career profile

 

highly skilled executive-level finance professional well-learned in the analysis of financial information to produce forecasts based on finance or is configuring and supporting sap product costing and finance modules. highly skilled in the process of tracking and studying all the various expenses accrued in the production and sale of manufactured products, from raw materials purchases to expenses associated with transporting the final product to retail establishments. monitored fundamental economic, industrial, and corporate developments through the analysis of information obtained from financial publications and services, trade publications, and company sources.

career history

 

wyeth pharmaceutical, 1990 c present

 

associate director - global financial policies, 4/2008 c present

         maintain knowledge and stay abreast of developments in the inventory management and product costing and produced detail-oriented documentation covering associate financial risk and controls.

         assess the integrity and accuracy of documents delineating global inventory segregation of duties.

         long-respected for advanced abilities in team building and employee development, established high performance teams that consistently exceeded product costing and other finance objectives.

           

assoc. director technical operations & product supply finance- sap mrp project, 2000 c 2008

         monitored and oversaw product costs for 14 us and international manufacturing sites and 3 outside production facilities.

         verified the cost of all the different components which make up finished products including either be purchase price if the components were bought from outside suppliers, or the combined cost of materials and manufacturing processes if the component is made in-house.

         defined integrated solutions while supporting multiple legacy systems and reducing them to one sap solution with the collaborative efforts of mrp, sales, distribution, and procurement departments.

         consistently remained sarbanes oxley (sox) compliant by tracking and refreshing inventory documentation.

         provided oversight in operation of the transfer tracking system for $1b+ reserve.

 

manager - sap project, 1998 c 2000

         selected as plant finance team lead based on stellar leadership and management abilities combined with proven business acumen.

         displayed a collaborative work ethic, proficiency in forecasting finance needs, and a superior level of leadership, adaptability, and initiative.

         produced and instituted sap finance solutions focused on making business practices more universal for us and puerto rico sites and distribution centers in r3 fl, co, pca, and cca modules.

         ensured timely launch of solutions within budget and 1/1/1999 time constraints.

 

supervisor, budgets, 1993 c 1997

         merged proven leadership talents with strong communication skills to provide in-depth financial system support functioning as an information resource on the financial systems plan for the pearl river site.

         defined systems with an oracle server architecture and visual basic and access user front ends.

         successfully redeveloped more efficient method of financial reporting, inventory and capital spend tracking, budget preparation (including unit costing), and lifo costing.

         enhanced personal professional development through mastery of sql, pl/sql, and visual basic and subsequently administrated the capital spending and unit costing portions.

         assessed and produced an annual business plan that included a $400mm spending budget covering staffing initiatives, 5-year spending plan, production, and restructuring for the pearl river site.

         increased organizational proficiency by reducing staff and customizing innovative procedures and policies.

 

*****additional experience as supervisor of inventory accounting and cost analyst for wyeth pharmaceuticals, associate instructor in the school of business for indiana university, and senior accountant for wiss &  company cpas*****

           

education

 

master of business administration in finance & marketing

indiana university, graduate school of business

 

bachelor of arts in accounting

rutgers university

-         member of the accounting society

 

-         honor societies: phi beta kappa, national liberal arts honor society and beta gamma sigma, national business administration honor society

certifications

 

-         microsoft certified solution developer certification; visual basic, excel, and the windows os; currently inactive

 

-         certified public accountant c state of new jersey; currently inactive