SUMMARY:

A FINANCIAL PROFESSIONAL providing leadership and support to continually improve business potential. Diverse background in a variety of service and product driven settings. Proven track record of success interacting with clients and colleagues across the organization in team environments.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE INCLUDE:

SAP

Process Improvements

Human Resources

System Integration

Strategic Planning

Project Management

Accounting Operations

Financial Analysis

Financial Reporting

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Ewing, NJ

SENIOR FINANCIAL ANALYST

Responsibilities:

• Lead in the preparation of NPD Cost of Goods Estimates, including all necessary interactions with purchasing, GMS, marketing, sales and key plant personnel for accurate Confidential ’s costs.
• Attendance at project meetings representing OPS Finance
• Complete complex analytical work and special projects such as monthly/quarterly KPI metrics/scorecard.
• Lead in the preparation of CER form including all necessary documentation and analysis, such as ROI etc.

Confidential, Philadelphia PA

SENIOR FINANCIAL ANALYST - IT FINANCE · Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Monitor resources, budget commitments, and timing for IT projects by working with project managers to challenge project assumptions including risks & opportunities, arriving at the right level of investment
• Manage & report capital and related operational spend ensuring adherence to IT budget, including risks and opportunities.
• Research and educate all cost center owners about their costs.
• Comply with Confidential 's required standards and policies.
• Lead the month end close process including processing of accruals or reclasses for Opex & Capex budgets through various reporting mechanisms.
• Prepare budget/updates and track actual spend vs. budget on a monthly, quarterly & yearly basis.

Confidential, Philadelphia, PA

PROJECT MANAGER IT FINANCE - Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Manage & report capital and related operational spend ensuring adherence to IT budget.
• Research and educate all cost center owners about their costs.
• Comply with Confidential 's required standards and policies.
• Lead the month end close process for Confidential in collaboration with CBS FS for OE, Opex & Capex budgets through various reporting mechanisms.
• Collaborate with Confidential to ensure visibility is apparent regarding IT investments.
• Prepare budget/updates and track actual spend vs. budget on a monthly, quarterly & yearly basis.

Confidential, Raritan NJ

SENIOR FINANCIAL ANALYST - Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Monthly/Quarterly/Yearly close including journal entries and accruals.
• Manage & report capital and related operational spend ensuring adherence to IT budget.
• Research and educate all cost center owners about their costs.
• Comply with Confidential & Confidential 's required standards and policies.
• Analyzing/reconciliation and processing all intercompany charge-ins & charge-outs
• Prepare and coordinate global salary, compensation planning and headcount reconciliation
• Prepare budget and track actual spend vs. budget on a monthly and quarterly basis.
• Track Applications Services internal and investment projects using Clarity Software

Confidential, Wayne PA

SENIOR FINANCIAL ANALYST

Responsibilities:

• Month end close & journal entries.
• Manage & report capital and related operational spend ensuring adherence to IT budget.
• Research and educate all cost center owners about their costs. Manage monthly cost review meetings with Project Managers & Senior Staff.
• Comply with Shire's required standards and policies.
• Maintain forecast of operating expenses & capital expenditures for IT and budget process.
• Approve and validate business cases including analysis and make recommendations relating to costs & costs savings/avoidance including ROI.

Confidential, Philadelphia, PA

FINANCE MANAGER ·Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Confidential calculations, variance analysis, prepare presentations & discussions to cost centers owners, educate staff on good business practices & financial controls. Supporting all the sites with financial, analytical and business decision support services.
• Annual & quarterly financial plans, timely delivery of accurate monthly management reporting. Manage and report capital spend ensuring adherence to budget.
• Partner with the business to achieve strategic, financial and operational goals.
• Work with R&D area for researching specific costing projects
• Ensure Operational Excellence is integrated into the team's responsibilities.
• Comply with Medlmmune's required standards and policies.

Confidential, Philadelphia, PA

SENIOR COSTING ANALYST

Responsibilities:

• Product/material costing, providing costing models, research & financial analysis for customer quotes.
• Calculation of PPV for all inventory line items

Confidential, Wilmington, DE

SENIOR FINANCIAL ANALYST I SENIOR ACCOUNTANT

Responsibilities:

• Research and educate all cost center owners about their costs. Managed monthly cost review meetings.
• Cost of Manufacturing Analysis and Reporting & R&D analysis on experimental material/services
• Key contributor to monthly Maintenance Cost meetings.
• Initiated process improvements for reporting accurate utility costs, discovered an overpayment of $331,000 in electricity cost that was reimbursed to Confidential .
• Key contributor to the month end close, including general journal entries/accruals.

Confidential, Yardley, PA

SENIOR FINANCIAL ANALYST & INCENTIVE COMPENSATION ANALYST

Responsibilities:

• Initiated process improvements to tighten the checks and balances needed to report accurate information; discovered -$40,000 in overpayments that were reimbursed to the company.
• Member of Operational Excellence & Sales Effectiveness Teams
• Conducted risk assessment analysis to measure financial results and gather revised assumptions for future planning including target/budget analysis.
• Converted key performance indicators into a format that enables the organization to clearly understand current category dynamics including shortfalls to potential financials.
• Participated in a weekly "order to cash" initiative and identified opportunities for improving cash flow and AIR days outstanding - Six Sigma Green Belt Training
• Managed and prepared quarterly and annual incentive plan calculations; verified accuracy and integrity of commissions submitted to payroll.
• Key contributor to the month end close for sales, revenue and accruals.
• Managed and educated on line sales reporting to all sales staff and senior management.