David Mathias

Finance Manager

Senior Financial Analyst

Durham, NC 27703 • 609-***-****

adr5uc@r.postjobfree.com

www.linkedin.com/in/david-dave-mathias-mba-10627312

PROFILE

Highly accomplished and skilled financial professional with an extensive track record of success in progressive leadership roles supporting the financial success of global leading companies. Adept at partnering with stakeholders across all areas and levels to foster synergy, employ strong internal controls, and achieve shared financial and corporate accounting goals. Exceptional problem-solver; able to identify key issues and leverage expertise in best financial practices and technologies to develop solutions to overcome challenges of all sizes. Continually relied upon by colleagues and leaders to go the extra distance to get even the most complex corporate finance and accounting projects completed. Excel at building, training, and optimizing the performance of strong teams that exceed organizational expectations.

CORE STRENGTHS

Financial Management

Corporate Accounting

Financial Analysis & Reporting

General Ledger Management

Payroll Accounting & Processing

Balance Sheet Reconciliation

Month-End Closing

Cashflow Management

Budgeting & Cost Control

Financial Modeling & Forecasting

Enterprise Resource Planning

Team Building & Leadership

Staff Training & Development

Cross-Functional Collaboration

Creative Problem-Solving

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

GILEAD SCIENCES, INC., Raleigh, NC Jan 2022 – May 2022

Financial Manager – Global Finance Services

Oversee a two-member team executing all payroll accounting functions, including interfaces and payroll balance sheet reconciliations. Additionally, assume full ownership of month-end payroll closing for Gilead’s two US companies.

GLAXOSMITHKLINE, Research Triangle Park, NC 2005 – 2021

North America ERP Competency Center R2R Specialist, 2021

Continued to be selected for special assignments by the company, culminating in playing a key role in transitioning GSK Americas ERP Competency Center to a dynamic new Global Capability Center.

Handled ERP process inquiries, ensuring each inquiry was routed to appropriate stakeholders across all of the Americas.

Worked hand-in-hand with global teams to initiate new projects and complete ongoing projects to drive the success of the transition.

Asked to take on an additional assignment assisting the SERVICENow team with carrying out Close & Control (R2R) transition functions.

Senior Finance Analyst, 2020

Designated as R2R Subject Matter Expert for the company’s Joint Venture Project merging both Pfizer’s and GSK’s Consumer Business Segments.

Single-handedly transferred Balance Sheet Reconciliations/ Balances for several global markets between the two companies.

Partnered with teams from both companies to facilitate the smooth transfer of Pfizer’s payroll, T&E data, and Capex/project spend data for North American & Puerto Rico operations to GSK.

Collaborated Central Finance Services teams to ensure full compliance of all corporate policies transferred from Pfizer to the GSK.

Integrally involved in completing month-end processes, including local reconciliations, consolidated global reconciliations, and more.

Specialist – Canada Payroll Accounting, 2019 – 2020

Served as a strategic financial partner for different HR and Finance teams helping manage Payroll General Ledger data for the companies four Canadian units. Successfully consolidated data to align payroll accounting for all four companies.

Accepted responsibility for managing/reconciling payroll runs within the General Ledger.

This included submitting payroll accruals, ensuring 100% accuracy for all entries, and managing year-end tax & other ad hoc processes.

Calculated monthly bonus accruals and acted as the Finance Services Lead for a bonus accrual process automation project for 14 companies.

The automated process executed $100M+ in annual bonus accruals.

Reconciled/submitted 70+ balance sheet accounts each month and managed payroll-interfaced expense schedules for regional companies.

Relied upon as chief liaison for Auditors and Compliance teams responding to all payroll accounting inquiries.

Senior Finance Analyst/Financial Accountant – North America Shared Financial Services, 2014 – 2019

Promoted to be a key financial support resource for the North America Pharma and HIV Division Finance teams, which included becoming the sole gatekeeper for US Pharma COAs.

Showcased expertise in ERP-Cerps, Hyperion, and Bison, completing reconciliations and reporting within the enterprise systems and working with the BPO to resolve and technical issues or system failures.

Executed key accounting functions for corporate divestitures, intercompany financial transactions, and more.

Carefully analyzed/reconciled submissions for all North America companies and ensured effective internal controls were in place to maximize financial compliance.

Initiated a project to eliminated outdated and/or zero-activity business entities from global reporting.

Senior Finance Analyst, Canada Consumer Division – North America Shared Financial Services, 2013 – 2014

Traveled onsite to the Canada operatios site to spearhead the transition of all divisional financial operations into the recently launched North America Centralized Finance Services organization.

Analyzed/transitioned all R2R Finance Services into the single-source North America database, including all General Ledger accounting, in addition to partnering with offshore teams to move transactional activities to an outsourced provider.

Supervisor – North America Payroll Tax & Accounting, 2010 – 2013

Optimized the performance of a three-member team executing payroll tax and accounting for the North America Shared Financial Services group, including payment submissions to local, state, and federal government entities. Delivered the training, coaching, and mentorship, that enabled the team to continue professional development and excel.

Reconciled payroll system transactions to the General Ledger bi-weekly for 14 companies, 10 FEINs, five ledger platforms, which combined to represent over $1B in gross revenue

Conducted deep-dive analyses into executive compensation and supplemental & nonqualified pensions.

Oversaw reconciliation of payroll relocation & repayment processes, as well as Stock Option accounting.

Made key changes to streamline the state and local taxes reconciliation process, thereby aligning several companies within a shared format/process.

Closely managed local or consolidated-level manual journal entry adjustments, additions, or reclassifications.

Cross-functionally collaborated with HR, Benefits, Global Mobility, and other teams as the primary contact for all North America and UK Finance departments.

Senior Financial Analyst – US Rx Finance / North America Budgets & Forecasts, 2005 – 2010

Brought onboard initially to submit financial forecasts and planning data into global consolidated systems and the GSK inter-company enterprise profit system for all local markets.

Completed and reported on in-depth analyses of historical period forecasts/plans and other special projects, such as variances across North American Pharmaceutical Markets.

Hand-picked from a strong pool of candidates to execute a special assignment as a member of the Global Internal Audit team for a three-week audit of a vendor in New York City.

EDUCATION

Master of Business Administration, Eastern University

Bachelor of Arts in Organizational Management (Magna Cum Laude), Cabrini College

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Trintech, Workday, PeopleSoft, SAP, Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, PowerPoint, Word), PowerBI, Lumira, JD Edwards, Hyperion

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