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San Diego, CA, US

• Oversee the development and implementation of controls to ensure financial accuracy and regulatory compliance across North America.
• Identify and address financial and operational risks, enhancing control effectiveness.
• Work with external auditors and senior management to monitor and report on control effectiveness, driving continuous improvement.

Rockland, Massachusetts, United States

• Drive forecasting, budgeting and long-range financial planning for the Global Neurology and Immunology Franchise in close collaboration with strategy, business development, market insights and commercial teams
• Provide financial analysis and strategic guidance to senior leadership to ensure internal and external financial targets are met
• Evaluate new business opportunities including pressure testing of assumptions, bottom-up development of Commercial financial plan, sales sensitivity analysis and overall profitability evaluation (ROI//NPV/IRR) to.
• Lead financial pre-launch activities and facilitate cross functional alignment for a major product launch
• Achieve enhanced efficiency by spearheading process optimization initiatives such as standardizing and automizing management reporting and transferring standard tasks to a shared service center
• Driving a high-performance team through motivation, mentorship, and fostering a culture of growth and excellence

Rockland, Massachusetts, United States

• Led the annual budgeting process in alignment with brand planning process
• Initiated monthly business performance reviews to discuss underlying performance drivers and align on financial performance storyline to senior leadership
• Led biannual risk reporting process for the global franchise across R&D and Commercial
• Managed forecasts and budgets for the strategic marketing organization including requisition approvals, monthly accounting and reconciliation as well as budget vs actuals deviation analysis

Burlington, Massachusetts, Vereinigte Staaten

• Led the forecasting, planning, and analysis of the Commercial North America Organization's budget within the Research Solutions business unit at Millipore Sigma
• Designed and implemented Power BI dashboards facilitating streamlined monitoring of sales performance and commercial expenditures for business stakeholders.

Shanghai City, China

• Led China Strategy Group Functions work stream across 10 departments to leverage 2022 business initiatives
• Developed Biopharma business case and supported negotiations for China investment project
• Managed Eastern Asia benchmarking project resulting in finance process improvements and resource savings
• Cross-functional coordination of Legal Entity establishment in China
• Implemented finance processes for Life Science manufacturing site

Shanghai City, China

• Developed big data cash flow reporting and forecasting tool for China (Global Finance Award Nomination)
• Enabled transition of funding strategy for 18 Legal Entities across three business sectors
• Initiated and coordinated transfer pricing for Biopharma manufacturing site in China

Darmstadt Und Umgebung, Deutschland

• Established automated receivable reporting for Biopharma managers to assess country developments and risks
• Implemented global reporting tool for 18 Healthcare manufacturing sites to facilitate production cost monitoring
• Supported operative planning process for Merck Group Functions
• Developed questionnaire for >100 subsidiaries worldwide to enable the implementation of IFRS 15

Ludwigshafen

Procurement Controlling and Governance/ Price Risk ManagementAnalyzed possible Impacts of changes due to IFRS 9 on current hedging strategies; Topic of master thesis: Hedging and hedge accounting of commodity price risks

Ludwigshafen

Procurement Controlling and GovernanceProject Lead to define a globally harmonized and standardized process for raw material specifications.

Karlsruhe Und Umgebung, Deutschland

Credit Risk and Trade Surveillance

Darmstadt Und Umgebung, Deutschland

Group Controlling

Barcelona Und Umgebung, Spanien

Controlling

Hanau, Hessen, Deutschland

Graduated with distinction

Master Of Arts (M.A.), Controlling, Finance And Accounting, 1.3

Graduated with distinction

Bachelor'S Degree, Controlling, Finance And Accounting, 1.5