Maureen Crown

About Maureen Crown

20+ years in project management, application development/administration, financial operations, and GCP compliance in marketing and R&D at global Pharma company. Known for collaboration, coaching and sharing expertise and helping others to facilitate change adoption. In-depth knowledge of financial operations and resource allocation, information systems, promotional practices, clinical and non-clinical trials.* Change Champion for R&D Finance CoRE initiative identifying ways we can facilitate a smooth adoption for new ways of working. Leading cross-functional effort to consolidate existing materials into single R&D training repository.* Member of the R&D Planning Initiative working on process improvements and new solution for planning resources and priorities in R&D. Identified changes to reduce planning effort, eliminate user-entered timesheets, and improve data output for decision-making.* Recipient of 2017 pRED Finance Framework Award for Transparency for the Time Recording Dashboard that improved timesheet compliance from 85% to 98% resulting in better data for decision making.* During Genentech integration, harmonized planning processes and launched new portfolio management system. Led global team to deliver Time Recording tool including training, troubleshooting, documentation and change control decision making.* Initiated process improvements and created tools that increased accuracy and reduced effort to forecast and track $120M annual clinical research and $40M functional budgets; managed monthly budget variance for eight Medical Affairs departments.*Developed custom application for study planning and tracking for US commercial operations in Roche Labs; allowed management to effectively plan, track and manage study milestones and costs. Implemented process improvements and tools that increased accuracy and reduced time to manage study budgets; identified areas of risk and created risk mitigation solutions. FOCUS AREAS and EXPERTISE* Efficiency and Innovation * Change Catalyst* Team Development & Leadership * Finance & Accounting Management* Content Creation and Google Site Design* Project & Resource Management* System Development & Delivery* Business Process Efficiency* Contract Management* Clinical Trial Management* Compliance & Regulatory Oversight

Experience

1. Finance Manager

   Roche

   Apr 2012 — Present · Nutley, NJ, US

   Local controller for early research departments for NY site with annual budgets of $17M; Collaborates with global controlling and business partners to deliver spending goals and accounting principles; key interactions ensured compliance to accounting principles spending transparency within established budgets. Global resource manager overseeing processes, systems and strategy for 7 sites and 2.5k workforce. Works across R&D to improve system usability and improvements, mentors functional planners, designs algorithms, and troubleshoots issues. Leadership of Planning Forum group enabled planners to get latest system news, share best practices and meet other planners. Redesigned IPP templates reducing the number of resource tasks and work packages and automating task creation minimizing data-entry requirements for planners. Member of PlanSource and PharmaRes systems change control decision boards.

Education

• Caldwell College

  B.S. Business Administration, Marketing, Accounting

  1981 — 1991

• Rutgers University

  Biopharma

  2013 — 2013