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Sanjana Penathur

@sanjanapenathur

FP&A professional specialized in financial modeling, capital planning, revenue forecasting, and cross-functional partnerships

United States

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What I'm looking for

I seek a finance role where I can lead capital planning and forecasting, partner with product/engineering, and drive measurable cost savings and process improvements.

I'm a Financial Analyst at Zipcar with 3.5 years of experience managing $30M+ budgets across capital planning and G&A operations. I've built my career around turning data into decisions, redesigning capital planning processes, improving forecast accuracy from 16% to 0.8% variance, and driving $7M in realized ROI from product investments. I'm interested in expanding into FP&A finance and strategic initiatives at high-growth companies. I love building financial models and frameworks that influence executive decisions, and I'm energized by companies scaling into new markets where I can apply my process design skills to solve complex financial planning challenges.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Financial Analyst II

Current

Zipcar

Sep 2024 - Present (1 year 5 months)

Led capital planning transformation, redesigning annual process into year-round evaluation, improving investment decision quality. Built governance for small capital projects, reducing ad hoc project spend by 83%. Evaluated $7M in capital requests, modeling revenue and cost optimization impact. Monitored $20M portfolio, achieving $7M in realized benefits from 2024 projects.

Current

Financial Analyst II

Current

Zipcar Inc

Sep 2024 - Present (1 year 5 months)

Owned capital planning and portfolio monitoring for a $20M portfolio, standardizing business cases and reducing ad-hoc spend by 83% ($1.5M to $250K), while delivering $7M in realized benefits and influencing $10M in product investments.

Financial Modeling ROI Analysis Budgeting Forecasting Excel SQL

Financial Analyst I

Zipcar

Jun 2022 - Sep 2024 (2 years 3 months)

Partnered with Technology teams on $10M capital budget, improving forecast accuracy from 16% to 0.8% variance. Developed long-range expense forecasts for $30M G&A portfolio. Owned $30M annual operating plan with leadership. Delivered monthly business insights, surfacing $200K in savings. Led month-end close for G&A expense categories while automating reporting processes.

Financial Analyst I

Zipcar Inc

Jun 2022 - Sep 2024 (2 years 3 months)

Served as finance business partner to Engineering and Product, building bottom-up forecasts for a $10M capital budget and improving forecast accuracy from 16% variance to 0.8%, driving $1M in vendor-related savings and uncovering $200K in annual savings.