Tom Hernandez Email & Phone Number

Somerville, Nj, Us

New Jersey, United States

New Jersey, United States

•Directed and supported budget / forecasting processes and financial performance oversight of development segment of R&D organization. Conducted cross-functional internal collaboration with finance, accounting, and purchasing team members as well as external collaboration with vendors.•Provided financial assistance in supporting business partners with budgeting, forecasting, and monthly close process.•Worked closely with accounting organization to ensure proper expense recognition and compliance with internal controls.•Formulated global, consolidated budgets and detailed forecasts for clinical development / operations, pharmacovigilance, and biostatistics units as well as GPL innovation teams.•Performed budget versus actual (BvA) variance analytics. Generated monthly / quarterly BvA reviews. Held monthly BvA meetings to present to functional leads, senior management, and GPLs.•Collaborated with finance and operational leadership on any potential risk factors that may have influenced forecasts and provided mitigation strategy recommendations.•Developed and implemented financial models and scenario analyses to support strategic decision making within clinical strategy.•Drove forecast expense tracking based on defined metrics (departmental and clinical study-level models) as well as driving open positions budgeting in partnership with HR (tracking timing of hires and reporting on variances to headcount and financial impact monthly).•Served in weekly clinical study meetings to provide updates on any financial aspects of vendor and site activities.•Oversaw process of monthly and quarterly accruals, managed journal entry submissions, and held quarterly accrual reviews with external auditors and internal operational leads.•Provided ongoing feedback to audit-related queries.•Developed Strategic Development Plan (SDP) in Power BI, consolidating Development initiatives and spend by program and improving operational and management visibility.

Elizabeth, New Jersey, United States

Responsible for providing financial insight, strategic guidance and leadership to enable effective decision making that improves site business performance and enhances efficiency and sustainable competitiveness. Actively support improvement of profitability and profitable growth. Decreases exposure, risk or liabilities for the site.

Bridgewater, Nj

Working as the Global Head Healthcare Operations Reporting/Monitoring, I was responsible for leading organizational transformation and implementing a culture of compliance by ensuring consistent business processes and controls. Achieved 50% resource reduction by implementing regional model involving 30+ countries. Implemented global solution, data collection, and validation processes with IT in new jurisdictions and standardized data analytics globally to provide business insights. I also maintain standards and customized performance indicators to reflect progress. Moreover, I keep compliance with local regulations and ensure timely collection processing analysis and reporting.

In this role, I would like to highlight my experience as lead for major strategic alliance between Sanofi and Regeneron. Monitoring and leading the Joint Finance Committee (JFC) while also serving as Business Partner for Head of Research/Translational Medicine and lead for mAb development program. Achievements include partnering with Global Program Leads to build strategic clinical study plans. Additionally, supported Head of sanofi Research as business partner and was involved in prioritization of early development portfolio.

Bridgewater, Nj

I would like to describe my significant accomplishment as integration R/D Finance Lead with Genzyme Corp, I followed financial reporting requirements and prepared finance training program in accordance with Oncology Division in Cambridge, MA, and subsidiary in San Francisco, CA. Besides this, I also implemented SAP, set Headcount targets and measured synergies. I effectively managed plans and budgets, approved work plans and supported and executed strategic partnerships.

I would like to describe my significant accomplishment of supporting management team and heads of department with data-driven analysis and implemented business intelligence tool and dashboard reports. I prepared monthly and quarterly financial reports of various units, updated business cases. Besides this, I also managed operating forecast, updated procedures, guidelines, and improved budgeting and financial projections.

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Management Information Systems

Bachelors, Business Administration, Finance