Proma Sen Gupta

Financial Analyst with 6+ years of experience across FP&A, manufacturing finance, treasury, financial modeling, credit risk, and data analytics. Combines finance judgment with AI evaluation and automation using Excel, Python, SQL, R, Tableau, Power BI, SAP, and Cognos TM1. Proven ability to improve forecasting, strengthen controls, accelerate reporting, and translate complex data into executive-ready insights.

Financial Analyst II - Catalent Pharma Solutions - Greenville, NC

(2026-06)

• Support manufacturing FP&A through budgeting, forecasting, monthly performance reporting, and analysis of actual results against plan and prior periods.
• Partner with operations and finance stakeholders to investigate cost, spending, and operational variances and translate findings into actionable business insights.
• Contribute to month-end close, accruals, reconciliations, management reporting, and process improvements while maintaining strong financial controls and data accuracy.

Corporate Finance Expert Writer (Contract) - Fleet AI - Remote

(2026-05)

• Design finance-domain AI evaluation tasks grounded in realistic ERP workflows, including FP&A, treasury, close and consolidation, revenue, purchasing, working capital, controls, and executive reporting.
• Build source-data packages, authoritative ground-truth models, and scoring guidance that test quantitative accuracy, business judgment, controllership, and executive communication.
• Perform quality assurance on model outputs, diagnose overly easy or ambiguous tasks, and strengthen evaluations through conflicting evidence, stale-source risks, and audit-ready validation requirements.
• Translate complex finance scenarios into concise business prompts and decision-ready expected conclusions for training and benchmarking advanced AI systems.

Senior Treasury Analyst (Short-term Project) - SOLV Energy - San Diego, CA

(2025-12 - 2026-03)

• Led enterprise cash-flow forecasting and liquidity planning, improving forecast accuracy by 12% and aligning projections with operating plans.
• Monitored debt structures and covenant compliance, maintained lender reporting, and supported intercompany funding and working-capital decisions.
• Automated treasury reporting, reducing manual effort by 25% while improving internal controls, data accuracy, and executive visibility into liquidity and debt exposure.
• Partnered with banking and internal stakeholders to improve payment processes, capital planning, and financial risk management.

Business Data Analyst / Financial Analyst - Illumina Inc. (Contract) - San Diego, CA

(2023-07 - 2024-11)

• Analyzed large datasets to identify business drivers and growth opportunities, contributing to a 15% increase in revenue through data-driven insights.
• Built Tableau, Excel, and QuickBase dashboards that reduced reporting turnaround time by 20% and delivered executive-ready performance visibility.
• Maintained 95%+ data accuracy through validation, cleansing, transformation, and documentation; supported data governance and reporting controls.
• Partnered with finance, sales, marketing, and product teams to streamline processes and reduce project turnaround time by 15%.

Financial Analyst III - Thermo Fisher Scientific - San Diego, CA

(2022-11 - 2023-06)

• Supported AOP, forecasting, budgeting, and variance analysis, improving forecast accuracy by 10% and enabling stronger management decisions.
• Developed Excel financial models and automated reporting workflows using INDEX/MATCH, SUMIFS, and PivotTables, reducing errors and cycle time by 11%.
• Produced revenue, bookings, and regional performance reporting that contributed to a 6% revenue increase.
• Managed accruals, journal entries, reconciliations, and month-end close activities in SAP and Cognos TM1 in compliance with internal controls.

Graduate Research Assistant - North Dakota State University - Fargo, ND

(2021-09 - 2022-12)

• Built econometric and machine-learning models for market forecasting, banking performance, and Federal Reserve policy analysis using Python, R, and STATA.
• Developed stock-forecasting models using Hidden Markov Models and Random Forest; applied VAR, regression, DAGs, clustering, and panel-data methods.

Senior Executive Officer / Senior Credit Analyst - IDLC Finance Limited - Dhaka, Bangladesh

(2017-10 - 2020-07)

• Performed corporate credit analysis across financial statements, cash flow, industry trends, and risk factors; developed models that reduced credit losses by 15%.
• Improved credit decision accuracy by 20%, reduced non-performing assets by 10%, and supported 12% loan-portfolio growth through disciplined analysis and risk mitigation.
• Supported forecasting and planning for a 270-member business unit and delivered financial advisory support to corporate clients.

M.S. - Agribusiness & Applied Economics (Applied Economics) - North Dakota State University (2021-09 - 2022-12)

MBA - Finance - University of Dhaka (2017 - 2019)

BBA - Finance & Accounting and Human Resource Management - North South University (2012 - 2016)