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Cary, NC, US

Chapel Hill, North Carolina, US

Research Triangle Park, NC, US

• Provided financial leadership of a $40M research project portfolio delivering comprehensive financial analytics to management, project teams, and business partners improving strategic planning and alignment.
• Conducted financial analysis to assess project performance, identify trends, assess risks, budget and forecast variances, and ad-hoc requests contributing to informed data driven business decisions.
• Directed monthly reviews on forty plus projects preparing cash flow trackers, portfolio dashboards, P&L analysis, and monthly forecast updates resulting in identification and mitigation strategies of issues.
• Prepared journal entries, accruals, account reconciliations, and collaborated with cross functional business partners to ensure financial integrity and reliable data-based reporting.
• Ensured financial and transactional results accuracy, project setup, and ongoing maintenance for billing and revenue recognition as per contractual terms and business rules.
• Initiated timely and accurate budget submission support including annual, revision, project carryover, and new proposal add-on budgets.

Bagsværd, DK

• Trusted and influential Finance Partner supporting a $2.6 billion pharmaceutical greenfield project providing financial business leadership and insight for meeting strategic initiatives.
• Managed and facilitated the financial planning, forecasting, and controlling of headcount for five Director areas with annual project budgets of $90M and annual operation budgets of $120M.
• Created monthly Excel and PowerPoint packages providing in-depth analysis of trends, forecast and budget to actual variances, financial models, and ad-hoc analysis identifying issues and solutions.
• Improved financial literacy across the company by actively partnering with department leaders, contributing to sound financial decision making and financial target attainment.
• Conducted comprehensive month end close accounting activities and various control processes, leading to accurate financial reporting while exceeding corporate timelines.
• Implemented Tableau dashboards effectively communicating both financial and non-financial key performance indicators (KPIs) and fulfilled ad-hoc reporting request from senior management.

Morrisville, NC, US

• Provided cost, profitability, and competitive analysis as the financial focal point steering product development and portfolio decisions regarding new products.
• Streamlined cross function pricing process for Networking products reducing new customer quote times by 33% while increasing sales.
• Created investment business cases to determine ROI and pricing strategies for new Networking and High-Performance Computing products with full P&Ls ensuring financial objectives and goals were obtainable.
• Reviewed Price Function Value analysis on server portfolio ensuring pricing strategy and competitive pricing was maintained and facilitated the Price Action approval process when required.
• Optimized US option portfolio prices for trends and competitiveness while considering product transitions, channel inventory exposures, benchmarks, and demand conditioning.

Morrisville, NC, US

• Joined Lenovo as part of the IBM divestiture and partnered in the stabilization and transition of IBM’s x86 financial metrics and history into Lenovo’s methodology and reporting structure.
• Consulted the design and divestiture of IBM’s financial measurement systems from the planning stages of Lenovo’s intent to purchase through the execution phase and integration between the two companies.
• Executed financial validation and reconciliation analysis between IBM ledgers to Lenovo’s SAP BW/BO systems after the acquisition of IBM’s x86 server business.
• Implemented the end-to-end transition of a $30M quarterly supplier rebate journal entry process improving both geography and product level coverage. Received an Achievement Award for my effort.
• Standardized and implemented a new global server volume reporting process eliminating inefficiencies and duplication errors which plagued previous process.

Armonk, New York, NY, US

• Prepared comprehensive geography and product financial analysis of $4.2B xSeries server division to the WW CFO, Business Line executives and various teams driving strategic decisions and cost saving initiatives.
• Facilitated meetings presenting product segment P&Ls statements with geography CFOs and their teams validating performance results while documenting trends, variances, and risks for C-suite executives.
• Produced extensive month end performance packages with financial analysis, revenue and gross profit variance explanation, and budget performance for strategic planning.
• Forecasted revenue and units optimizing inventory preventing over committing inventory investment.
• Devised a product segment common option allocation method resulting in accurate financial reporting.
• Managed a team responsible for the accurate financial mapping of product part numbers correcting over $200M of miscoded part numbers improving data integrity and operational efficiency.

Armonk, New York, NY, US

• Generated detailed financial reports for $1.7B Americas xSeries server brand for North America CFO and executive team regarding state of the business. Provided business direction to the sales and manufacturing teams.
• Contributed to design and deployment of sales performance tracking tool for xSeries. Recognized with Bravo Award for designing innovative processes that offered valuable visibility and insights to leadership.
• Forecasted and monitored Channel Business Partner key financial metrics such as billing adjustments, rebates, and incentives adjusting when required for accurate revenue projections.
• Implemented new Indirect Channel Return Authorization process resulting in a 2 point gross profit savings over the following eight quarters.
• Identified and rectified incorrect Business Partner return cap generating $1.4M savings.
• Developed North America’s region, route (Channel vs Direct), sector, and product segment tracks and target forecast for monthly and weekly performance measurements.

Master Of Business Administration (Mba)

Bachelor Of Science In Business Adminsitration, Management