FP&A Financial Analyst for SaaS & Tech

RUSHIKESH SHINDE

Syracuse, NY 315-***-**** *********.*@*********.*** linkedin.com/in/rushishinde0812/ SUMMARY

FP&A professional with 4+ years owning full-cycle budgeting, forecasting, and financial modeling in enterprise SaaS and mid- market technology. Generated multi-scenario P&L models that cut projected OpEx by $4.2M and tightened forecast accuracy to 96%. Consolidated budgets across 8 departments and 50+ cost centers, compressed month-end close by 4 days, and automated 25+ hours of recurring reporting through SQL and Power Query. Fluent in Workday Adaptive Planning, Oracle NetSuite, SAP, Sage Intacct, Power BI, and Tableau.

SKILLS

Financial Planning & Analysis: Financial Modeling, Budgeting & Forecasting, Rolling Forecasts, Long-Range Planning, Revenue Forecasting, Cash Flow Analysis, Scenario Analysis, Capital Expenditure Planning, Cost-Benefit Analysis Reporting & Analysis: Variance Analysis, P&L Management, KPI Tracking, Management Reporting, Board-Level Reporting, Month-End Close, Ad Hoc Analysis, Profitability Analysis, Bridge Analysis Tools & Platforms: Advanced Excel (INDEX-MATCH, Pivot Tables, VLOOKUP, Dynamic Arrays, Power Query), SQL, Power BI, Tableau, SAP, Oracle NetSuite, Workday Adaptive Planning, Anaplan, Sage Intacct, ServiceNow Financial Management Domain Knowledge: GAAP/IFRS, SaaS Metrics (ARR, MRR, Net Retention, Churn, CAC, LTV), Cross-Functional Business Partnering, Data Visualization, Process Automation, Stakeholder Communication PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

ServiceNow Jan 2025 - Present

Financial Analyst, FP&A

• Manage the full-cycle annual budget and quarterly rolling forecast for a $200M+ cost center, consolidating inputs from 8 departments and submitting variance commentary to the VP of Finance within 3 business days of close

• Engineered a multi-scenario headcount planning model in Workday Adaptive Planning that quantified P&L exposure across 3 expansion paths, guiding leadership to approve a phased hire plan that trimmed projected OpEx by $4.2M per year

• Built executive-facing Tableau dashboards tracking 15+ KPIs (ARR growth, renewal rates, net retention, operating margin) that eliminated 40% of recurring ad hoc data pulls from senior leadership

• Reconciled subscription revenue forecasts against actuals alongside Revenue Operations and Sales Finance, isolating a $1.8M booking timing gap that tightened forecast accuracy from 91% to 96% quarter-over-quarter

• Prepared month-end management reporting packages with P&L walks, bridge analyses, and narrative summaries for CFO-level review, ensuring zero restatements across 4 consecutive quarters

• Automated data extraction pipelines from Oracle NetSuite and ServiceNow Financial Management using SQL and Power Query, reclaiming 25 hours of manual effort per reporting cycle Sage Softtech

Senior Financial Analyst Jan 2023 - Jul 2023

• Directed the financial planning function for 3 business units totaling $45M in combined revenue, covering budget preparation, quarterly re-forecasts, and 3-year strategic plans

• Modeled revenue and cost trajectories under 4 growth scenarios using Sage Intacct, producing the analysis that justified leadership's decision to expand into 2 new service verticals

• Quantified $600K in controllable spend overruns across 50+ cost centers through monthly actuals-vs-budget reporting, prescribing corrective measures that lifted budget adherence by 12%

• Compressed the monthly close cycle from 10 days to 6 by automating multi-entity financial statement consolidation through Power Query and INDEX-MATCH arrays, eliminating manual reconciliation gaps

• Briefed the executive committee on quarterly P&L performance and CapEx proposals, supplying the financial rationale behind a 15% increase in R&D investment allocation

Financial Analyst Feb 2021 - Dec 2022

• Assembled bottom-up departmental cost models for the annual budget across 5 functional areas, consolidating inputs into unified decks reviewed and approved by the CFO

• Flagged revenue and expense deviations exceeding 5% threshold through monthly variance analysis in SAP and Excel, attaching root-cause commentary that accelerated corrective action by department heads

• Designed Tableau dashboards visualizing cash flow trends, AR aging, and working capital shifts that compressed DSO by 8 days within the first two quarters

EDUCATION

Master of Science in Management Information Systems Aug 2023 - May 2025 Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY

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