Greater Manchester, United Kingdom

Faraz Ahmed

Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations Solution Architect

Eighteen plus years in enterprise Microsoft delivery, with my core as a Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations senior consultant and solution architect across Finance and Supply Chain. Alongside it I deliver enterprise and solution architecture, Microsoft 365 and SharePoint development, and production generative AI.

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18+years in delivery
D365Finance and Operations architect
UKbased, open to relocate

Available for new roles

Six focused specialisms

What I do

My career spans six connected disciplines. Each is shown on its own below, so it is clear where I add value rather than blurring everything into one list.

Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations

My primary focus. As senior consultant and solution architect I define, govern and evolve D365 Finance and Operations across the finance and supply chain modules and multiple legal entities, within end to end enterprise and solution architecture across ERP, CRM and the Power Platform.

D365 Finance and Operations
GL, AP, AR and Fixed Assets
Cash, Bank, Project and Cost
Supply Chain and Procurement
Pricing, Tax and Fiscalization
Integration and Migration

Signature work: KaDeWe and TeamViewer (Germany), Dubai South and Etihad Insurance (UAE).

Microsoft 365 and SharePoint Development

Hands on SharePoint Framework engineering. Web parts and extensions in TypeScript and React, Microsoft Graph and PnPjs, Teams integration, Power Automate and Copilot, delivered from build through to app catalog deployment.

SharePoint Framework (SPFx)
TypeScript and React
Microsoft Graph
PnPjs and Graph Toolkit
Power Automate
Copilot and Copilot Studio
Teams and Outlook

Signature work: intranet, provisioning and document portals across the UK, EU, US and MEA.

AI Engineering and Generative AI

Generative AI taken from advice to production. Multi model LLM stacks, retrieval augmented generation, agentic flows, and an evaluation harness that gates every release on quality, latency, cost and safety.

LLMs and Prompt Engineering
RAG and Vector Search
Agents and Tool Use
Azure OpenAI
Evaluation and LLMOps
Responsible AI

Signature work: Speak by Chattriix, an AI native platform architected and built end to end, alongside further AI delivery for clients under contract.

Project and Programme Management

Delivery leadership across the full lifecycle. PMP certified with PgMP in progress, I have led projects and programmes with budget and timeline ownership, governance, and onshore and offshore teams, with stakeholders up to CXO level.

PMP certified
PgMP in progress
Programme governance
Budget and timeline ownership
Onshore and offshore teams
Agile, Scrum and Sure Step

Signature work: programme delivery across enterprise Microsoft and ERP rollouts in the UK, EU, US and MEA.

Pre-sales and Advisory

Winning work and shaping solutions. Over 250 pre-sales engagements: discovery and problem shaping, demos and prototypes, RFI, RFP and SOW authoring, and ROI and TCO modelling for stakeholders up to CXO level.

250+ pre sales engagements
Discovery and shaping
Demos and prototypes
RFI, RFP and SOW
ROI and TCO modelling
CXO advisory

Signature work: solution shaping and bids across enterprise Microsoft, ERP and AI programmes.

Engineering, DevOps and Mobile

The engineering foundation under everything I deliver: source control and pipelines, cloud and multi VM infrastructure, full stack web, and mobile apps for Android and iOS.

GitHub
Azure DevOps
CI and CD
LAMP stack
Multi VM architecture
Android and iOS apps

Signature work: the Chattriix platform, its mobile apps and the multi VM infrastructure behind my AI products.

How I deliver

Consulting, architecture and delivery

Beyond the technology, I shape, lead and deliver. Eighteen plus years of consulting, solution architecture and programme management, now amplified by careful and sensible use of AI tools across the lifecycle.

18+years delivering

~250consultative engagements

~80enterprise programmes

to £6m+programme value

PMPcertified, PgMP in progress

Solution Architecture

End to end design led by Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations, and across ERP, CRM, Power Platform, Microsoft 365 and AI. Domain driven design, integration and migration, and the right call on configuration, customisation or scope.

Project and Programme Management

PMP certified, PgMP in progress. Budget and timeline ownership, governance, and onshore and offshore team leadership, with stakeholders up to CXO level.

Consulting and Advisory

Discovery and problem shaping, pre sales, RFI, RFP and SOW authoring, and ROI and TCO modelling, across financial services, retail, public sector, charity and more.

AI Assisted Delivery

Extensive, appropriate and sensible use of AI tools across the delivery lifecycle, with human gates for quality, and enabling teams to adopt AI safely and productively.

About

Enterprise depth, modern craft

I am a Microsoft Certified Dynamics 365 Solution Architect with eighteen plus years across enterprise Microsoft delivery. My core is Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations architecture across the finance modules and multiple legal entities, as senior consultant and solution architect. Around it my background runs through ERP and CRM, the Power Platform, SharePoint and Microsoft 365, and the design and engineering of production generative AI.

Across that time I have contributed to roughly 250 consultative engagements and around 80 enterprise programmes, working as consultant, lead and project manager with stakeholders up to CXO level. I keep my technology craft current and hands on, which is how I now ship AI features rather than only advising on them.

I am based in Greater Manchester and open to UK hybrid, London and remote roles, and open to relocate, on a permanent or contract basis.

At a glance

LocationGreater Manchester, UK
Experience18+ years
FocusD365 Finance and Operations, Architecture, AI
SectorsFinance, Retail, Public, Charity
AvailabilityPermanent or contract, open to relocate

Career

Experience

A single, honest timeline across consulting, delivery and product engineering.

In the field

Selected engagements

A quick view across all three practice areas, each tagged by discipline. For detailed build breakdowns, see the Featured projects below.

Deep dives

Featured projects

End to end builds across Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations, Power Platform, AI, Salesforce and Odoo. Open any project to see what I did, the architecture, the lifecycle and the outcomes.

Capabilities

Skills and tools

Grouped by practice area, not piled into a single list.

Certifications

Credentials

Education

Contact

Let us talk

Open to permanent or contract roles in Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations and enterprise architecture, Microsoft 365 and SharePoint development, and AI engineering. The fastest way to reach me is by email.

Email farazalig.fa@gmail.com

Location Greater Manchester, UK