Brian Mckenna, Cpa Email & Phone Number

Bethlehem, PA, US

Paris, France, FR

• Led a global team of 15 across 6 sites and 3 countries with multiple international affiliates. Annual open budget of $700M.
• Directed the Portfolio Financial Planning across multiple franchises from early entry novel technologies to life-cycle-management projects.
• Streamlined the intersection of project management resource planning and financial budgeting to maximize the project prioritization process.
• Financial leader on several Business Development and Licensing deals.

Paris, France, FR

• Finance head for 3 US manufacturing plants with 1,500 employees with an annual production budget >$500M.
• Led 5 direct reports and a total team of 13 across 3 US sites.
• Spearheaded a call-to-action and a major cost reduction program that slashed the controllable cost base by 10%.
• Financial controller for $1+ billion in capital projects executed or initiated in 10 years.
• Developed the financial business case to secure approval for a $350 million new production facility.
• Led the finance integration of a biotech acquisition that produced a 10x increase in sales of one product in 3 years.

Paris, France, FR

• Corporate Controller for the US legal entity with sales > $2 billion.
• Led six direct reports and a 50-person team in FP&A, financial reporting (GAAP & IFRS), ERP systems, treasury, order-to-cash and procure-to-pay.
• Built the finance back-office during significant growth (20% CAGR per year). Achieved best-in-class A/R stats with 40,000 customer accounts and one million invoices per year.
• Finance leader in a biodefense program with the US government which generated >$1 billion in business; created the accounting & compliance system for FAR & CAS compliance
• Led the financial due diligence and integration for one large and two smaller biotech acquisitions, including an SAP implementation at the larger acquisition.
• Implemented the Sarbanes-Oxley internal controls program and managed the relationship with the external auditors.

• Ran Finance for the Canadian business unit with 6 direct reports and 20 total staff. Reported to the Canadian company President. Led the marketing and sales analyses, R&D accounting/planning, industrial accounting.
• Guided successful negotiations with a major Canadian province to achieve a significant price increase in a price-controlled public health environment.
• Facilitated consolidation of Canadian and US companies into a single North American region. Reorganized the Finance team via performance evaluations, attrition, and recruitment of new talent for the new organization.
• Finance project leader for successful attainment of manufacturing Class A certification.
• Directed cost savings project that achieved a 10% cost reduction in anticipation of a pending market share loss.

• US representative on a global design team (Lyon, France) to standardize the global finance and supply chain.
• Finance Team Leader for a successful on-time and on-budget SAP R/3 FI-CO implementation in the US.

• 6 years public accounting with focus on SEC, manufacturing and US Government contractor clients.