Shirley Liu

About Shirley Liu

As an accomplished financial professional and dynamic leader, I bring hands-on experience collaborating seamlessly across functional departments. My strength lies in providing insightful innovations that drive effective strategies, coupled with a keen ability to manage spend efficiently. I excel at crafting meticulous budgets and forecasts, ensuring impeccable attention to detail to reach financial targets and deliver insightful data for critical business decisions. I am a strategic thinker who steers financial success and drives innovation in a dynamic professional landscape.My expertise extends to collaborating with business partners, ensuring robust financial reporting, and upholding compliance with SOX requirements. I am dedicated to providing training and mentoring to empower teams for independent problem-solving, thriving in fast-paced environments while navigating evolving business needs. I am driven to improve operations through viable solutions and continually enhance profitability.Core competencies: Process Improvement | Metrics Reporting | Goal Setting | System Implementation | Client Relations | Problem Solving | Risk Analysis | Internal Auditing | Coaching & Mentoring | Performance Monitoring | Negotiations | Professional Growth | Training & Development | Contract Management | Financial Modeling & Planning | GAAP | SOX Compliance | Best Practices | Relationship Building | Cross-Functionality | Budgets & Forecasting | Analytics

Experience

1. Director, Budget & Finance

   Gilead Sciences

   Jan 2021 — Present

   Lead department strategy and vision to deliver operational and financial excellence, collaborating on cross functional projects with key stakeholders to drive strategic initiatives forward.· Manage financial strategy, operations, and projects, serving as subject matter expert to drive financial results through effective reporting and controls and lead development of financial projections and strategic plans.· Supervise and guide a team of financial professionals responsible for the development and refinement of short- and long-range forecasts for Annual Budget and Latest Estimates, administration of external clinical spend, accruals, Purchase Order creation and coding, and creation of budget estimates and alternative scenarios to support management decision-making.· Successfully establish strong cross-functional relationships with senior leadership and executives to provide strategic financial insights and guidance to inform critical business decisions. · Lead financial planning and analysis, including development of forecast timelines, system and information requirements, meetings with key stakeholders, and preparation of presentations and commentary for senior management review.·Engage with business partners to provide financial reporting deliverables and reporting of KPIs and metrics, participating in month-end close activity reviews, quarterly financial reviews, and budget vs actual meetings, providing variance analysis and commentary for senior management.·Create financial acumen trainings, frameworks, and tools for key stakeholders to implement best practices for budgeting, forecasting, modeling, and accruals.· Serve as business partner on cross functional teams to build and manage financial models.· Increase operational efficiencies by working cross functionally to optimize and streamline processes.

Education

• University of San Francisco

  Bachelor of Science - BS

Skills

• Sarbanes-Oxley Act
• Sarbanes-Oxley
• Internal Audit
• Financial Modeling
• Internal Controls
• Risk Management
• Enterprise Risk Management
• IT Audit
• Financial Analysis
• Business Process Improvement
• Process Improvement
• Auditing
• Due Diligence
• Risk Assessment
• Valuation