engineering Manager · Bristol, UK

AKHIL P SHIBU

I build, model and visualise financial data — engineering the layer between raw ERP systems and trusted, decision-ready analytics. Multi-ERP ETL pipelines, secure extraction tooling, .NET data platforms and Power BI, delivered across global audit engagements.

10+
Years Experience
60%
Audit Time Saved
30+
Global Clients
15+
ERPs Supported
Who I Am

Bridging Finance,
Data & Technology

I'm a Manager in Technology Risk Assurance Data & Analytics at BDO UK, leading a team of 4–6 and building the data infrastructure that makes audits faster, more reliable and better governed. My work sits at the intersection of financial systems, software engineering and analytics.

From architecting multi-ERP ETL pipelines and .NET data platforms to delivering executive Power BI dashboards for FTSE-listed clients — I turn complex, messy financial data into trusted, decision-ready intelligence.

Previously a Senior Data Analyst at EY Global Delivery Services, where I led development work on EY Helix data extraction and transformation across 30+ client engagements worldwide.

10+
Years in Data & Finance Tech
15+
ERP Platforms Supported
4–6
Team Members Led
2024
Innovation Award — Audit
What I Work With

Technical Stack

Data Engineering

SQLPythonPySparkC# / .NET 8ETL / ELTAlteryxSSISREST APIs

Cloud & Platforms

Microsoft FabricAzure DatabricksMicrosoft AzureSQL ServerGitJSON / XML

Data Modelling & Quality

Data ModellingSchema StandardisationData Quality ControlsReconciliationData GovernanceISQM1Audit Trails

Analytics & BI

Power BIDAXPower QueryExcel AdvancedTableau

ERP Systems

Oracle 11i / R12Dynamics AX / 365NavisionSAPJD EdwardsInfor SUNPeopleSoftIFSSage 200

Engineering Leadership

Team LeadershipMentoringClean ArchitectureTechnical DocumentationStakeholder MgmtExecutive Reporting
Certified & Recognised

Credentials

Microsoft Certified

Power BI Data Analyst Associate

PL-300 · Analytics & Visualisation
✓ Certified
Alteryx

Alteryx Designer Core Certification

Data Preparation & ETL Automation
✓ Certified
CUSAT · India

B.Tech Computer Science & Engineering

Govt. Model Engineering College · 2012–2016
Computer Science

BDO Digital Awards 2024

Audit Innovation category — recognised for transforming audit data workflows through automation and engineering.

EY Gold Badge

Data Integration — awarded for leading development and deployment of EY Helix data extraction and transformation across 30+ client engagements.
Depth of Practice

I Code. I Analyse. I Visualise.

01

I Code

Full-stack data engineering — from C#/.NET 8 services and Blazor tools to Python ETL, SQL stored procedures, PySpark transformations and XML/XSLT mapping. I build production-grade, documented tools, not just scripts.
C# / .NETPythonSQLPySparkXML/XSLTREST APIs
02

I Analyse

Financial data analysis — variance analysis, reconciliation, data quality frameworks and KPI design. I translate messy ERP extracts into audit-ready, governance-aligned data that people trust.
Variance AnalysisKPI DesignReconciliationISQM1Data Quality
03

I Visualise

Executive-grade Power BI dashboards, transaction network graphs and interactive audit analytics. Microsoft PL-300 certified. I design visuals that make complex data readable at board level.
Power BI · PL-300DAXGraph VizTableauSpotfire
04

I Automate

Pipelines and orchestration that remove manual data prep — connecting ERP and API sources, applying transformations, running quality checks, retrying failures and delivering outputs automatically.
Alteryx CertifiedMicrosoft FabricAzure DatabricksJob OrchestrationSSIS
05

I Secure

Security-first data engineering — AES + RSA encryption, read-only ERP access, integrity hashing and ISQM1-aligned audit trails. Every extraction tool I build treats data security as a first-class requirement.
AES + RSAAudit TrailsISQM1Data GovernanceAccess Control
06

I Lead

Leading a team of 4–6 and taking manual, error-prone audit data processes to automated, governed platforms — from initiation documents and design through UAT, handover and runbooks. Recognised with two firm-wide awards.
Team LeadershipDeliveryChange ManagementMentoring
Career Journey

Experience

Jul 2022 — Present

Manager, Technology Risk Assurance — Data & Analytics

BDO UK LLP · Bristol, UK (remote)
  • Designed and built a secure, multi-ERP data extraction engine (.NET) covering 15+ ERP platforms, used across audit engagements; reduced audit cycle time by 60%.
  • Building a C#/.NET 8 orchestration engine that automates audit engagement provisioning and data ingestion into an AI audit analytics platform — REST API integration, SQL Server state management and chunked large-file processing.
  • Automated general ledger data pipelines from a third-party accounting data provider into Power BI analytics — clean-architecture .NET, background job orchestration, retries and automated data quality checks.
  • Led development of a financial data standardisation platform with Azure Databricks integration; built executive Power BI dashboards for FTSE-listed clients.
  • Lead a team of 4–6; defined KPI standards and ISQM1-aligned governance, and mentor developers across the data team.
🏆 Digital Innovation Award 2024 — Audit C# / .NET 8SQL ServerMicrosoft FabricAzure DatabricksPower BIPython
Oct 2021 — Jun 2022

