Jennifer B.

About Jennifer B.

Finance Executive with extensive leadership experience in Pharmaceutical, Biotech and Big 4 Public Accounting with increasing responsibilities at local, regional and global level across all functions including Commercial, R&D, Corporate functions and Business Development.Proven success in strategically identifying and implementing key business drivers, re-designing processes and collaborating across functions to gain buy-in & drive value creation, controls and compliance to meet/exceed financial targets and drive business results. Active Finance leadership in various global & corporate initiatives, organization restructures and financial system implementations that utilize state of the art databases including SAP, Cognos and TM1 Impactful people manager, team leader and peer coach/mentor with a successful track record. Established accomplishments and knowledge in: • Business Unit P&L Management • Financial/Management Reporting • Budgeting, Forecasting & Strategic Long-Term Planning• Business Development Valuations/Modeling• Deal Pricing & Margin Analysis • Sales Incentive Compensation • Productivity Savings & Resource Analysis • System Design & Implementation• Kaizen Process Re-design • External Audit & SOX Compliance

Experience

1. Executive Director, Head of Financial Planning & Analysis

   Celularity Inc

   Jan 2021 — Present · Florham Park, NJ, US

   Lead Corporate FP & A Team (4-6 FTEs) supporting Cellular Therapy (CT) focused on placental derived allogeneic Cellular Therapy specializing in Oncology & Immunology and Degenerative Diseases (DD) specializing in Orthopedics, Aesthetics & Ophthalmology. Serve as a key strategic partner to the Executive Leadership Team (ELT) and provide hands on support to all functions (400+ HC) including Commercial, Research, Development, Clinical, Technical Operations and Corporate Functions.• Drive all Corporate Planning cycles including annual Budget, quarterly Forecast Updates and Short-Term Strategic plans• Manage end-to-end enterprise financial support including ad-hoc & monthly ELT and Board of Directors presentations• Support all Commercial Brands and Financial reporting packages across Business Units• Support Portfolio & Program financial management including investment valuation and NPV/eNPV analysis which includes overall market analysis and fully burdened investment cost for internal programs, external collaborations & potential in and/or out licensing opportunities• Manage Total Clinical Study costing including detailed CRO Clinical Budgets and work performed analysis for monthly financial closes and overall program valuation• Proactively identify, design, and implement process and governance improvement to drive enterprise efficiency, top line growth, operational cost savings and resource optimization

Education

• Towson University

  BS, Accounting

Skills

• Process Improvement
• Management
• Exceptional Mentor & Coach
• Pharmaceutical Industry
• Business Process Improvement
• Financial Analysis
• Sarbanes-Oxley Act
• Financial Reporting
• Challenge Status Quo
• Forecasting
• Analytics
• Accounting
• Strategic Planning
• Strategy
• Trusted Business Partner
• Budgets
• Finance
• Portfolio Management
• Business Planning
• Leadership
• Financial Modeling
• Sap
• Analysis
• Variance Analysis
• Project Management
• Budgeting
• Analytical Skills
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Strategic Thinking
• Performance Management
• Drive Results
• Auditing