Experience

RISE Academy

• United States
• Primary and Secondary Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Teaching Professional / Administration

  • Aug 2023 - Present

  San Jose, California, United States



PayPal

• United States
• Software Development
• 700 & Above Employee

• Corporate Finance Manager 2

  • Mar 2022 - Sep 2023

  San Jose, California, United States



Applied Materials

• United States
• Semiconductor Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• BU Finance Controller, SRP

  • Jun 2021 - Mar 2022

  Sunnyvale, California, United States • Continuously identify and track ‘execution opportunities’ to improve operating margins, identify issues, escalate helps to address for impacts • Drive ongoing spending / headcount review with finance, operations, and business partners to deliver business commitments toward goals • Provide financial support in assisting in business case creation of capital investments using key metrics like ROI, NPV and IRR

• Financial Planning and Analysis Manager, SPG

  • Apr 2019 - Jun 2021

  Sunnyvale, California • Efficiently managed full P&L of Semiconductor Product Group (SPG), ~$11B Revenue and 14 Business Units (BUs) • Consolidated and prepared managerial reporting material, including monthly executive reviews, quarterly business reviews, strategic reviews, and Board of Directors reports (Python, SAP BPC, Advanced Excel, PPT) • Led weekly P&L review meeting to track performance of each BU against their target and recommend actions (Mix Rate analysis, Gross Margin walks / bridges, Risks and… Show more • Efficiently managed full P&L of Semiconductor Product Group (SPG), ~$11B Revenue and 14 Business Units (BUs) • Consolidated and prepared managerial reporting material, including monthly executive reviews, quarterly business reviews, strategic reviews, and Board of Directors reports (Python, SAP BPC, Advanced Excel, PPT) • Led weekly P&L review meeting to track performance of each BU against their target and recommend actions (Mix Rate analysis, Gross Margin walks / bridges, Risks and Opportunities) • Pioneered the development and implementation of standardized approaches / automated processes within FP&A • Successfully led Anaplan implementation as a Model Builder (Certified Model Builder – Level 2) • Effectively managed 2 analysts: utilizing and building upon their strengths • Awards / Achievements: Q1’20 and Q3’21 Agile Finance Team Award. Q2’21 Finance Winning Team. Q3’21 SPG Award



Western Digital

• United States
• Computer Hardware Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Principal Financial Analyst, Corporate Finance

  • Sep 2017 - Apr 2019

  San Jose, California • Led monthly/quarterly consolidated P&L forecast/actual processes; integrating data from all subsidiaries • Prepared insightful reporting package for monthly C-level executives review meetings with trend and variance analysis focused on financial growth and profitability • Owned the bottoms-up consolidated actual and forecast data model (+ R&Os) for the company (WDC) • Continuously enhanced and optimized financial models to ensure data accuracy, quality, and timely delivery • Led… Show more • Led monthly/quarterly consolidated P&L forecast/actual processes; integrating data from all subsidiaries • Prepared insightful reporting package for monthly C-level executives review meetings with trend and variance analysis focused on financial growth and profitability • Owned the bottoms-up consolidated actual and forecast data model (+ R&Os) for the company (WDC) • Continuously enhanced and optimized financial models to ensure data accuracy, quality, and timely delivery • Led system integration to automate and improve processes to support advanced analytics (Hyperion Essbase) Show less



eBay

• United States
• Technology, Information and Internet
• 700 & Above Employee

• Business Analytics Manager

  • Aug 2015 - Aug 2017

  San Jose, California • Develop and manage global initiative goals, and track actual performance on a bi-weekly basis (Automate: SQL, Google Sheets) • Collaborate with analysts across the company to understand and articulate variances from plan and publish status to key executives across the Marketplace business (Tableau, Google Sheets) • Run the monthly forecast reviews in order to help regional CFOs and FP&A leaders understand the impact of key initiatives on their P&Ls • Create visualizations to explain… Show more • Develop and manage global initiative goals, and track actual performance on a bi-weekly basis (Automate: SQL, Google Sheets) • Collaborate with analysts across the company to understand and articulate variances from plan and publish status to key executives across the Marketplace business (Tableau, Google Sheets) • Run the monthly forecast reviews in order to help regional CFOs and FP&A leaders understand the impact of key initiatives on their P&Ls • Create visualizations to explain insights from analysis and produce clear communication for executive consumption (Tableau) • Run a tight monthly process to develop financial outlook of all regions / BUs • Founder and captain of eBay cricket team that participated in inter-corporate Google Premier League (GPL 2016) Show less