HMI Engineer

Cyient · India (rail transport client)
  • Delivered system design and HMI visualisation for a major metro traffic management and depot system.
  • Integrated control and monitoring modules, improving operational visibility.
HMI DesignSystem IntegrationTransport Infrastructure
Sep 2016 — Sep 2021

Senior Data Analyst — Global Data Capture & Transformation

EY Global Delivery Services · India
  • Led development work on EY Helix data extraction and transformation, automating extraction and validation from Oracle, SAP and Navision.
  • Built Alteryx workflows and SQL pipelines for large-scale financial datasets across 30+ client engagements globally.
  • Defined ETL standards adopted firm-wide; received the Gold Badge in Data Integration.
🥇 Gold Badge — Data Integration AlteryxOracleSAPSQL
⚔ Flagship Tool 🔐 Secure Extraction

Secure Data
Extraction Engine

Financial Data Extraction & Transformation Tool

A secure data extraction engine designed and built from the ground up — a self-contained, portable .NET application connecting directly to ERP databases with read-only access. Automates extraction of GL, Trial Balance and Journal Entry data across 15+ ERP platforms, encrypts output using AES + RSA cryptography, and delivers audit-ready datasets with a full extraction memo.

60%
Audit time reduced
15+
ERPs supported
Global
Deployment
AES + RSA EncryptionData encrypted using AES (symmetric) + RSA (asymmetric) cryptography — decryptable only within the secure audit environment. No credentials stored.
15+ ERP CompatibilityOracle 11i & R12, Axapta AX2009 R2 & AX2012 R2, Navision, JD Edwards, Infor SUN, IFS, PeopleSoft, Access Dimensions, Coda Dream, Agresso, Sage 200 and more.
Automated Quality ControlsBuilt-in validation, reconciliation and completeness checks with exception reporting at every stage.
Auto-generated Extraction MemoFull audit trail document on completion — extractor name, scope, parameters, row counts and timestamps.
Extraction Flow · Illustrative
ERP source → Read-only connect → Extract → AES/RSA encrypt → Audit output
What I've Built

Key Projects

01 / ORCHESTRATION

Audit Analytics Orchestration Engine

Backend Service · C# / .NET 8

Orchestration engine that replaces a manual process for provisioning audit engagements and ingesting their financial data into an AI audit analytics platform. REST API integration, SQL Server state management, a header-driven column mapper and chunked large-file export — tested in UAT across multiple live engagements.

Manual → Auto
Provisioning & ingestion
Runbook
Documented handover
C# .NET 8REST APIsSQL ServerStored Procedures
02 / DATA PIPELINES

GL Data Pipeline Automation

Pipeline Platform · .NET & SQL

Automated general ledger pipelines that pull company, GL transaction and period-balance data from an accounting data provider's API, stage and transform it with SQL, validate it and publish it to Power BI. Includes a Blazor admin dashboard for engagements, chart-of-accounts mapping, pipeline monitoring and failed-job retries.

Manual SQL → Auto
Transformation
Built-in
Data quality checks
.NETEF CoreDapperHangfireBlazorPower BI
03 / DATA STANDARDISATION

Financial Data Standardisation Platform

Cloud ETL · Azure Databricks

Mapping and standardisation platform on Azure Databricks, normalising multi-source ERP outputs into a unified, audit-ready schema. Handles complex field mapping, currency normalisation and period alignment at scale.

Unified
Audit-ready schema
Multi-ERP
Source coverage
Azure DatabricksPySparkSQLData ModellingETL
04 / GLOBAL AUDIT PLATFORM

EY Helix Data Extraction & Transformation

Enterprise ETL · 30+ Clients

Led development work on global audit data extraction and transformation — automating ingestion, validation and reporting from multiple ERP systems across 30+ client engagements worldwide. ETL standards adopted firm-wide; Gold Badge in Data Integration.

30+
Global clients
🥇 Gold
Integration badge
AlteryxSQLOracleSAPNavision
05 / GRAPH ANALYTICS

Financial Network Graph Visualisation

Desktop + Web App · C# & Blazor

WPF desktop cleanser and Blazor Server frontend using graph visualisation to map transaction networks for audit investigation. Drill-down modals, high-risk node marking and sortable transaction tables for large datasets.

M+
Rows processed
Interactive
Graph exploration
C# WPFBlazor Servervis.jsSQL Server.NET 8
06 / HIGH-PERFORMANCE TOOLING

Bulk Financial Data Importer

Desktop Tool · High-Volume Ingestion

Desktop tool for bulk-loading pipe-delimited financial extraction files into SQL Server via SqlBulkCopy. Handles multi-million row imports with automatic date-format detection, timestamp processing and full error reporting.

M+ rows
Per import run
Auto
Format detection
C# .NET 8WPF / MVVMSqlBulkCopySQL Server
Get In Touch

Let's Build Something Intelligent

Open to Analytics Engineering and Data Engineering leadership roles — Bristol, UK remote or London hybrid. Always happy to talk data architecture, pipelines or audit automation.