* Pharmaceutical Contract and Change Order Development * Pharmaceutical Con
tract budget & support * ICOst, ICOBid, Budget Blue-sheet, JD Edwards, SAP, & Hyperion Enterprise Expe rience * Worked closely with all skill levels: Senior management to entry level * In ternational Accounting Experience PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: Icon Clinical Research, L.P. 2007-Current CONTRACT ANALYST II - BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT (formerly Finance) June 2007 to Current Accountable for owning the contracts process and working proactively with Opera tions and Business Development in the development and execution of the contractu al process from verbal win through project close with a primary focus on Custome r satisfaction. Primary customer interface on large, complex contracts, responsible for develop ing customer relationships and working independently on assigned projects. Revise or develop the budget in ICOst and on Blue-Sheets. Also responsible for revision of the scope of work. Ensure the scope of work is defined correctly a nd the budget reflects the scope. Track all progression in ICOBid software whil e maintaining files. Identify, develop and negotiate any work required or requested by the customer outside of the signed contract and prepare contract modifications and change ord ers accordingly. Customized documents to accurately reflect services provided, oversee finalizat ion and distribution of documents. Routinely interact with Operations, Business Development, Finance, and Customer s to prepare and finalize project contracts and contract modifications/change or ders. Local Contracting Firms 2005-2007 MEDICAL PROGRAM FINANCIAL SPECIALIST (MPFS) April 2007 to June 200 7 Financial support for clinical protocols & programs. Clarify protocol specifications, budget & contract needs. Prepare program cost estimates, study budgets & negotiation of investigator-spe cific budgets. Liaison with study investigators and company legal council. Generate grant payments and track, analyze and report on costs and payments on clinical studies. LONG TERM ACCOUNTING/FINANCE ASSIGNMENT October 2005 to April 2 007 Review, audit, and process Medicaid rebate invoices for payment to individual s tates for a small Pharmaceutical Co. Update and reconcile fixed assets, using BNA software, a large heavy equipment sales distributor. Generated monthly sales analysis for regional sales. Trained new employee. Analysis of Accounts Payable problem accounts, along with other adhoc reports. GlaxoSmithKline, Philadelphia, PA 2004-2005 SENIOR FINANCIAL ANALYST Analysis of balance sheet accounts on a monthly basis. Employ JD Edwards finan cial software to research monthly activity and to enter adjusting journal entrie s. Hyperion Enterprise Administrator during 2005 corporate budget period and for m onthly closing process. Uploaded data from submitted cost center templates whil e extracting and downloading actuals from JD Edwards current year. Worked with individual analysts to generate changes to initial budget. Also added account c odes and cost centers to existing hierarchy. Performed reconciliations and issued reports in observance to Sarbanes Oxley (S OX). On a monthly basis created reports for Salary Related Expenses (SRE), and Corpo rate Sector Expense Report (CSER) - a comparison between actual, budgeted, and f orecasted expenses - which is submitted to Senior Level Management. Currency conversion from our corporate location in the United Kingdom. Forecast projections on future expenses versus year-end budget. Financial Analysis and Management of numerous departments. Oversaw the managem ent of the budget of same departments. Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories, Radnor, PA 1996-2003 GLOBAL MEDICAL AFFAIRS FINANCE MANAGER 2002-2003 Managed $120 Million budget for the Senior Vice President of Global Medical Aff airs. Employee Recognition award for second consecutive year - 11/02. Preparation and Review of Annual Budget for 2003. Included a budget reduction of $20 Million. Met with Therapeutic Drug Team leaders to discuss clinical grant studies to ens ure studies are proceeding within timelines and within budget parameters. Closing process consists of review of the overall "financial spreadsheet" for i nconsistencies, preparing and adjusting accrual entry. Generate various reports, i.e., Latest Estimate Reports, brand estimates (spend and budget) for Phase IV studies. Rolling budget forecasts. INTERNATIONAL ACCOUNTANT 1999-2002 Audit and Record all Inter-company Debit/Credit notes from American Home Produc ts and its subsidiaries and various domestic plants. Journal entries and report s run on SAP (ver 4.6C), previously used JD Edwards software. Employee Recognition award 9/01. Monthly Balance Sheet account analysis, along with Notes to the Financial State ments. Reporting Financial schedules using Hyperion Enterprise. Process monthly expense reporting, bank reconciliation, Financial Statements fo r the Bangladesh Branch. Month End/Year End closing process. SENIOR FINANCIAL ANALYST - MEDICAID 1997-1999 Review, audit, and process Medicaid rebate invoices for payment to individual s tates. Perform reasonability testing on all rebate requests. Execute analysis of disputed state data for resolution decision support while p articipating in the presentation of disputed support data and the associated neg otiations. Tools used in this analysis included IMS and DNA data, along with th e PDR, Generic PDR, and Red Book reference materials. Prepare appropriate financial management reports associated with the Medicaid R ebate Program. SENIOR ACCOUNTANT 199 6-1997 Generated reports on company donations, merged monthly accrual reports and bala nced cash disbursements to computer software using Excel and Word 7.0. Investigated aged problem accounts in Accounts Payable requiring daily contact with Vendors. Paid company invoices using CISPO software package. Resolution Trust Corporation (RTC), Valley Forge, PA 1992-1995 ACCOUNTANT Performed final review of over 5000 monthly Journal Entries generated by receiv ership accountants to ensure adequate backup and proper general ledger accounts were utilized. Inspected 500+ Accounts Payable requests per month. Standardized Journal Entry procedures and forms of Journal Entries submitted by off site contractors. Worked closely with off site contractors instructing on governmental guidelines of various correcting journal entries. COMPUTER SKILLS: JD Edwards & SAP Financial Software Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, Outlook Express) Hyperion Enterprise BNA & Best Software FAF Fixed Asset Management Systems ICOBid Contract Tracking Tool EDUCATION: B.S. Accounting Philadelphia University, Phil adelphia, PA August 1992 (3.82 GPA, "Summa Cum Laude", 3.88 GPA Accounting)