Business partner to VP of Finance, CFO and CEO in developing company P&L budgets and forecasts and cash forecasts that guide executive management decisions. Managing the implementation of SAP Analytical Cloud reporting within FP&A. Work cross functionally with Investor Relation and Accounting departments to create earnings release and BOD presentation material.

Managed global financial consolidation process for Pharmaceutical Development Manufacturing's expense and capital budgets, forecasts, variance analysis and Gilead's product gross margin analysis. Developed financial presentations and ad hoc analysis for Executive Management and Corporate Finance.

Headed Celera Products’ finance department managing and developing four direct reports in areas of cost accounting, FP&A, accounting, and responsible for all financial activities of the business unit including P&L, capital expenditures, tax filings, and business development models. • Member of Celera’s leadership team providing financial guidance that led Celera Products to most profitable year in the past 8 years. • Drove the P&L planning and forecasting process to produce P&L’s on time with improved accuracy.• Consistently delivered detailed analysis of financial results to Quest Sr. Executives and Corporate Finance on business unit’s performance.• Developed financial models that helped executive team make the best business decisions.• Shortened processing time of royalty and true-up calculation by 30%.• Successfully sold company assets and closed facility ahead of schedule yielding over $500K back to the company.• Essbase administrator, SAP, PeopleSoft

A key business unit partner that developed forecasts, budgets, long-range plans, and financial models for the Celera Products Business.• Partnered with key stakeholders on revenue and expenses to deliver accurate forecasts and budgets.• Reviewed business unit financials to conduct month and quarter end accounting activities including variance analysis.• Interfaced cross-functionally to provide clear communication of financial responsibilities and guidance to all departments. • Proactively addressed areas of concern and provided guidance to Sr. VP’s that improved financial performance. • Reviewed financial terms of contracts to determine proper revenue recognition. • Spearheaded the development of a FTE reporting tool to track project efforts.• Improved internal controls by performing internal audits of Celera financial processes to ensure compliance of adopted standards.

Provided sales reporting analytics and FP&A services for Celera’s Alliance Partnership and Corporate Business Unit.• Analyzed and created monthly sales reports for review with senior management.• Led the forecasting and budgeting process for the Corporate Business Unit including the allocation of corporate expenses.• Conducted month end accounting activities including accruals and reclasses.• Generated key performance metric reports on business unit’s operations.

Liaison between finance and technical management team. Provided project and department budgets and forecasts to senior management. Managed integration of development departments after company merger. • Improved budgeting and forecasting spreadsheet for projects and departments by implementing Excel macros and automatic alerts. Streamlined process with increased accuracy and management productivity. • Successfully kept department expenses within plan for 3 consecutive years by collaborating with senior management to create realistic plans. • Worked closely with project managers and department directors to ensure project and department expenses were recognized properly. • Delivered accurate dashboard metrics and ad-hoc analysis of business unit and project performance • Successfully managed and completed the physical and financial integration on time of capital assets with other Novartis sites worldwide without interruption of ongoing technical projects.

Researched information about Enterprise Zones and Federal Empowerment Zones tax credits and developed tax credit database that saved Wells Fargo money.

Developed financial business models, forecasts, budgets, and dashboard metrics. Analyzed revenue and tracked performance against business plan. • Partnered with VP’s and sales team to monitor sales pipeline and provide executives with accurate dashboard metrics and realistic forecasts.• Prepared departmental budgets, financial statements, and sales team bonuses.• Reviewed contracts and built spreadsheets to track and confirm proper billing of clients.• Supported AR in month-end revenue recognition and reconciled all customer accounts. • Created informative sales pipeline report by including account progress information. • Improved sales presentations with automated ROI model for multiple departments.