Cheryl A. Schwendt, MBA

Robbinsville, NJ, 609-***-****, ac6fgl@r.postjobfree.com

Highly accomplished finance and accounting professional with demonstrated abilities in financial reporting, budgeting, forecasting, financial planning and analysis, internal and external reporting, controlling and reducing expenses and implementing and enhancing financial information systems.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Financial Planning & Analysis

Long-range Strategic Planning

Expense Control & Reduction

Internal Controls

Budgeting & Forecasting

Hyperion Enterprise

Financial System Implementation

Financial System Enhancement

Auditing

Cross Functional Partnering

Accounting Close Management

Financial Modeling

Technical Skills:

SAP, Hyperion, Essbase, Business Objects, Cognos, SQL, TM1, Oracle, Lawson, PeopleSoft, CARSnet, QuickBooks

Microsoft Office Suite (Excel: v-lookups, pivot tables, Word, Access, PowerPoint)

Professional Experience:

7/2017 - Present: Church & Dwight (Arm & Hammer), Ewing, NJ – Financial Planning & Analysis

Finance lead for Club, Drug and Dollar sales team providing summary and detailed analyses by brands.

Identifying profitable promotions performing complex analysis using Nielson data

Presenting to senior management profitability presentations

Lead in audit and compliance for trade management policy

2014 – 7/2017: Otsuka Pharmaceutical, Princeton, NJ – Financial Planning & Analysis

Finance lead for 15 cost centers. Perform variance analysis and monthly financials. Work with the business partners to establish and influence the budget and forecasts as well as review the monthly results with key stakeholders.

Managed full P&L’s for Digital Medicine, Oncology and Nuedexta brands including budgets and forecasts.

Presents monthly financial results to Senior Directors and Vice Presidents.

Lead financial support for Sales Operations, Business Analytics and Market Access groups. Meet frequently with colleagues to review financial reporting, metrics, forecasts and financial models.

Audit SOW’s (Statement of Work), purchase orders and invoices to assure proper billing.

Review accounting details for accuracy and recommend solutions, i.e. reclasses, journal entries.

Ability to maneuver through a multitude of systems to solve problems and work as a team to partner and address issues as they arise.

Created Oracle Time and Labor module for team submitting timecards in order to allocate to projects accurately.

2013 – 2014: Robert Half International, Princeton, NJ - Recruiting Manager

A top performing Recruiting Manager at Robert Half Finance & Accounting placing candidates in leading organizations in the greater New York City/New Jersey/Philadelphia area.

Specialized in direct hire Accounting and Finance placements across a broad range of industries for positions including but not limited to Finance, Accounting, Tax, Audit, Treasury, Human Resources, Payroll, etc.

2012 – 2013: Comfort Keepers, Hamilton, NJ - Operations Manager/Human Resources Manager

Manage the daily operations of two franchises for an in-home care agency. Supervise 7 employees and all human resource activities.

Responsible for all recruiting efforts and ensure that employees are hired each month to meet the needs of the business.

Perform analysis regarding ROI, KPI’s and other financial data and report to the owner monthly.

2006 – 2012: Bracco Diagnostics Inc., Princeton, NJ (2010-2012-Senior Finance Manager, 2006-2010-Finance Manager)

Responsible for managing the Gross to Net accruals in excess of $82M on the Balance Sheet for two companies. This includes Chargebacks, Deferred Rebates, Cash Discounts, Fee for Service, Returns and Freight on Board reserve.

Prepare presentations in support of monthly/quarterly senior leadership meetings, board meetings, and various strategic committees of the company.

Key member of the financial team responsible for analyzing and reporting on monthly operational results.

Improved and enhanced monthly reports to include analysis by product group and business segment.

Performed internal audit review functions to assess and monitor key risks associated with wholesaler chargeback process.

Managed annual audit with 3rd party CPA firm. Involved closely working with the Contract Administration department ensuring all contract prices were accurately charged to customers, wholesalers, hospitals, etc. Gained extensive knowledge regarding GPO contracts, CARS system, etc.

Monitored wholesaler inventory confirmations/roll forward models, damage assessments and key metrics analysis such as days inventory coverage, sales lag, chargeback run rates.

Updated Distribution Agreements with pharmaceutical wholesalers, including working with counsel to negotiate the terms and conditions of these agreements.

Analyze monthly accrual rates for over 140 skus based on trends and market/business conditions. Review Gross to Net position monthly with upper management.

Managed the integration of a newly acquired company’s chargeback processing into our third party provider’s system seamlessly without any impact to our customers. Managed a consultant for over a year on this project.

Team member of Order to Cash Assessment project and SAP Assessment project.

Prepare and design ancillary business/financial models and other special projects as needed.

2002 – 2006: Bristol Myers Squibb, Princeton, NJ - Principal Financial Analyst

Financial analyst responsible for Americas Medicines Group consolidations, reporting and analysis functions. Responsibilities include reporting of monthly operating results, preparation and consolidation of budgets, projections, and strategic plans for supported areas and coordination of business units for group level reporting. Supports several Americas Operating Groups including monitoring costs and preparing Budgets and Projections. Evaluate financial performance of business units and assist in providing ongoing support to management through variance analysis, development and tracking of P and L ratio trends, analyzing sales and gross margin, summarizing group opportunities and risks, etc. Special projects and reports for Executive Vice President.

TM-1 system administrator for the US Finance group. Responsible for all the data loads and reconciliations from SAP into our TM1 environment. Submit budgets and projections to the corporate accounting (ACS) system. Work closely with Tech Ops and US finance on the price/volume budget process.

Administrator for the sales sub-ledger system. Prepared documents used for B-Schedule tax reporting for six SAP companies. Manage creation of new or changes in product groups/profit centers with SAP Global Maintenance group as well as Global Product database.

2000 – 2002: Deloitte & Touché, Philadelphia, PA - Financial Applications Consultant

1998 – 2000: Cherry Road Technologies, Morris Plains, NJ - Financial Applications Consultant.

Team lead on implementation project for a new integrated system for a large healthcare system. Member of the financials team for the General Ledger, Cash Ledger, Activity Management (Project Costing), and Asset Management modules. The project required: restructuring the accounting structure and building a new consolidated chart of accounts for seven entities; setting up intercompany and intracompany relationships; designing a strategy for consolidated reporting; building process flows using a proprietary software; user acceptance testing and training; project management skills; managing extensive conversions and interfaces

Managed the implementation project for Lawson Financials software package for a pharmaceutical company consisting of the consolidation of three companies accounting structure and chart of accounts.

1997 – 1998: Dow Jones & Company, Princeton, NJ - Financial Analyst

EDUCATION

MBA, Rider University, Lawrenceville, NJ

BS in Business Administration, Major in Accounting, Rider University, Lawrenceville, NJ

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