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Arlington, Ma, Us

Danvers, Ma, Us

Danvers, Ma, Us

Danvers, Ma, Us

Abiomed is a $500M manufacturer of medical devices.Lead the FP&A and Cost Accounting functions and process for the company.Lead a team of 4 employees.

Danvers, Ma, Us

Abiomed is a $230M manufacturer of Medical Devices.Lead the FP&A and Cost Accounting functions for the company. Have 2 employees in the US and 1 in Germany.

Danvers, Ma, Us

Abiomed is a $180M manufacturer of Medical Devices.Leader for annual budgeting and quarterly forecasting processes for the company. Aligned deadlines, expectations and templates across Finance organization. Developed standard slide deck for budget and forecasts for senior management, including incorporating key changes/issues consolidated from finance organization. FP&A owner for Global R&D ($35M) and Global Manufacturing ($36M), including Gross Margin. Main finance business partner for VP of R&D, VP of Manufacturing and Director of Clinical. Responsible for all planning and reporting on company R&D and Clinical portfolio of projects. Coordinate financial partnering, system support and standard costing across manufacturing plants in US and Germany.Key Accomplishments:- Developed Gross Margin financial model which integrated Sales inputs (Units, Pricing) and Manufacturing inputs (Standard Cost, Build Plan, Spending, Yields, Scrap & Other Manufacturing Variances). Model was utilized to forecast margin and was revised weekly during quarter to give line of sight to where margin would end quarterly. Accuracy was within 0.2%.- Worked with third party vendor to design and implement Internal Order model for BPC. This was used to forecast all project spend and on a monthly basis to report on actuals versus plan.

Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nl

Finance Team member directly supporting entire Philips Healthcare business unit, which included direct support for CFO & Corporate Controller. Analyzed and reported on Sales Growth, Spending and Gross Margin by type, product and organization. Gained inputs for report out from finance leaders across business unit. Analysis included in monthly slide deck for executive team. Responsible for consolidating R&D and Selling costs across business unit by organization for quarterly forecasts and annual budget.Key Accomplishments:Streamlined reporting in all areas in order to take time out of month end close processes.Developed margin reporting trends by business unit for CFO.

Minneapolis, Mn, Us

Medtronic is a $16B manufacturer of Medical Devices.; Primary finance business partner to $450M US selling organization's leadership, including VP of Sales. P&L responsibility for organization. Develop, prepare, and present analysis and commentary of revenue results to Senior Management to enhance understanding and improve decision making. Develop and communicate weekly revenue forecasts. Responsible for the quarterly forecasting process including revenue by product line, commissions, selling expenses and obsolescence. Work with sales management to develop sales territory revenue targets. Have matrix management responsibilities for 2 financial analysts.Key Accomplishments:Worked with VP of Sales, Director of Sales and Sr Sales Operations Manager to develop proposal to expand US Sales force. Proposal was accepted and is being implemented.Developed weekly financial packs & financial tools for distribution to sales managers to enhance their financial management of their regions.

Minneapolis, Mn, Us

Manage P+L and Balance Sheet for site with yearly revenues of $260M. Leadership team member of 600 person site. Responsible for Finance business partnering with Manufacturing, R&D, Marketing, Clinical, Supply Chain, Quality, and Facilities. Responsible for the budget and quarterly forecasting process, including Standard Cost Setting for all products, and Cost Center, R&D Project and Capital Asset Spending. Ensure that all corporate and division time lines are met.Manage 2 analysts and a Cost Accounting Manager with 3 analysts. Prioritize the department's work based upon business needs. Develop and enhance subordinates' skill sets through day-to-day management, mentoring, setting and reviewing Goals and Objectives, Individual Development Plans, and the formal review process.Key accomplishments:Team leader for division wide Finance team charged with improving Talent Management for the division. Team's recommendations were approved by VP of Finance.Presented financials for 5 R&D projects at phase reviews with divisional Senior Management. Worked with Director of Manufacturing and Contract Manufacturing to develop the financials for a proposal to outsource products made in Danvers. Project is currently being implemented.Finance representative on team which analyzed the strategic value of the site. Work was recognized by VP & Divisional GM.Process owner for 2 successful Lean/6 Sigma business process improvement teams.

Minneapolis, Mn, Us

Responsible for management of the Cost Accounting team, preparing and presenting all financial reviews with operations, the annual budgeting process and the Balance Sheet. Managed 5 Financial Analysts of various skill levels. Provided business partner for Marketing. Key accomplishments:Supported VP of Sales in an analyst capacity on an interim basis, while managing site Finance team. Provided direction to Sales Management on major expansion of sales force through analysis of territories based on market potential, location, and current sales.Developed tool for Marketing and Sales Management that looks at sales of new products at an account and sales representative level. Improved account targeting by sales force.Site Finance core team member for implementation of SAP Finance, Manufacturing, Procurement and Logistics. Participated in global blueprinting and site implementation. Implemented weekly Financial updates on operational results distributed to management, leading to quicker course corrections and elimination of financial surprises.

Minneapolis, Mn, Us

Key accomplishments:Developed processes to accurately develop cost accounting standards, close books, and report on results. Internal Audit gave our Cost Accounting processes and controls the highest rating of "Commendable", with no audit findings.Developed initial financial analysis proving validity of outsourcing strategy. $3M in margin improvements were accomplished.Developed financial analysis for facility consolidation. $0.5M in saving estimates were realized.

Minneapolis, Mn, Us

Key accomplishments as Senior Financial Analyst include:Worked with Operations to develop daily metrics for Labor Efficiency Variance and Scrap Variance reporting. End result was that variances at end of month equaled Finance reported variances. This enabled Operations to react quicker to unfavorable variances.Supported Marketing initiatives by developing reporting tools to track performance. Worked with Marketing to develop an account-targeting plan, which was accepted by senior management and deployed to the sales force.

Minneapolis, Mn, Us

Key accomplishments as Financial Analyst include:Member of team that analyzed reducing FG Inventories and improving customer service levels. Translated rules and guidelines developed by team into a spreadsheet model. Within two months of implementation, customer service levels of 99% were attained. Within 6 months, FG levels were reduced.Transitioned cost accounting from Bard/AVE to Medtronic after merger and restructuring of Finance.

Coordinated month-end manufacturing variance analysis and reporting with manufacturing supervisors, which included production, spending, material and labor efficiencies.

Key duties included various inventory reporting and analysis including overall valuation, cost of sales and inventory days reports for a division with gross inventory of $30M. Coordinated the auditing of biannual multi-site physical inventory valued at $15M.

Responsible for the accounting and the reporting of three contracts, which were valued at $96M.

Master'S Degree, Business Administration And Management, General

Bachelor'S Degree, Accounting

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