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Rahway, New Jersey, United States

Kenilworth, New Jersey, United States

Manage cash flow hedging program, including option and forward’s annual budget; completing in-depth analysis of the company’s long-range operating plan to project currency exposures for hedging.Consolidate and report Treasury results to the treasurer and senior leaders.Responsible for understanding key insights/trends from all Treasury areas to inform and guide senior leader decisions.Oversee and manage the global energy hedging program by ensuring new and existing hedges adhere to policy

Kenilworth, New Jersey

Manage Merck’s internal short-term investment portfolio (~$25Bn), comprised primarily of corporate commercial paper, asset backed securities and short-term notes to optimize return vs. benchmarks, while managing risk and meeting liquidity requirements. Manage Merck’s $10Bn domestic Commercial Paper program, including executing and forecasting issuance required to support the company’s short-term financing needs and managing relationships with our current CP Dealers.Special Project FX Risk Program• Responsible for developing strategies to manage Merck’s global foreign exchange risk via options, forwards and collar contracts for more than 20 currencies.• Consolidation and reporting Treasury FP&A results.

Vietnam

Partner with logistics, GSF, GHH business units to plan and facilitate budget and forecast cycles.Coordinate and consolidate sales and operations plan with therapeutic area’s to prepare country plan.Contribute to driving continuous improvement in reporting and analytics by training all business areas on drivers of operations.Provide monthly financial reporting analysis on P&L activity and detailed analytics on gross to net sales (to-market, in-market).Develop monthly risk and opportunity analysis to prompt plans and allocate resources to capture the opportunity or mitigate the risk.Coach and develop staff to build talent within the Vietnam operations team.

Singapore

Brielle, New Jersey, United States

Volunteer support for the local EMS.

Kenilworth, Nj

Develop the monthly management summary by consolidating divisional results and preparing detailed analyses for the CEO and Executive Committee. Consolidate company performance for Senior Management and Board of Directors. Partner with cross-functional finance colleagues to prepare Merck’s Earnings release, Earnings Conference Calls and regulatory submissions including the 10K and 10Q.

Whitehouse Station, Nj

Prepared and analyzed annual budget, 5-Year Plan and forecast for Merck's Corporate Division. Collaborated with business partners to identify risks and opportunities for the company. Implemented reporting changes to accommodate development in the organization and business. Managed the monthly accounting close; which included analyzing actual to budget, forecast and prior year. Participated in successfully integrating and mapping our accounting process to a new financial system.

Whitehouse Station, Nj

Developed and analyzed annual Budgets, 5-year Plan and Forecasts for the Corporate Division. Collaborated with business partners to understand the drivers of actual and forecast results. Identified risks and opportunities. Prepared analyses to convey the story around the numbers to help facilitate the decision-making process for senior management.Completed the monthly accounting close for the Corporate Division. Analyzed actual versus forecast results. Ensured consistency of assumptions across actual and forecasted results. Implemented reporting changes to accommodate changes in the organization, business or client requirements. Engaged in projects that assisted in shaping the future of planning and management reporting.

Whitehouse Station, Nj

Maintained the integrity of US General Ledger compliance in accordance with GAAP, Merck & Co., Inc. policies and internal controls. Completed the tie out of our global systems to ensure that information was reported accurately. Participated in preparing financial information for inclusion in consolidated statements for Merck. Worked within the US scope and global market, consisting of business partners in Europe, Canada, Asia Pacific and Latin America.