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Rancho Cordova, Ca

Served as Strategic Member of LHES Finance Team translating output from analytical models and business data into financial profile for recommendation of changes in business product profitability and evolution of business strategies.• Drove Financial Planning and Analysis for LHES.• Served as Strategic Member of LHES Finance Team translating output from analytical models and business data into financial profile for recommendation of changes in business product profitability and evolution of business strategies.• Ad Hoc presentations and analysis for Senior Management and Corporate to communicate results.• Design financial reporting packages with Senior Management and Corporate needs in mind.• Prepared/reviewed supplemental and other supporting documentation to meet regulatory and reporting deadlines.• Participated in quarter and year end FP&A process including participation in conference calls and preparation of standard schedules and analyses.

Greater Sacramento, Ca

Partnered with local Manufacturing Site Management to provide financial expertise, critical financial information and training to enhance relevant operational decision-making. • Managed period closing of the SAP general ledger related to the Vacaville facility with 100% on-time delivery. • Successfully executed Product Costing for items related to drug substance production at the Vacaville facility including development projects, assuring highest and best use of scarce company resources. • Identified relevant trends, business drivers and key issues by preparing monthly financial and operational reports.• Created and owned plant capital expenditure request process and related analyses. Resulted in robust process that allowed for successful execution of budgets year over year. • Produced and presented product cost-pertaining audit binders to joint venture partners which successfully completed contractual obligations. • Monitored financial variances, including process order variances, purchase price variances, cost center residual variances, scrap variances, which assured assuring accurate costing.• Calculated and recorded inventory and other asset impairments which assured compliance with local Sarbanes Oxley requirements each month.• Supported the effective utilization of various information systems including SAP R/3 and SAP Business Warehouse. Researched accounting issues, implemented financial policies and developed new procedures that supported Finance’s strategic objectives with a strong internal control structure.• Understood the overall business environment for the Pharmaceuticals Business Unit, including building relationships with key employees within the site, region and organization which improved overall organizational responsiveness and agility. • Coordinated preparation of rolling financial forecasts and annual budgets which resulted in 100% on-time accurate information delivery.

Folsom, Ca

Managed a team which developed an internal customer feedback model that provided senior management with actionable survey results. • Drove quality improvement projects which increased customer satisfaction by 35%. • Instituted a quarterly review process with department managers of customer base which assured performance expectations were met or exceeded.• Established first-time departmental web presence and tools roadmap.

Folsom, Ca

Drove performance of assets, programs, projects and headcount to a $300+ million annual operating budget for the department. • Managed all quarterly, monthly and ad hoc financial reporting to senior IT management on the performance against plan of the group. • Chaired a cost reduction team which reduced the annual operating budget by 10% ($30 million).

Folsom, Ca

Owned a series of contracts through which Intel purchased over $100 million in goods and services annually. Negotiated terms and conditions of contracts and managed supplier relationships which assured that Intel received the best value available in the marketplace.• Managed day-to-day, third-party supplier relationships assuring timely communication with both external suppliers and internal senior management.• Designed and implemented an outsourcing model for PC break/fix services which reduced the annual operating budget for those services by 20%. • Negotiated terms and conditions of 10 multi-year contracts. Subsequent audits of contract pricing structures verified below-market pricing on all contracts.

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Finance

Bachelor'S Degree, Economics

Bachelor'S Degree, International Relations