Sunitha Shankar
Sr. Director, Data & Anaytics at DreamBox Learning- Claim this Profile
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Sunitha and I worked closely together at DreamBox for 3 years. She was a pleasure to work and partner with. Sunitha is an asset. Her ability to digest and assess a business, find gaps and areas for improvement, and then quickly action on those to continually improve a process or an area of the business is amazing. Finance & Analytics: Sunitha was always reliable and provided timely and accurate reporting of KPIs. She is a data genius and is an excel wizard! Her ability to report on and explain any sort of data was always appreciated by the accounting team. Sunitha’s determination for constant process improvement, data cleaning and preservation, and general work ethic is unmatched. Budgeting & Forecasting: Sunitha helped DreamBox set up appropriate processes and workbooks for our work around annual budgeting, ad-hoc forecasting, and monthly reviews with department heads. She partnered with accounting as needed to report on actuals, update forecasts, and help explain any changes to variances. She was very well versed in accounting and finance data, in addition to her wealth of knowledge in the business analytics of the company. Ad-hoc Projects: Sunitha helped Accounting with many ad-hoc projects. One example of a project where her partnership was integral, was integrating our commission calculation software to Salesforce. Sunitha partnered with the accounting team to help guide us on our backend setup of Salesforce and helped the consulting company ensure that they were setting up our connection properly. Sunitha is very knowledgeable of Salesforce and the intricacies of how the backend data shows up on the front end for users.
LinkedIn User
Sunitha and I worked closely together at DreamBox for 3 years. She was a pleasure to work and partner with. Sunitha is an asset. Her ability to digest and assess a business, find gaps and areas for improvement, and then quickly action on those to continually improve a process or an area of the business is amazing. Finance & Analytics: Sunitha was always reliable and provided timely and accurate reporting of KPIs. She is a data genius and is an excel wizard! Her ability to report on and explain any sort of data was always appreciated by the accounting team. Sunitha’s determination for constant process improvement, data cleaning and preservation, and general work ethic is unmatched. Budgeting & Forecasting: Sunitha helped DreamBox set up appropriate processes and workbooks for our work around annual budgeting, ad-hoc forecasting, and monthly reviews with department heads. She partnered with accounting as needed to report on actuals, update forecasts, and help explain any changes to variances. She was very well versed in accounting and finance data, in addition to her wealth of knowledge in the business analytics of the company. Ad-hoc Projects: Sunitha helped Accounting with many ad-hoc projects. One example of a project where her partnership was integral, was integrating our commission calculation software to Salesforce. Sunitha partnered with the accounting team to help guide us on our backend setup of Salesforce and helped the consulting company ensure that they were setting up our connection properly. Sunitha is very knowledgeable of Salesforce and the intricacies of how the backend data shows up on the front end for users.
LinkedIn User
Sunitha and I worked closely together at DreamBox for 3 years. She was a pleasure to work and partner with. Sunitha is an asset. Her ability to digest and assess a business, find gaps and areas for improvement, and then quickly action on those to continually improve a process or an area of the business is amazing. Finance & Analytics: Sunitha was always reliable and provided timely and accurate reporting of KPIs. She is a data genius and is an excel wizard! Her ability to report on and explain any sort of data was always appreciated by the accounting team. Sunitha’s determination for constant process improvement, data cleaning and preservation, and general work ethic is unmatched. Budgeting & Forecasting: Sunitha helped DreamBox set up appropriate processes and workbooks for our work around annual budgeting, ad-hoc forecasting, and monthly reviews with department heads. She partnered with accounting as needed to report on actuals, update forecasts, and help explain any changes to variances. She was very well versed in accounting and finance data, in addition to her wealth of knowledge in the business analytics of the company. Ad-hoc Projects: Sunitha helped Accounting with many ad-hoc projects. One example of a project where her partnership was integral, was integrating our commission calculation software to Salesforce. Sunitha partnered with the accounting team to help guide us on our backend setup of Salesforce and helped the consulting company ensure that they were setting up our connection properly. Sunitha is very knowledgeable of Salesforce and the intricacies of how the backend data shows up on the front end for users.
