Recall that $\sum a_n < \infty \implies a_n \to 0\text { as }n \to \infty$, and that $$e^x = \sum_{n=0}^\infty \frac{x^n}{n!}$$ converges for all x.
So $$e^{\pi a} = \sum_{n=0}^\infty\frac{(\pi a)^n}{n!} < \infty \implies \frac{(\pi a)^n}{n!} \to 0 \text{ as }n \to \infty$$ Thus we can choose an $n \in \mathbb{N}$ sufficiently large such that $$\frac{(\pi a)^n}{n!} < 1/\pi \implies \pi \, \frac{(\pi a)^n}{n!} < 1$$