NITA SINHA DAS, MBA

Marlboro, New Jersey, *****

www.linkedin.com/in/nitadas

Cell: 732-***-**** ad1qvg@r.postjobfree.com

DIRECTOR OF FINANCIAL PLANNING AND ANALYSIS

Analytical and results driven finance professional with extensive experience in multiple areas of financial management. Proven ability to lead large projects, analyze complex business cases, and present financial data that contributes to the strategic direction and sustained business growth of the company. Pro-active and able to effectively oversee multiple projects delivering outstanding results under tight deadlines. Budgeting / Financial Analysis / Forecasting / Reporting / Technology Business Management (TBM) Financial Modeling / Month End Closing Process / Vendor Management Growth Strategy Development / Cost Benefit Analysis / Variance Analysis / KPI’s/ QBR / Risk and Opportunity Creative Thinking and Problem Solving / Process Optimization / Project Management GAAP / TM1 / Oracle / SmartView / Ariba / Apptio

KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• Developed consumption-based allocation methodology to distribute corporate technology costs more accurately to the revenue generating businesses within S&P Global.

• Led the end-to-end financial process for the IT organization which includes budgeting (over $200M), forecasting, estimates, monthly close cycle, management reporting, headcount and compensation estimates, strategic direction, vendor management and allocations.

• Analyzed several competing requests for proposals (RFP’s) and worked with vendors, procurement and technology tower leads to negotiate contracts that resulted in over $15M in savings in technology related expenses and improved Infrastructure service delivery.

• Successfully migrated key financial processes to offshore vendor thus reducing cost, decreasing processing time and increasing efficiency.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

S&P Global

Director of Financial Planning and Analysis 2021-2023

• Led team to analyze, develop, and implement ITSM (IT Service Management) solution using the TBM framework and APPTIO service modeling to determine product and application TCO (Total cost of Ownership).

• Developed model to determine Total Technology costs for S&P and devise consumptive methodology to allocate these costs to the revenue generating business (divisions) as part of their P&L statement.

• Led the overall financial management (Budgeting, Forecasting, Variance analysis, Headcount and compensation analysis, monthly and quarterly management reviews...) of the main areas within the Digital Technology Services tower of S&P Global.

• Served as Finance Business Partner across divisions to communicate and review shared services costs and allocations and worked with the divisional finance teams to identify areas for cost optimization.

• Implemented financial process standardization and improvements to align to best practices. S&P Global (Formerly McGraw Hill Financial)

Senior Manager of Financial Planning and Analysis 2015-2021

• Developed multi-year expense budgets, workforce planning estimates and savings projections for Global Technology to align with company objectives and goals.

• Recommended strategic financial direction for technology and identify opportunities to reduce expenses and increase cost transparency.

• Led the yearly budget development process and establish accurate rates and chargeback methodology to allocate expenses to business units.

• Designed and presented comprehensive business case models to Executive Management to drive strategic direction. Examples: Cloud migration, Data Center consolidation. McGraw Hill Financial

Manager of Financial Planning and Analysis 2010–2015

• Managed team responsible for corporate division budgeting, forecasting, mid-year and long-term planning and spending analytics specific to the IT environment.

• Reviewed and analyzed operating expense trends and forecasts with Senior Management to develop strategic projects to address cost base.

• Oversaw the monthly forecasting process incorporating constantly changing information and monitoring actual performance against plan.

• Analyzed several projects to determine business impact such as: lease / buy alternatives, data center expansion project, migration of voice chargeback onto new system, and consolidation of wireless environment.

• Created and implemented network TSA to facilitate separation of $2.4B sale of McGraw Hill Education Senior Financial Analyst 2006–2010

• Prepared and analyzed comprehensive financial reports to communicate monthly and quarterly results with explanations and recommendations to management.

• Generated quarterly and monthly estimates to support monthly close meetings. Analyze monthly operating budgeting variance and provide detailed variance explanation and recommendation. ADDITIONAL RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

Dow Jones Inc.

Assistant Manager of Finance and Planning

AT&T Labs

Financial Consultant

EDUCATION

• RUTGERS GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT

Major: Masters of Business Administration in Finance

• RUTGERS COLLEGE - RUTGERS UNIVERSITY

Major: Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Statistics

• BPM 6 Sigma Certified – Green Belt

• Completed Project Management course

VOLUNTEERING

• New Jersey Community Development Center (NJCDC) – Member of Board

• Woman’s workspace, Toys for Tots, PTA, various volunteering opportunities through S&P Global

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Microsoft Office, Excel, TM1, Oracle General Ledger, Oracle Financial Analyzer, Apptio, Tableau, SmartView

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