Financial Analyst Senior

MICHELLE GRIFFENBERG, MBA

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linkedin.com/in/michelle-griffenberg Tarrytown, NY

FINANCIAL LEADER

REPORTING PLANNING ANALYSIS

Highly motivated Finance Professional with a successful track record in financial reporting, planning, and analysis, including actual, budgeting, forecasting, P/L, cash flow, FX coordination, functional reporting, projects, and headcount. Manager of monthly closing process with extensive experience in SAP/Oracle/Business Objects/NetSuite environments with focus on strong sense of urgency to timelines, and delivering results. Accomplished global strategic business advisor, utilizing excellent organizational communication, managing reporting and systems processes, creating models, while motivating others to achieve targets on time, and obtain consensus across large cross-functional organizations, including phases of change and ambiguous settings.

CORE COMPETENCIES

Budgeting Forecasting P&L Cash Flow Month End Close SAP/ERP KPIs Headcount

Matrix Reporting Nonprofit Leadership Projects Team Player Process Improvement

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

ECO3 Graphics USA - prior Agfa Offset Solutions, Carlstadt, New Jersey · Remote 4/2023 – 4/2024

Senior Financial Analyst (Consultant)

Supported NA CFO in setting up new legal entity functions, incorporated new Forecast and Budget processes, prepared weekly cash flow forecast including model enhancements, assisted in Tagitek submissions, and reconciled open issues.

Approved wire transfers, setting up merchant accounts, and monitored payment / receipt processes.

Heavy SAP user: not only for reporting but to investigate and create journal entries, research invoices and purchase orders, payment to vendors and support custom analytical reports.

Sr Business Analyst backup issuing daily ECO3 NA Revenue Summary (by category, product, region, with monthly trends, vs budget).

ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND, New York, NY 10/2021 – 12/2022

Senior Program Financial Analyst

Delivered support as EDF transitioned into new ERP system (NetSuite, NSPB, and SmartView), supplying intuitive reporting, analysis, templates, and aids to all phases of the mission process.

Developed, tracked, and analyzed forecasts/budgets and fundraising proposals; organized and presented complex financial data for reporting and decision-making; and executed financial processes for Methane workstreams of the Energy Transition team.

Completed financial reports, reviewed grants, paid invoices, contracts and subawards, performed financial analysis and projections, reconciled variances, identified/resolved any issues. Made continuous improvement in processes used to monitor forecasts/budgets and grant compliance.

SIEMENS HEALTHCARE DIAGNOSTICS, Tarrytown, NY 1/2007 – 10/2020 Senior Financial Analyst/Manager – Headquarter Controlling, 12/2015 – 10/2020

Laboratory Diagnostics HQ Controller and Support Function Heads Finance Manager utilizing SAP, Business Objects and Oracle Hyperion reporting. Responsible for annual Budgeting, forecasting strategic processes, monthly submissions involving coordination of Revenue, P/L, Cash Flow, Headcount, and relevant data points of depth structures, FS and management presentations. Drove Productivity through improvements in process efficiency.

Senior Financial Analyst/Manager – Headquarter Controlling, 12/2015 – 10/2020 (cont.)

Coordinated consolidation of P/L forecast for all business units and questioned when significant changes. Created business unit models to streamline forecast process for Revenue Components, P/L, & Capex. Saved 1-2 hours monthly. Ensured data integrity and monthly close accuracy.

Assumed forecast preparation of Cash Flow/NCE for legal entity when Director was promoted adding process improvements (Inventory, Manufacturing, R&D) and model functionality.

Expanded Free Cash Flow Monthly Process to include variance analysis from major stakeholders and impact from Asset Acquisitions and included revenue recognition, payment terms, and procurement updates.

Acted as Financial Cost Center Controller for support functions, providing SAP support, forecast, and budget preparation for management heads of Legal, HR, and Intellectual Patent Development.

Addressed outstanding issues and enhanced the Allocation Communication global function summary by providing additional comparisons.

Senior Financial Analyst - Business Planning & Controlling, 1/2007 – 11/2015

Required to effectively communicate globally between headquarters and all worldwide countries across business units, and provide monthly calendars and guidelines for actuals, performance controlling, and FX management.

Owned, automated, and managed international aggregation of select key performance indicators (KPIs) collected from every global entity to prepare early monthly estimates, including sales (€4B), group profit, commentary, one-time costs, and purchase price amortization for upper management. Provided explanations behind questionable results.

Held sole responsibility for FX impact reporting of €20 million for all business areas to division level. Designed models and VBA-enabled reports to provide, consolidate, and analyze monthly, quarterly, and forecast annual results. In compliance with the Divisional Planning Process, utilized Division Currency Tool data, reporting restatements and BU presentation slides.

Championed the monthly communication and financial processes - issued management reporting instructions and managed closing process, including customer support, monthly exchange rates; served as SharePoint, Web Page, and Live Link Administrator; developed dashboard platform for easy access reporting - one site for valuable information; completed trend and business unit analysis reporting; delivered ad hoc reporting, including bridges, templates, and analyses (many of which included process improvements).

Developed model for Division One Time Costs BU Report and successfully transitioned to a new format of HC Transformation Reporting. Coordinated the submission process and liaison for division and business units.

EDUCATION

Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Public Accounting

Baruch College, New York, NY

Passed all four Parts of CPA Exam

Bachelor of Science (BS) in Speech Pathology & Audiology

SUNY Albany, Albany, NY

TECHNICAL SKILLS

High-level operator of SAP, Business Objects Analysis, Gross Profitability Report (GPR), Oracle Hyperion Financial Management (FM), Smart View, NetSuite, Microsoft Office 365 -Excel/Word/PowerPoint, Macros, Think Cell, Qlik Sense, Tableau, Visio, Pivot Tables, IF Statements

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