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Miami Lakes, Fl

Provide support to the External Manufacturing Team by collaborating with the Demand Team, Quality Assurance and Strategic Sourcing in order to maintain 98% customer service level and minimize inventories. • Analyze developed and implemented inventory and procurement plans that maximize service levels objectives at the lowest possible cost.• Monitor inventory stock levels on a daily basis to resolve stock outs, low inventory and excess stock levels for assigned product lines.• Alert the demand planners suggesting rebalance of inventory in regional network of 2 DC's to maintain targeted customer service level of 98%.• Prepare yearly projection demand analysis to review with vendors to make them aware of our needs so they can properly plan the necessary manufacturing lines and resources to our products.

Miami Lakes, Fl

Working as a consultant, provided financial support to the worldwide (WW) Financial Planning & Analyses Team. Consolidated month-end results and provided explanations for variances. Reported information and trends with cash flow and tangible capital• Developed a worldwide company headcount report. Provided monthly and quarterly reporting to functional leaders. • Developed quarterly balance sheet projections and provided explanations for the variances (A/P, A/R, Misc. Liabilities, Pre-paid, Inventory, PP&E) Reported Cash Flow and Tangible Capital. • Provided the Treasury department with international sales projection of foreign exchange risk exposure. Prepared full year forecast and quarterly reporting. • Consolidated WW sales and P&L Statements for 5 regions. Prepared WW sales and P&L analysis and projections.• Updated the world wide monthly status letter for distribution to the global management board.• Trained the regions (Europe & Africa, Asia, and Latin America) with the preparation of sales volume & price analyses.

Miami Lakes, Fl

Coordinated $73M expense and $20M capital budgets for the Information Technology group across 6 affiliates. Provided 2 VPs and 4 directors with monthly actual vs. forecast analyses and ad-hoc projects on expenses, capital and headcount on an ongoing basis.• Developed the first franchise consolidated business plan presentation for the review with the Franchise Chairman and the Vice President of Global Surgery IT.• Led development and implementation of IT Financial Dashboard Franchise using Tableau.• Conducted the monthly and quarterly financial reviews with IT and Finance leadership.• Provided financial support for Johnson & Johnson acquisitions and divestiture team.Consolidated and quantified the IT Transaction Services Agreement (TSA) for the Cordis divestiture to Cardinal Health.• Generated Financial Reports on periodic and ad-hoc basis for Finance & IT leadership.

Miami Lakes, Fl

Business partner to the Administration group (IT, Finance, HR, Legal, President and Other Admin). Developed $120M expense forecast and presented monthly results to 3 VPs and 2 controllers. Sarbanes Oxley Testing and Balance Sheet reconciliation.• Created efficiencies by developing and rolling out comprehensive uniform data collection template for business plan across 7 sites. Streamlined forecast and avoided data errors. • Managed the Administration allocations process to other divisions. Created the templates and obtained management buy-in during the annual forecast cycles.• Developed Excel template to capture and properly document capitalization of internal resources and contractors to capital projects.• Trained IT and Finance groups on corporate capital policy: Accounting for Software, hardware and related costs. Sought out by associates for capital and spending related issues.• Part of the team that developed documentation and testing templates for Payroll, Cash, Fixed Assets and Intercompany Sarbanes Oxley Cycles.• Spearheaded standardization initiative for Sarbanes Account Reconciliation and Journal Entry policies WW and documentation and testing templates across all Sarbanes cycles. • Improved Sarbanes termination process by working with IT to develop a weekly automatic communication to timely update access to company applications/systems.• Automated Excel Intercompany reconciliation template (70 affiliates). Expedited process ½ day. • Led Finance WW quarterly communication meeting across 7 sites for 2 years. • Created report to streamline calculation and payment of royalties. Worked with legal team to make sure that contracts were reviewed periodically.• Managed, developed and trained J&J Finance Leadership rotation students and interns.• Primary contact for internal and external audits for accruals, balance sheet reconciliations and Journal Entries due to thorough knowledge and expertise in procedures and reporting requirements.

Miami Lakes, Fl

Financial support to the Research & Development and the New Product Development VPs.Developed the forecast and provided on-going spending analyses (capital & expense) to upper management. Reviewed and approved capital project request and tracked capital in progress spending

Raritan, Nj

Consolidated and reported company wide capital and project spending for McNeil Pharmaceutical and the Pharmaceutical Research Institute ($120M). Coordinated the capital forecast and develop the depreciation projection for current and future years. Maintained the Fixed Assets and Project Accounting Systems.

Raritan, Nj

Assisted in the development of the forecast for a newly created sales force (4 regions, 16 divisions). Performed monthly close activities and provided management with results and commentary for Sales and Marketing. Participated in the development of the new Medicaid Rebate calculation model. Prepared and issue quarterly Medicaid Rebate payments to the 50 States after management approval.

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Finance, General

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Finance, General, Accounting