Senior FP&A Analyst-Budgeting & Financial Modeling
Resume:
PRASANNA KUMAR
Senior Financial Analyst (FP&A)
Bangalore, KA
********.*****@*****.***
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
A results-driven finance professional
with 10+ yrs of experience in Financial
Planning & Analysis providing financial
insights to facilitate executive-level
decisions. Expertise in budgeting,
forecasting, financial modelling and
data analysis in developing strategic
financial models and delivering
actionable insights to drive business
performance. Adept at collaborating
with cross functional teams and
leveraging advanced analytical tools to
support data driven decision-making
and drive business growth.
SKILLS
Financial Skills
Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A),
Budgeting & Forecasting,
Variance Analysis,
Cost Optimization,
Financial Modeling,
Strategic Financial Planning.
Financial System & Tools
ERP: SAP (BO, HANA), Essbase,
Oracle Hyperion, SmartView, Oracle
Net Suite, FDS, EDW, EPM, BW, LH,
Compass.
Data Analytics & Visualization
Power BI, Digital Finance, Tableau.
EDUCATION
MBA - Finance
Arunodaya University
2019-2021
Employment History
Senior Financial Analyst, FP&A
Honeywell Aerospace 08/2023 - Present Bengaluru
Global Finance Center – AERO SBG, BAP
• Lead and oversee financial ownership of Fixed Cost Annual Operating Plan & Rolling Forecast / SRO estimations for C&PS and IT function businesses.
• Analyze monthly financial performance, identify risks & opportunities and provide actionable insights to senior management.
• Drive month-end close activities, delivering timely and accurate financial results.
• Collaborate with business counter parts in the Planning and Estimate processes and perform the actual Vs Plan/Est. variance analysis.
• Managed Global Incentive Compensation financials for MIP, ICP, SIP & PMIP at the Aerospace level.
• Provide timely, accurate analytics and insights into management by improving cost management efficiency.
• Led Aero IT Projects Dashboard, streamlining financial analysis and improving forecast accuracy of functional costs to 98%.
• Implemented Fixed Cost Dashboard for Aero SBG to analyze AOP, P&L, and expenses across functions, tiers and cost centers.
• Partnered with leadership to review financial performance and key metrics during Monthly Operating Reviews.
• Owned Aero-level Census reconciliation, ensuring accurate headcount reporting and alignment with financial forecasts.
Specialist Financial Analyst, FP&A
Oracle India Pvt Ltd 07/2021 - 08/2023 Bengaluru
Real Estate & Facilities, GBF
• Prepare/assist in annual budgets, monthly forecast and headcount planning in accordance with Real Estate & Facilities line of businesses.
• Prepared monthly operating and capital expense reports with variance analysis against budget and forecast.
• Involved in RE&F analytical activities to present Factsheet, One Pager and Executive summary reporting’s to senior management (Director’s, VP’s).
• Analyzed headcount and costs to build projection models, identifying cost- saving opportunities and improving financial performance.
• Maintaining SCOA changes on a quarterly basis regard to inclusion of new cost centers.
• Review unanticipated costs and determine their impact on cost projections.
• Developed RE&F projects using EPM & Data Visualization analytical tools to promote standardization and enhance performance. CORE COMPETENCIES
Ability to cope and work
efficiently in adverse conditions
Good Inter-Personal Skills.
Good understanding of business
processes.
Ability to manage stress, work
and excel along with the team.
Demonstrated ability to meet
deadlines & set priorities.
Effective Communication.
AWARDS
Awarded the Bravo Award for Q2 2025
at Honeywell for exceptional
performance in implementing the IT
Project Dashboard for Aero SBG.
Honored as a Star Performer for Q4
2024 at Honeywell for successfully
developing Tier 2 level Budget
Analysis for the C&PS business.
Earned Bronze & Silver Digital Badges
award at Oracle by streamlining the
financial reporting system that
improved efficiency by 25% and
reduced monthly close times.
CERTIFICATIONS
Certified Scrum Master from Scrum
Alliance.
Lead Financial Analyst, FP&A
Hewlett Packard Inc 08/2012 - 06/2021 Bengaluru
Contra Global Delivery, Controllership, BFS
• Maintaining Program & Reserve management strategy and providing financial visibility to business finance team monthly.
• Working with marketing development managers to develop the organization’s Contra revenue budgets.
• Collaborated with cross-functional teams on financial planning, budgeting & forecasting.
• Monthly & quarterly forecast reviews with business and regional finance management.
• Country cadence reviews with various stakeholders like Business Fin, Channel Marketing & Country Controllership on a monthly review.
• Involved in analytical activities of CSI, BSR, CBP, Accrual accuracy reporting on a monthly quarterly & yearly frequency.
Lead Project Management Administrator
IBM Global Process Services 08/2006 – 02/2012 Bengaluru Project Management Administration
• Managed financials for US IBM internal projects and advised Project Managers about the financial viability of their projects.
• Preparation of Budgeting & forecasting for the projects.
• Providing Weekly & Monthly Reports and Variance Analysis at project level.
• Reconciliation of Revenue and Cost for the financial project with the ledger.
• Handled monthly system and manual invoicing, including correction of invoices.
• Assisting project managers during SOX and Project Management Review Audit.
• Preparation of financial dashboards for project leadership and IBM US Top Management.
Projects & Analytics
Financial Process Optimization – Honeywell Aerospace (BAP)
• Implementation of IT Projects Dashboard for Aero SBG businesses: Increased the accuracy of IT projects forecasting by 98%.
• Automation of the monthly close process by incorporating Fixed Cost Dashboard: Helps the business to understand how efficiently the costs have been used and how effectively future costs can be planned.
• Streamlined the OEF commentary submission process by consolidating formats to eliminate redundancy.
Opex - Facilities Cost Automation – Oracle India (Real Estate & Facilities)
• Developed One Pager Summary Report of RE&F facilities in EPM tool using Data Visualization enabling real time cost tracking with data extraction, reducing manual work by 30% and errors by 15%
KEY ACHIEVEMENTS
• Led the Rolling Forecast process, improving forecast accuracy by 25% through enhanced data modeling and stake holder collaboration.
• Identified cost-saving opportunities through data analysis, saving an unrecognized IT Project cost of over $2M.
• Automated the tracking and analysis of Travel & Entertainment (T&E) expenses simplifying expense management and making significant cost reductions.
• Recognized by leadership for excellence in stakeholder engagement and financial storytelling.
• Standardized financial dashboards across business units, improving visibility and decision-making speed.
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