Sashi Dayanidhi

Sashikala Dayanidhi
Director, Finance Innovation & Transformation 
PSEG

Sashi started her 20+ year career as an auditor. After leaving public accounting, she has worked at PSEG’s finance organization for 17 years in various roles with increasing responsibilities. Her most recent role as the Accounting automation and continuous improvement lead was new and undefined just a few years ago. Since then, she has led critical business and process change initiatives including implementing new accounting standards and systems and introducing new technologies. Most recently she has been focused on Robotic Process Automation and other tools to lead her department to a more controlled and efficient environment. Her role in the automation front continues to show success and is now growing outside of Accounting as she showcases the positive impact to more areas in Finance.

Sashi strives to take the core commitments of PSEG and make them part of her daily job. She has been a champion for greater diversity and inclusion throughout her career by her involvement on the D&I Council, Finance Inclusion Team and both formal and informal mentor programs such as the Growing & Reaching for Opportunities for Women program. Meanwhile, she challenges the status quo, trying to help team members and managers to envision and realize a better work environment. She finds ways to compromise or implement changes in a methodical manner, which broadens support and sponsorship for transformation.

​Sashi earned her bachelor’s degree from Binghamton University and an MBA from New York University. She lives in Jersey City with her husband and two daughters.