Rob Garner Email & Phone Number

Bedminster, New Jersey, US

Financial Operations Senior Analyst working with Spinnaker’s operations team reporting to the CFO COO. This role is directly accountable for providing direct support for all key operational finance and accounting tasks. The role is key to functions that feed into the month end close. There will be significant cross-functional coordination with.

Thousand Oaks, CA, US

• Part of Strategic Planning & Operations team, delivers awareness of market trend insights, economy & competitive knowledge at Amgen. Conveys expertise on financial matters to Management & Cross Functional leaders.
• Evaluate new products, providing recommendations, while uncovering new opportunities & where to invest.
• Create budget, latest estimate & annual strategic plan with Service Providers; use SAP data warehouse to enter data.
• Manage financial close reports, reconciliations, variance analysis & accrual calculations.
• Convey production status, risk exposure & secondary plan in a timely manner to Sr Management & Program Manager.
• Analyze financial metrics & trends, while assessing risk exposure; communicate findings to Management.

Paris, France, FR

• Worked on Carve Out (EuroAPI) of Sanofi, targeting Spring 2022 IPO. Provided global finance with monthly Dashboard, including Sales & Gross Margin by Profit Centers. Support cross functional leaders in Marketing, Sales.
• Prepared comments on actual v budget monthly variances; analyzed A/R, A/P aging reports, book reserve if necessary.
• Used SAP to create month end close reports, analyze COGS & Sales, perform reconciliations, analyze P&L & B/S.
• Supported commercial business by developing financial models in excel for Sales Dashboard; reconciled data back to SAP.
• Assessed the following: Pricing strategies, new product initiatives, competitive analysis, market trends; worked with BI Team (business intelligence) in collaborating data.
• Prepared comments on variances for month & quarter-end; managed & analyzed A/R, A/P aging reports.

Austin, TX, US

• Create & manage monthly Sales & Financial Reporting Package produced with MS excel & access, such as P&L, Balance sheet & Cash Flow. Create efficiencies & streamline budget & forecasting strategies. Spearhead analysis.
• Initiate development of new budgeting, planning & reporting process.
• Implement business planning & analysis methods to maximize results & consolidate results.
• Manage budget (100M), providing flash reports when needed.
• Assist in the structuring of optimal financial scenarios to maximize potential profits.

San Francisco, California, US

• Developed database through Access capturing all sales, expenses, client info & various other sales elements. Analyzed performance of business unit against historical, budget & forecasted data. Evaluated potential.
• Increased revenues of product mix by 17% in 2018.
• Liaise with internal business partners creating efficiencies allowing bank loans to be approved 15% faster than industry.
• Rolled out new client engagement tool which increased project mix by 19%.

Morris Plains, NJ, US

• Evaluated investment projects by analyzing Pro-Formas, Income Statement & Cash Flow. Utilized excel & writing code for all analysis reports. Performed month end, quarter & year end closes. Prepared recommendations for.
• Created Sales tool in Access to properly report sales & expenses, & various other needs.
• Developed new client lead tool which increased office leads by 23%.
• Played key role in expanding office footprint in Hudson County.

Basel, Baselstadt, CH

• Responsible for OTC monthly P & L, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow & Risk Opps schedule. Created & streamlined FP&A budgeting process. Managed risks & opportunity schedule. Utilized TM1 & writing code for budgeting & planning.
• Prepared recommendations for budget, strategic plan & resource analysis to senior management.
• Created Resource Management tool, to properly account for & forecast employee/contractor head count needs.
• Recovered funds of $30M from 2004 budget by dissecting risks & opportunities in search of unused funding.