Priyanka Abeysekara

About Priyanka Abeysekara

Senior Financial Executive (MBA)Finance leader with experience in multinational hardware, software, and telecom companies, with a proven record of strong leadership and execution. Expertise includes restructuring & revitalizing organizations to achieve profit objectives, financial planning & analysis, product cost management, cost accounting, employee development, process standardization and automation. AchievementsProvided finance leadership to business partners to reduce operations costs and improve gross margin by 4%. Optimized operational and finance processes to reduce inventory cost by over 3 million dollars. Successfully integrated a newly acquired foreign company and achieved anticipated profitability with cost synergies. Generated clear & concise metrics to enhance the decision-making process and strategically expand the company’s global footprint. Established product cost saving metrics to measure and improve standard margins. SpecialtiesFinancial Planning, Financial Forecasting, Strategic Analysis, Financial Reporting, Capital Planning, Operation Performance Measurement, Operations Finance, Mergers & Acquisitions, Accounting, Cash Management, SaaS

Experience

1. Director of Finance

   Corsair

   Mar 2018 — Present · Fremont, CA, US

Education

• San José State University

  Master of Business Administration (MBA), Finance, General

  1997 — 1999

• University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka

  Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Biology, General

Skills

• Cost Accounting
• Finance
• Start-Ups
• Essbase
• Variance Analysis
• Sap
• Oracle Applications
• Sarbanes-Oxley
• Financial Accounting
• Hyperion Enterprise
• Process Improvement
• Financial Planning
• Financial Reporting
• Hyperion
• Consolidation
• Sarbanes-Oxley Act
• Forecasting
• Managerial Finance
• Financial Analysis
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Strategic Financial Planning
• Financial Modeling
• Corporate Finance