Experience

Merck AH

• United States
• Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Senior Financial Analyst

  • Mar 2020 - Present



Pfizer

• United States
• Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Descion Support Center of Excellence (CoE) Finance Analyst

  • Jul 2014 - Mar 2020

  Handle data validation and finance management reporting and analysis to support senior leadership, finance colleagues, and business partners. Confirm data is available and validated; compile and submit financial analysis reports. Collect, develop, prepare, and run data using internal Pfizer and external Non-Pfizer systems and data sources to be formatted, entered, and loaded into the finance data modeling tools for planning and budgeting reports. Validate expense output data highlighting variances to budgets, actuals, and prior year data. Maintain KPI’s to reflect current data. Received multiple promotions, orchestrate budget and forecasting reporting for crucial working capital and capital projects. Streamlined financial report analysis using SAP BEX Analyzer, Business Objects, and Business Intelligence (BI) Platforms, greatly enhancing organizational coordination. Develop outstanding standard reports based on nuanced requirements, determining if there is a standard report already in use and providing an effective medium for shared view for ease of access. Improved methods to prepare, update, and provide comprehensive final review for recurring financial analysis and ad-hoc reporting presentations for senior leadership and business partners. Helmed implementation of Analysis for Office (AO) into current reporting environment, reducing costs by 50%. Chosen as the primary Liaison between Third-Party firm and the Decision Support CoE department. Show less

• Business Support 3 Financial & Planning Analyst

  • Jun 2014 - Jul 2014

  Served as Business Support Financial & Planning Analyst to work with business units and partners, i.e. Oversight Compliance Team, Business Technology Team (Production Support), Internal/External Technical Support Teams, Payroll,& Corporate Travel. Solved interface and reconciliation problems. Expanded external reporting and internal metrics for both the T&E and Oversight Compliance Teams. Provided detailed T&E reporting via Business Objects for multiple business units. Allocated the General Ledger meeting reconciliations chargebacks and intercompany accounts. Maintained and improved the performance and integrity of Pfizer's Travel & Expense (PT&E) reimbursement solution by up to 80% through utilization of industry best practices. Provided superb process, compliance, and audit support to internal stakeholders and cross alliance teams. Guided vital reconciliation support by assisting the Control Accounting Team in GL and suspense clearing accounts. Revamped methods to manage unassigned Amex merchant credits globally within Pfizer’s Travel and Expense (PT&E) software by identifying, researching, and following-up with colleagues accuracy and correct processing. Established a strong business relationship with corporate card issuer to efficiently support PT&E US & Canada payments, credit balance refunds, guaranteed accounts, and address colleague's outstanding balance. Delivered well-received Ad-Hoc Reporting, providing a more visual financial detail to Senior Leaders for budgeting and forecasting System auditing to identify inefficiencies. Show less

• T&E Senior Associate

  • Nov 2010 - Jun 2014

  Served as Global Concur Expense (GCE) & Pfizer Travel and Expense (PT&E) Administrator. Provided profile and maintenance support to GCE end users. Also, acts as Administrator for American Express@Work by maintaining global expense profiles and reconciling corporate charge accounts. Allocated the General Ledger meeting reconciliations chargebacks and intercompany accounts. Reconciled “Amount Company Due” General Ledger accounts. Distributed corporate reporting via Business Objects for multiple business units. Canada and US payment processing. Elected to lead Ad Hoc Reporting for business unit managers, providing management with significantly greater visibility and increased monitoring capability over aggregate costs for the Memphis Shared Service Organization. Forged critical partnership with American Express to better manage the Amex processes of credit balance refunds and address colleague’s outstanding balances issues while under heavy workload. Restructured all back office administration in the GCE, PT&E system, managed unassigned credit transactions for reporting and compliance, and led system auditing to identify inefficiencies and increase profits by 85%. Recommended and expertly implemented a specialized process that returned a record-breaking $2.1M+ to Pfizer via the Credit Balance Refund process. Show less



Hilton

• United States
• Hospitality
• 700 & Above Employee

• Accounts Payable Specialist (Contractor)

  • Jul 2010 - Nov 2010

  Invoice auditing, departmental reporting and data entry. Other duties included:  Verification of approval authority for invoices and requisitions for hotel goods and service  Confirmed invoice transaction complied with company financial policies and procedures  Organized and distributed batches of invoices for processing  Processed invoices into PeopleSoft for selected payment  Audited manually entered invoices for accuracy  Researched and resolved disputed invoices and payments  Maintained updated vendor profiles Show less



Primacy Relocation

• Real Estate
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Global Expense Administration Analyst

  • Jul 2006 - Jun 2009

  Maintained relationships with multiple high profile clients. Provided relocation reporting, invoicing and auditing of client’s employees’ relocation expenses, using client’s specific HR policies. Analyzed, reviewed, and corrected errors and inconsistencies in financial entries, documents, and reports.  Overhauled management of financial transactions and approved transactions with designated limits.  Analyzed and audited contracts, vendor supplier orders, vouchers and prepared reports to substantiate individual transactions; coordinated with Global Relocation Consultants/Global HR department on setting payment schedule.  Rose above all expectations as the foremost liaison to financial accounting to ensure accurate and timely reporting of expenses to meet strict company and client deadlines.  Assessed and evaluated exchange rates, global compensation, and sales tax; analyzed and audited expenses while always adhering to related client company HR policy and procedures. Show less



Orion Federal Credit Union

• United States
• Banking
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Head/Certified/Floater Teller

  • Jul 2002 - Jul 2006

  Reconciled cash drawer over/short to general ledger. Managed all branch operations in absence of branch Director.  Managed five to ten subordinates to elevate workflow, including setting complex employee schedules.  Improved procedures to train new hires and other managers, substantially elevating performance. Reconciled cash drawer over/short to general ledger. Managed all branch operations in absence of branch Director.  Managed five to ten subordinates to elevate workflow, including setting complex employee schedules.  Improved procedures to train new hires and other managers, substantially elevating performance.