LinkedIn User
Sunitha and I worked closely together at DreamBox for 3 years. She was a pleasure to work and partner with. Sunitha is an asset. Her ability to digest and assess a business, find gaps and areas for improvement, and then quickly action on those to continually improve a process or an area of the business is amazing. Finance & Analytics: Sunitha was always reliable and provided timely and accurate reporting of KPIs. She is a data genius and is an excel wizard! Her ability to report on and explain any sort of data was always appreciated by the accounting team. Sunitha’s determination for constant process improvement, data cleaning and preservation, and general work ethic is unmatched. Budgeting & Forecasting: Sunitha helped DreamBox set up appropriate processes and workbooks for our work around annual budgeting, ad-hoc forecasting, and monthly reviews with department heads. She partnered with accounting as needed to report on actuals, update forecasts, and help explain any changes to variances. She was very well versed in accounting and finance data, in addition to her wealth of knowledge in the business analytics of the company. Ad-hoc Projects: Sunitha helped Accounting with many ad-hoc projects. One example of a project where her partnership was integral, was integrating our commission calculation software to Salesforce. Sunitha partnered with the accounting team to help guide us on our backend setup of Salesforce and helped the consulting company ensure that they were setting up our connection properly. Sunitha is very knowledgeable of Salesforce and the intricacies of how the backend data shows up on the front end for users.
Experience
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DreamBox Learning
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United States
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E-Learning Providers
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200 - 300 Employee
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Sr. Director, Data & Anaytics
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Mar 2023 - Present
I head the Revenue, Strategic and Competitive analytic functions at DreamBox Learning, in its mission to transform the way the world learns. As a player coach, my team and I deliver real-time analytics at scale enabling business strategy, growth, and value.
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Director Of Analytics
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Mar 2020 - Present
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Manager, Finance and Business Intelligence
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Feb 2018 - Mar 2020
In this dual role managing both the FP&A and Business Analytics function, I led FP&A activities that included annual budgeting, periodic forecasting, investor packages, and pitch deck creations. I also set the foundations for the organization’s first BI deployment that is currently used as the backbone for our robust revenue and strategic analytic capabilities.
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Business and Financial Analyst
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Mar 2017 - Feb 2018
During my first year at Dreambox Learning, I developed comprehensive reporting packages for executive consumption, in addition to automating all manual reporting using SQL and Tableau. I analyzed our organization’s sales productivity, identifying opportunities for improvement and areas of weakness. I partnered closely with sales and operations leadership crafting a highly optimized territory plan, aggregating data from highly disparate data sources, winning me a spot at the President’s club. In addition to business analytics, I supported the organization in FP&A related tasks such annual budgeting, forecasting and financial reporting. Show less
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PACCAR
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United States
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Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
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700 & Above Employee
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Financial Analyst
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Mar 2015 - Mar 2017
In this role, I was responsible for the analysis of PACCAR Financial Mexico’s $ 500 M portfolio, where I modeled and optimized the market’s predictive credit risk algorithm (Multiple Linear Regression model optimized using Alteryx) which performed at a high level of accuracy. Additionally, I converted the portfolio’s suite of reporting into Tableau dashboards using complex custom SQL and data blending techniques to bring together large and disparate datasets, saving multiple workweeks in data scrubbing and aggregation. Show less
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SmarTek21
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United States
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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300 - 400 Employee
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Financial Analyst
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Nov 2011 - Mar 2015
Wearing multiple hats, in addition to supporting the organization with all its reporting, analysis, and financial modeling needs, I acted as a liaison between the US and Offshore operations. I conducted periodic internal audits of the offshore operations, ensuring accuracy in financial reporting. I analyzed performance metrics of the consulting portfolio ensuring optimal margins on resource utilization. I also facilitated offshore statutory audits and compliance. Wearing multiple hats, in addition to supporting the organization with all its reporting, analysis, and financial modeling needs, I acted as a liaison between the US and Offshore operations. I conducted periodic internal audits of the offshore operations, ensuring accuracy in financial reporting. I analyzed performance metrics of the consulting portfolio ensuring optimal margins on resource utilization. I also facilitated offshore statutory audits and compliance.
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Education
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Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswathi Vishwa Mahavidyalaya, Kancheepuram
Master of Business Administration (MBA), Finance -
University of Madras
Bachelor of Arts - BA, Banking, Corporate, Finance, and Securities Law
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