BRIAN P. McKENNA, CPA

Bethlehem, PA

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SENIOR FINANCIAL EXECUTIVE

Intuitive, bright and results oriented professional with progressive leadership and hands-on experience in multi-national companies with complex operations. Adds value with intellectual curiosity, critical thinking and systematic problem solving with balance of precision & pragmatism. Can connect the dots and strategically manage competing priorities. Excels at bridging perspectives through transparent and collaborative communication.

APPLIED SKILLS & KNOWLEDGE

Strategic Planning

P&L Management

FP&A

Mergers & Acquisitions

GAAP / IFRS

Budgeting & Forecasting

Joint Ventures

ERP/SAP Implementations

Process Improvement

Business Development

Internal Controls/SOX

Accounts Receivable & Payable

Project Management

FDA Compliance

USG/FAR/CAS Contracts

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Morgan Corporation – Morgantown, PA – December 2021 to April 2022

Assistant Corporate Controller – reporting to the CFO and responsible to adapt finance operations to a new JDEdwards system implementation following 20 years on a legacy system.

National Resilience Inc. – Remote FP&A Consultant – September 2021 to December 2021 – A CDMO start-up creating manufacturing and development capacity for the biotech industry; founded in 2020 with PE funding.

Worked with the new finance team to create a budget methodology and tools using the Adaptive Planning database system. Created budget reports and built out the budgets at a functional level.

Trained business users on the first ever budget cycle for the company.

Arbitrated business opex demands within framework of PE parent financial targets.

Sanofi Pasteur Inc. - Swiftwater, PA - Vaccine business of Sanofi and top three market leader with 2,500 employees and $3+ billion in annual U.S sales.

Head of Finance Global Vaccines R&D January 2020 – September 2021

Led a global team of 15 across 6 sites and 3 countries with multiple international affiliates. Annual opex budget of $700M.

Directed the Portfolio Financial Planning across multiple franchises from early entry novel technologies to life-cycle-management projects.

Streamlined the intersection of project management resource planning and financial budgeting to maximize the project prioritization process.

Financial leader on several Business Development and Licensing deals.

Senior Director & Industrial Controller US 2012 – 2019

Finance head for 3 US manufacturing plants with 1,500 employees with an annual production budget >$500M.

Led 5 direct reports and a total team of 13 across 3 US sites.

Spearheaded a call-to-action and a major cost reduction program that slashed the controllable cost base by 10%.

Financial controller for $1+ billion in capital projects executed or initiated in 10 years.

Developed the financial business case to secure approval for a $350 million new production facility.

Led the finance integration of a biotech acquisition that produced a 10x increase in sales of one product in 3 years.

Influential leader in the spin-off of a mature subsidiary in a highly complex transaction.

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Senior Director & Controller 2003 – 2012

Corporate Controller for the US legal entity with sales > $2 billion.

Led six direct reports and a 50-person team in FP&A, financial reporting (GAAP & IFRS), ERP systems, treasury, order-to-cash (A/R) and procure-to-pay (A/P).

Built the finance back-office during significant growth (20% CAGR per year). Achieved best-in-class A/R stats with 40,000 customer accounts and one million invoices per year.

Finance leader in a biodefense program with the US government which generated >$1 billion in business; created the accounting & compliance system for FAR & CAS compliance

Led the financial due diligence and integration for one large and two smaller biotech acquisitions, including an SAP implementation at the larger acquisition.

Implemented the Sarbanes-Oxley internal controls program and managed the relationship with external auditors.

Finance leader on multiple SAP upgrades, Six Sigma and other continuous improvement programs.

Aventis Pasteur Ltd. - Toronto, Canada

Leading vaccine company in Canada with 1,000 employees generating $150 million in annual sales.

Director of Finance 1999 – 2002

Ran Finance for the Canadian business unit with 6 direct reports and 20 total staff. Reported to the Canadian company President. Led the marketing and sales analyses, R&D accounting/planning, industrial accounting, inventory control, tax, and treasury.

Guided successful negotiations with a major Canadian province to achieve a significant price increase in a price-controlled public health environment.

Facilitated consolidation of Canadian and US companies into a single North American region. Reorganized the Finance team via performance evaluations, attrition, and recruitment of new talent for the new organization.

Finance project leader for successful attainment of manufacturing Class A certification.

Directed cost savings project that achieved a 10% cost reduction in anticipation of a pending market share loss.

Pasteur Merieux Connaught

SAP Implementation Leader – Lyon, France 1997 – 1999

US representative on a global design team (Lyon, France) to standardize the global finance and supply chain.

Finance Team Leader for a successful on-time and on-budget SAP R/3 FI-CO implementation in the US.

Prior Experience:

Assistant Controller, Cost & Capital, Pasteur Merieux Connaught Inc. - Swiftwater, PA

Manager Business Planning, Commodore International Limited - West Chester, PA

Audit Manager, Arthur Andersen & Company - Philadelphia, PA

6 years public accounting with focus on SEC, manufacturing, and US Government contractor clients.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Advisory Board Member, Dean of the Kania School of Management - University of Scranton

CERTIFICATIONS

Certified Public Accountant (CPA) - Pennsylvania

Chartered Global Management Accountant (CGMA) - AICPA

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Accounting, Summa Cum Laude, University of Scranton - Scranton, PA

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