GlobalFoundries

• United States
• Semiconductor Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Financial System Analyst

  • Jul 2013 - Aug 2015

  Santa Clara, California • Generate month-end actual results and forecast; • Create month-end actual reports (SQL, Excel, Datastage); • Prepare presentation for executives (BOD) every month end and perform variance analysis; • Financial data analysis; • Cost forecasting (Excel, TM1); • System Integration; • Maintaining and improving Global Profitability System (qlikview based dashboard that presents view of company's performance versus forecast, and also customer/device/node… Show more • Generate month-end actual results and forecast; • Create month-end actual reports (SQL, Excel, Datastage); • Prepare presentation for executives (BOD) every month end and perform variance analysis; • Financial data analysis; • Cost forecasting (Excel, TM1); • System Integration; • Maintaining and improving Global Profitability System (qlikview based dashboard that presents view of company's performance versus forecast, and also customer/device/node analysis); • Ad Hoc requests as required; Show less



Extreme Networks

• United States
• Software Development
• 700 & Above Employee

• Operations Support Data and Financial Analyst Intern

  • Jun 2012 - Dec 2012

  Santa Clara, California •Forecasting, Financial Modeling and Benchmarking:  Reporting to Manager Controller, Financial Operations; Responsible for creating first automated financial model to forecast revenue and gross margin using linear regression. The model was approved and first applied to Q1 FY’13 forecasting  Commendably performed financial benchmarking to assess company’s overall competitiveness and productivity in terms of inventory turnover per quarter, and proposed laudable solutions to… Show more •Forecasting, Financial Modeling and Benchmarking:  Reporting to Manager Controller, Financial Operations; Responsible for creating first automated financial model to forecast revenue and gross margin using linear regression. The model was approved and first applied to Q1 FY’13 forecasting  Commendably performed financial benchmarking to assess company’s overall competitiveness and productivity in terms of inventory turnover per quarter, and proposed laudable solutions to increase the turnovers •Cost Reduction Analysis:  Reporting to the Director, Materials and Forecasting; Responsible for analyzing quarterly cost savings for FY’13 based on discount proposals from company partners to estimate gross margins and profitability  Presented various scenarios to help reduce cost to meet company targets •Spend Analysis and Expense Management:  Reporting to Senior Manager, Corporate Purchasing; Responsible for efficiently maintained global real estate database (contracts, leases)  Managed global travel and credit card information database  Effectively updated company’s legal database for all the contracts/leases  Timely and thoroughly completed spend analysis to help analyze company’s expenditure (Oracle Business Intelligence (ERP) and MS Excel) •Executive Engagement with VP, Financial Operations: Thoroughly audited and analyzed executive expense reports •Worked with Sr. Product Marketing Manager to analyze and plan market strategy to improve global sales Show less



Santa Clara University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Lab Monitor

  • Apr 2012 - Jun 2012

  Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA •Monitored computer users to ensure that they are authorized for access •Demonstrated problem solving skills while assisting issues faced by students and staff •Maintained the Lab from any technical or non-technical issues



Advanced Ion exchange Services (AIS)

• Accounting Intern

  • Dec 2011 - May 2012

  Financial Reporting , Administrative work



SMART Lab

• Research Assistant

  • Jan 2011 - May 2011

  •Led the team on a “Robot Soccer Project” using OpenCV library in C++ •Proposed solutions to challenges using of Digital Image Processing, Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence