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California, United States

South San Francisco, California

• Achieved $5M (or 2.5%) savings year-over-year by building strategic partnership with in-depth understanding of business.
• Managed financial performance (+/-2%) and delivered quarterly presentation to executives with actionable insights.
• Reduced 33% cycle time by identifying and implementing improvement for forecast process to focus on key deliverables.
• Translated business priorities into reasonable and actionable financial plans through strategic planning and collaboration.
• Effectively managed accruals, monthly close, business processes, performance reporting, risk / opportunity identification.
• Co-led a cross-functional team of eight to focus on the development of leadership skills for women in finance.

• Performed brand level P&L analysis to monitor profitability and manage marketing expenses for products across business units.
• Supported product launch and company integration by developing new processes, providing change management trainings, and promoting understanding of exiting financial processes.
• Led, developed and assessed the performance junior Financial Analysts to gain business acumen, and be successful in their roles.
• Managed ad hoc projects: Agency Fees, General Consulting, Speaker Programs, Promotional Meals, Standardized Reports.

Emeryville, CA

• Managed direct/indirect COGS, capacity efficiency, price quantity mix analysis, variance analysis, inventory management.
• Served as financial advisor to senior management on capacity and scenarios plannings for production plan / site integration.

Emeryville