Mandy Aye
Danville
Summary
Dynamic Senior Financial Analyst with proven expertise at NASA Ames Research Center, excelling in financial modeling and strategic planning. Achieved enhanced budget adherence through innovative scenario modeling and automated Power BI dashboards. Adept at fostering team collaboration while delivering actionable insights that drive fiscal success and operational efficiency.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Financial Analyst
NASA Ames Research Center
Moffett Field
01.2021 - Current
- Lead FP&A activities for multi-division portfolios, ensuring all budget and forecast activities remain strictly aligned with fiscal year guidelines.
- Direct the month-end and quarterly financial close within SAP and BOBJ, verifying the accuracy of all divisional expenditures and reporting.
- Conduct complex scenario and investment analysis to evaluate the financial impact of different funding levels, providing chiefs with data-driven recommendations.
- Designed the hazardous waste chargeback model and tracking sheet to accurately bill customers for waste production, ensuring full cost recovery for the division.
- Serve as a one of the trainers for the G-Invoicing buyer team at NASA Ames, providing instruction on system compliance and operational workflows.
- Onboard and mentor new team members, training them on the core functional responsibilities and technical standards of the financial analyst role.
- Build 6-year cash flow projections in Advanced Excel to verify the long-term funding status of divisional investments and confirm if contracts are fully funded.
- Develop automated Power BI dashboards integrated with SAP data to provide project managers with real-time visibility into budget execution and remaining funds.
- Manage divisional headcount and workforce planning, verifying that staffing levels remain consistent with authorized funding and the fiscal year plan.
- Acquisition, Aviation and Environmental Management Divisions
Financial Analyst III
NASA Ames Research Center
Moffett Field
05.2020 - 12.2020
- Tracked project spending against fiscal year guidelines to ensure that scientists and project managers stayed within their approved budgets.
- Verified contract funding status to confirm which projects had secured money and warned chiefs about projects at risk of running out of funds.
- Managed month-end close for project expenses, using SAP and BOBJ to record accruals and verify that all costs were accurate.
- Recommended budget scenarios in Advanced Excel to show chiefs how different hiring or spending choices would affect their total funding.
- Developed custom Power BI dashboards as needed to provide project managers with a clearer view of their real-time spend and remaining budget.
- Analyzed project headcount to verify that staffing levels remained aligned with the approved plan for the fiscal year.
- Identified budget variances by comparing actual spend to the plan, giving chiefs the data they needed to stay on track.
- Orion Program (Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle)
Financial Analyst, G&A FP&A
Nutanix
San Jose
12.2019 - 05.2020
- Executed the G&A month-end close process, managing complex accruals, headcount reconciliations, and expense allocations within NetSuite and Workday to ensure data integrity.
- Improved forecast accuracy and budget adherence through disciplined variance analysis, providing Directors and VPs with actionable feedback to resolve fiscal risks and budget gaps.
- Optimized headcount planning and hiring analysis by reconciling actual staffing levels against the budget, ensuring hiring remained aligned with corporate funding targets.
- Maintained and updated Tableau dashboards to track operating costs and KPIs, transforming data exports from NetSuite and Adaptive into clear visual reports for senior leadership.
- Enhanced fiscal transparency by building and presenting consolidated month-end financial review decks that translated complex system data into strategic insights for the CFO.
- Streamlined the planning cycle by leveraging Adaptive Insights to automate long-range forecasting, including multi-year workforce and funding projections for G&A functions.
- Mitigated budget overruns by tracking project backlogs and hiring commitments in NetSuite, providing leadership with clear visibility into future resource availability.
Financial Analyst II – Facility Engineering & Real Property Mgmt
Logical-R Joint Venture LLC (Contracted to NASA)
Moffett Field
10.2017 - 11.2019
- Managed financial forecasting and budgeting using SAP and Business Warehouse to plan for workforce requirements and multi-year funding needs.
- Built scenario-based models in Advanced Excel to forecast contract costs, evaluate headcount planning, and assess the impact of different funding levels.
- Performed monthly variance analysis to compare actual spending against budget allocations, providing leadership with feedback on fiscal performance.
- Developed and updated Power BI dashboards to track operating costs and KPIs, transforming periodic data exports into clear visual reports for department chiefs.
