Avinab Pandey
Summary
Detail-oriented Financial Analyst with 5+ years of experience in budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning across diverse sectors. Developed financial models and analyzed trends to identify cost-saving opportunities and support strategic decisions. Collaborated with cross-functional teams and utilized tools like Excel, Power BI, and SAP to enhance reporting efficiency and forecast accuracy.
Overview
1
1
Certification
7
7
years of professional experience
Work History
Financial Analyst
Tyson Foods USA
06.2025 - Current
- Engineered a rolling 12-month cash flow forecasting model that optimized working capital management, freeing up $3.5M in idle cash reserves.
- Orchestrated FP&A month-end close process, reviewing journal entries, accruals, and headcount reconciliations, achieving zero material discrepancies over 8 consecutive quarters.
- Partnered with 15+ department heads to build granular, bottom-up G&A expense budgets, identifying $1.2M in redundant headcount and operating costs.
- Conducted ad-hoc pricing and valuation analyses for new product launches, establishing optimal pricing structures that captured an additional $850K in Year 1 revenue.
- Designed and deployed interactive executive dashboards using Power BI and Tableau, reducing senior leadership time-to-insight on KPIs by 40%.
- Served as primary finance partner to Product Development and Engineering teams, influencing financial decisions for $15M research pipeline.
- Led digital-first automation project utilizing AI tools to extract data from diverse billing systems, accelerating daily metric generation by 50%.
Senior Financial Analyst
Infosys
06.2022 - 08.2023
- Led the end-to-end annual operating budget and quarterly forecasting processes for a $150M+ division, improving forecasting accuracy by 12% through driver-based modeling.
- Designed a consolidated capital-expenditure (CapEx) tracking model, monitoring a $25M budget and preventing a projected 8% cost overrun through early variance detection.
- Conducted deep-dive monthly P&L variance analyses, identifying $450K recurring overspend in vendor software licensing and negotiating contract downsizings to mitigate future risks.
- Performed cost-benefit analyses on departmental spending, achieving $600K reduction in discretionary travel and entertainment expenditures.
- Compiled and presented monthly financial review decks for VP and managers, translating complex P&L variances into actionable insights.
- Led the migration of financial planning data from legacy spreadsheets to an enterprise ERP system (e.g., SAP/Hyperion), improving data integrity by 99%.
Financial Associate
HDFC Bank
07.2019 - 12.2020
- Automated manual Excel forecasting sheets with advanced formulas and VBA, reducing forecasting cycle time by 30+ hours per month for the finance team.
- Modeled customer churn and lifetime value (LTV) in collaboration with Sales and Customer Success teams, enhancing sales forecasting precision by 15%.
- Prepared financial reports, budgets, and performance analyses for retail banking operations, ensuring accurate monitoring of key financial metrics.
Financial Analyst
Bisleri
01.2021 - 05.2022
- Supported a $75M acquisition by building comprehensive financial integration models, achieving seamless reporting alignment within 45 days of close.
- Built complex, multi-variable scenario and sensitivity models in Excel to stress-test margins against a 20% fluctuation in energy, fuel, and labor costs.
- Partnered with Product Development and Engineering teams to guide financial decisions for $15M research pipeline, ensuring alignment with strategic objectives.
- Directed workforce planning models with HR, managing personnel costs for 1,200+ employees and achieving budget variance under 1.5%.
Education
MBA - Finance
New York Institute of Technology
New York, NY05-2025
Skills
- Financial analysis
- Cost-Benefit Analysis
- Scenario Analysis
- Financial KPIs
- Analytics & Reporting Tools: Microsoft Excel (Advanced), Power BI, Tableau, Power Query, Power Pivot
- ERP & Financial Systems: SAP, Oracle ERP, NetSuite, Hyperion Planning, Anaplan, Workday Financials
- Programming & Query Languages: SQL, Python, DAX (Power BI), VBA (Excel Automation)
- Data validation
Certification
- 1. Securities Industry Essentials (SIE)
- 2. Bloomberg Market Concepts (BMC)
Academic projects
- 1. Operational Cost Leakage Analysis for Multi-Location Retail Network, Analyzed branch-level expense, procurement, and operational data to identify spending inefficiencies and cost leakage patterns across multiple retail locations., Built financial models and performed variance analysis to compare budgeted versus actual expenditures, highlighting areas requiring cost control measures., Designed Power BI dashboards and presented actionable recommendations to improve budget monitoring, vendor management, and operational efficiency., Tools: Excel, Power BI, SQL
- 2. Financial Viability Assessment of Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Expansion, Conducted financial and market analysis to evaluate the feasibility of expanding EV charging infrastructure across selected suburban regions., Developed scenario-based financial models and sensitivity analyses to assess profitability under varying utilization, pricing, and operating cost assumptions., Prepared executive-style investment reports outlining potential risks, expected returns, and strategic recommendations for future expansion initiatives., Tools: Excel, Financial Modeling, PowerPoint
Timeline
Financial Analyst
Tyson Foods USA
06.2025 - Current
Senior Financial Analyst
Infosys
06.2022 - 08.2023
Financial Analyst
Bisleri
01.2021 - 05.2022
Financial Associate
HDFC Bank
07.2019 - 12.2020
MBA - Finance
New York Institute of Technology