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-Involved with all areas of full-cycle accounting and specialized financial projects for this billion-dollar publicly traded global pharmaceutical company.-Consistently find ways to strengthen metrics to assess performance and streamline processes.•Review transactions and prepare reconciliations, journal entries, audit schedules and reports while monitoring quality for accuracy, completeness, and departmental compliance.-Managing the work of two consultants off shore.-Streamlined and standardized accounting processes that have improved consistency and productivity.-Developed a strong expertise in analytics and reconciliations.-Improved procedures to ensure compliance with complex analysis and data retention requirements.•Provide input for payroll, working closely with team to ensure accuracy and compliance.•Communicate with IT to translate challenges into robust solutions and collaborate with departments on conversion projects requiring seamless transitions for reporting.-Played a key role in the implementation of two ERP and payroll software conversion projects to seamlessly transition, roll out, and stabilize new systems.-Partnered with IT to launch the company’s paperless initiative for the Department, meeting the corporate goal ahead of schedule with the model being adopted by other departments within the company.•Work across departments to ensure alignment of systems and software programs for reporting and analysis.-Leveraged systems to strengthen analyses, serving as a major contributor in automating processing which has saved hours on manual tasks and allows more time for critical analytical work.-Identified opportunities for efficiencies in the monthly closing process, helping the team in achieving a 7-day accounting close as deadlines became tighter over the years.-Frequently requested to provide input/recommendations on strategic corporate projects which often requires extensive analytic research, operational analysis, and data review. -Championed the effective use of metrics to drive improvements and due diligence review.