- Led the month-end close process for Project Managers, ensuring all project costs were accurately captured, reconciled, and allocated.
- Tracked project backlogs and funding commitments, providing chiefs with clear visibility into future resource availability and spending status.
- Provided strategic recommendations to leadership based on financial analysis to identify cost-saving opportunities and process improvements.
Financial Analyst I – Logistics Mgmt Division
Logical-R Joint Venture LLC (Contracted to NASA)
Moffett Field
12.2016 - 09.2017
- Managed financial forecasting and budgeting using SAP and Business Warehouse to plan for workforce requirements and multi-year funding needs.
- Built scenario-based models in Advanced Excel to forecast contract costs, evaluate headcount planning, and assess the impact of different funding levels.
- Performed monthly variance analysis to compare actual spending against budget allocations, providing leadership with feedback on fiscal performance.
- Developed and updated Power BI dashboards to track operating costs and KPIs, transforming periodic data exports into clear visual reports for department chiefs.
- Led the month-end close process for Project Managers, ensuring all project costs were accurately captured, reconciled, and allocated.
- Tracked project backlogs and funding commitments, providing chiefs with clear visibility into future resource availability and spending status.
- Provided strategic recommendations to leadership based on financial analysis to identify cost-saving opportunities and process improvements.
Financial Analyst
RESA Power Solutions
San Jose
08.2015 - 11.2016
- Managed the end-to-end finance workflow, transforming raw accounting data into strategic reports for the CFO.
- Prepared full financial statements and investor-ready reporting packages, ensuring high-level accuracy for all stakeholders.
- Developed automated sales performance dashboards to track individual targets and visualize team results using advanced Excel.
- Analyzed key business metrics (KPIs) to identify growth trends and provide actionable insights for executive decision-making.
- Maintained the sales backlog and revenue tracking, providing leadership with a clear view of future income and order status.
- Built a 13-week cash flow model in Excel to manage company liquidity and support executive investment decisions.
- Automated manual reporting workflows using Zephyr, SQL, and Excel, replacing slow, manual processes with scalable visual reports.
Data & Finance Intern
NASA Ames Research Center
Moffett Field
11.2012 - 10.2014
- Helped maintain financial clarity by carefully reviewing and inputting contract invoices and expenses into Excel.
- Delivered critical headcount and variance insights by leveraging SAP and Business Warehouse (BOBJ) for the Sr. Program Analyst.
- Accelerated decision-making by engineering a centralized Excel funding tracker to enhance contracts and grants visibility.
- Intelligent Systems Division
Education
Bachelor of Science - Business Administration (Finance)
San Jose State University
San Jose, CaliforniaBachelor of Accounting -
Yangon Institute of Economics
MyanmarSkills
- Financial modeling and analysis
- Strategic planning
- Cost management
- Budgeting and forecasting
- Ad-hoc analysis
- Scenario modeling
- KPI reporting
- Investment evaluation
- Data visualization with Power BI
- SQL basic proficiency
- Large dataset analysis
- Workflow automation
- Presentation skills with PowerPoint
- SAP core financials expertise
- Business Warehouse (BW)
- Business Objects proficiency
- Oracle NetSuite knowledge
- Adaptive planning techniques
- Workday experience
- Microsoft Dynamics GP familiarity
- Customer relationship management (CRM)
- Maximo expertise
- Orbit software knowledge
- 4D application skills
- Tableau data visualization
- Microsoft Office suite proficiency
- Financial reporting
Timeline
Senior Financial Analyst
NASA Ames Research Center
01.2021 - Current
Financial Analyst III
NASA Ames Research Center
05.2020 - 12.2020
Financial Analyst, G&A FP&A
Nutanix
12.2019 - 05.2020
Financial Analyst II – Facility Engineering & Real Property Mgmt
Logical-R Joint Venture LLC (Contracted to NASA)
10.2017 - 11.2019
Financial Analyst I – Logistics Mgmt Division
Logical-R Joint Venture LLC (Contracted to NASA)
12.2016 - 09.2017
Financial Analyst
RESA Power Solutions
08.2015 - 11.2016
Data & Finance Intern
NASA Ames Research Center
11.2012 - 10.2014
Bachelor of Science - Business Administration (Finance)
San Jose State University
Bachelor of Accounting -
Yangon Institute of Economics