Financial Controller - Gefran Inc. - North Andover, MA
(2024-04)
Financial Controller- Managing the AFC function of the Subsidiary
- Overseeing the accounting function, i.e, Managing Payroll, accounts payable, accounts receivable, and other detailed accounting tasks.
- Ensuring Gefran meets the necessary tax, permit, and licensing requirements.
- Collaborating with an executive team to establish more effective processes and controls to ensure the integrity of a company's ledger.
- Overseeing all financial control activities, including the review and analysis of monthly and quarterly numbers and disclosures.
- Financial reporting and Analysis, i.e, income statements, balance sheets, and cash flow statements, which provide insight into the company's profitability and financial health.
- Analyze, prepare, and present Financial information to the Board of Directors every quarter.
- Providing and presenting executive management with accurate and comprehensive financial information to guide effective policy making and financial strategizing.
- Budgeting and forecasting help anticipate future needs of the company.
- Financial Management of the company's assets and ensuring that finances are organized.
- Summarizing budget trends, analyzing deficiencies, and reporting variances to executives.
- Providing external auditors with the necessary documentation and support.
- Taking care of tax preparation duties and liaising with external tax consultants for preparation.
- Implementing and maintaining internal controls and ensuring compliance with financial regulations.
- Headcount Planning and Management. Managed payroll data entry and processing for 40 employees to comply with predetermined company guidelines.
- Oversee all aspects of the month-end close process, ensuring timely completion of accurate financial statements for executive review.
Finance Business Partner - Sanofi Genzyme - Cambridge, MA
(2019-07 - 2024-03)
Finance Business Partner – External Manufacturing
- Finance representative on respective extended Leadership Team, responsible for influencing and achieving financial KPI's and budget/forecast targets.
- Played an integral role in annual budget preparation by coordinating input from various departments and consolidating data into comprehensive forecasts aligned with company strategy.
- Developed framework and compliance environment to address internal controls and external reporting requirements.
- Facilitated oversight of business operations and transactions to meet regulatory compliance, e.g., P2P process
- Refined reports and dashboards that provided actionable insight into levels of business.
- Managed financial transactions involving general funds and contracts to reduce cash flow challenges.
- Analyzed sales activity to identify and correct cost errors or price discrepancies.
- Analyzed resource allocation costs with the value-for-money approach to drive financial efficiency.
- Implemented cost-saving measures through careful monitoring of expenses and identification of unnecessary expenditures
Finance Business Partner, Global Franchise - Sanofi Genzyme - Cambridge, MA
(2019-07 - 2024-03)
Finance Business Partner- Global blood and rare Diseases
- Finance Business Partnering and Control of the Budgeting Process.
- Support the franchise team in all their activities, such as, but not limited to, monthly close activities (accruals review and validation of general ledger), general accounting, and budgeting.
- Intercompany transfer pricing, reconciliation, alliance management, and Royalties.
- Support the franchise team with timely sales analysis for Global Brand Teams and GBU leadership meetings.
- Supported validation and analysis of results, providing visibility on performance, challenging operations, and tracking financial improvement plans.
- Provide commentary and analysis on variances while assessing risks and opportunities.
- Planned, organized, and drove forecasting and Quarterly landing cycles' timelines, inputs, and outputs.
- Support the Global FP&A team with data validation between SAP Hana (actuals data) and TM1 (planning data) and Qlik View.
- Supported sales initiatives through customer profitability analysis that identified opportunities for revenue growth or margin enhancement
Financial Analyst FP&A - Measured progress - Dover, NH
(2018-01 - 2019-07)
Financial Analyst FP&A (contract)
- Analyzed financial data for business segments across the organization.
- Capital project forecasting, detailed revenue and expense planning.
- Cost/benefit analysis, credit analysis, variance analysis, cash flow analysis, yearly budgeting, and forecasting.
- Supported leadership decision-making using the Financial Analysis.
- Created financial models and analysis related to return on investments, pricing, business combinations, project charter budgets, business plan financial analysis, and Real Estate.
Sr. Financial Analyst - TJX - Framingham, MA
(2016-03 - 2018-01)
Sr. Financial Analyst/ Supply Chain (Contract)
- Developed Annual Operating Expense Budget and forecast for the 10 domestic Distribution Centers in the Marshalls and TJ Maxx Network. The Distribution Center budgets are consolidated into the MMX Divisional budget as well as the TJX Corporate Annual Budget.
- Ensured Corporate finance policies and procedures are adhered to and internal processes are maintained.
- Collaborated with the Distribution Center Management Team in the creation of financial and operational strategies.
- Participated in cross-functional process improvement teams to promote operational efficiencies and report results to senior management.
- Analyzed financial information and reports from Distribution centers and provided accurate and timely financial recommendations and key performance indicators for decision-making purposes.
- Improved financial reporting accuracy by 15%, resulting from process automation and data-driven strategies.
- Provided valuable insights by leading monthly variance analysis reviews between actual results and budget/forecast expectations.
