Experience

Teva UK Limited

• United Kingdom
• Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Business Information Analyst

  • 2008 - Present



Teva Pharmaceuticals

• Israel
• Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Merger Transistion Support - Commercial Finance Analyst

  • 2006 - 2008

  TEVA Pharmaceutical acquired IVAX Pharmaceuticals in a global merger in Jan ’06, with IVAX UK and TEVA UK being effectively one company from Jun ’06. I have remained at TEVA since this date to enable the introductions and transition of the Commercial Finance function from the London office to the TEVA UK Head Office (Leeds).



IVAX Pharmaceuticals B.V.

• Netherlands
• Financial Services

• Senior Commercial Finance Analyst

  • 2004 - 2006

  Delivery of profitability for the UK Generics BU (t/o c.$200m p.a.), supporting and challenge the strategies and tactics proposed by the Generics management team to ensure financially sound decision making Key Duties & Achievements:• Successful delivery of 2005 OP Budget ($50M) during adverse market conditions & through merger period, being recognised as the only UK division to do so• Accurate provision of financial analysis support to management team, including preparation of all monthly accounts, maintenance of Rebate, Profit Share and PPV accounts, accruals etc.• Managed the Budget and Forecasting processes and represented Finance on the Leadership Team • Implementation of daily Product Monitor, providing real-time view of Sales & Gross Margin performance, enabling corrective sales action or take advantage of sales opportunities.• Redesigned reporting templates and improving awareness of Finance requirements in non-Finance depts, 1 day reduction in reporting deadlines.

• Commercial Finance Analyst

  • 2002 - 2004

  Targeted to improve the focus on profitability in the forecasting process, providing Finance community with an understanding of the drivers behind changes in forecast profitability in the Commercial and Supply Chain. Responsibilities: - Management of global forecasting database (Demand Solutions). This database is the conduit that links sales forecasts to production plans. My role was to collate, validate and update the system with new forecasts on a monthly basis, to the European reporting deadlines.- Provision of volume, value, and standard gross margin projection and variance analysis to Finance, Supply Chain & Commercial- Preparation of slides and commentary on UK Brands and UK Generics performance and forecast against budget for monthly Commercial Management Meeting- Providing ad hoc support to the Commercial Finance Manager, and the Heads of the Commercial business units.

• Business Information Manager

  • 2000 - 2002

  Appointed Manager of a newly created department of 4, designed to support the Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) cycle and to consolidate the Sales & Marketing based reporting into - Providing support to the annual budgeting process- Maintenance and validation of the monthly rolling sales forecasts, providing trend analysis and identifying financial and production implications of changes in forecast.- Representing Sales and Marketing in all S&OP cycle meetings, providing Supply Chain with justifications for all changes in forecasts.- The department also had responsibility for maintaining the Business Objects Universe, Market Share analysis (based on IMS data) and various SAP reports

• Forecast Co-Ordinator

  • 1998 - 2000

  Managing a small team of two, responsibilities were focused on the collation and validation of the volume forecast projections from c. 15 Product and Territory Managers. I also participated in the annual Budget process, and introduced forecast performance evaluation.- Collating and validating all manufacturing forecasts - Ensuring monthly update to SAP MRP system- Implement Forecast Accuracy process



Addison Wesley Longman Limited

• Canada
• Book and Periodical Publishing

• Marketing Assistant

  • 1995 - 1998

  Based within English Language Teaching Marketing department, supporting the Head of Adult Education, marketing the books and materials for mature students across markets globally whilst managing the author promotional activity across all the market segments. Based within English Language Teaching Marketing department, supporting the Head of Adult Education, marketing the books and materials for mature students across markets globally whilst managing the author promotional activity across all the market segments.