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Work History
Education
Skills
Certification
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DAMARIS DE JESUS

Financial Analyst
Urb River Edge Hills 78, Luquillo
DAMARIS DE JESUS

Summary

Highly motivated and goal-driven Financial Analyst with extensive experience in the Pharmaceutical, Telecommunications and Medical Device Industries. Proven track record in Financial Planning & modeling, Data analysis, Accounting, Budget, Forecast, Cash Management, Capital Project Analysis, Fixed Assets, Inventory, Cost and Intercompany Pricing.


This professional is organized and successfull at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude and is willing to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals. Is proactive in resolving business challenges with innovative solutions.

Overview

23
years of professional experience
1
Certification

Work History

Johnson & Johnson

Financial Analyst - Ethicon | Endo
04.2021 - Current

Job overview

  • Support the Lego Project to ensure that the ICPs are accurately calculated. Connect and collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders in order to identify the leading variants to guarantee a fully base & mod code alignment.
  • Super User of Project GET. Attend and actively participate in Super Users Forum meetings. Act as main point of contact for user acceptance testing / training support for new functionality / changes to system. Act as first level support for SAP issues. Provide coaching and support to end users as needed. Escalate issues to the Support Center when necessary. Conduct training to local end users on new functionality as necessary.
  • Maintain data and manage multiple ERP systems (HCS, GMED, RDC, JDE One World, ELC) End to End pricing activities for Ethicon & Endo, ensuring 100% accuracy while maintaining a highest degree of quality & compliance.
  • Perform Year End USROTC ICP process by massive upload, enhancing the process by documenting the work instructions and providing examples of troubleshooting errors.
  • Managed multiple workstreams to drive and anticipate the calculation and the seamless setup of intercompany prices for new and existing products, partnering closely with Global Tax, Customer Service, Make team, Supply Chain Planning, Commercial teams and Product managers.
  • Collaborate with the Make organization / Costing Team in order to ensure base & mod code alignment from the Manufacturing cost perspective for all Ethicon items.
  • Support the 2024 Standard Cost & ICPs updates in Strive.
  • Support the GMED Year End Standard Cost Process.


Amgen

Senior Associate Finance
05.2020 - 04.2021

Job overview

  • Play a key role in the Operations Finance team, managing financial planning, reporting, and analysis for Amgen’s Operations area, which is responsible for Amgen’s manufacturing activities.
  • Provide finance leadership and decision support to Operations and Health & Safety departments.
  • Own and drive monthly and quarterly close processes as well as business forecast updates as required.
  • Develop analytics and/or operational metrics to provide financial insights to business partners.
  • Support the Annual Business Plan activities.
  • Provide robust, consistent and timely financial reporting to drive transparency to senior leadership.
  • Interact with various finance groups including functional FP&A to understand impact to budget/long range plans.
  • Track financials and prepare periodic reports for ongoing initiatives.
  • Consolidate budget & headcount and provide variance explanations.


PR Wireless

Fixed Assets & Inventory Accountant
05.2016 - 04.2020

Job overview

  • Lead teamwork effort to complete the capitalization of Fixed Assets ($24MM) representing 83% of reduction in construction progress.
  • Manage CAPEX report including actual expenditures and forecast for each capital project; discussed results with each area, Finance Director, CFO and applied adjustments as required.
  • Lead the creation of new capital projects to the approved CAPEX budget, analyze and approve all capital requests.
  • Conducted analysis, post accruals and reconcile general ledger accounts related to fixed assets, accumulated depreciation, inventory and other expenses.
  • Prepared audit schedules for Construction In Progress and inventory.
  • Performed inventory’s monthly financial closing to register inventory purchases, inventory retirement and COGS.

Astrazeneca

Financial Analyst
08.2000 - 12.2015

Job overview

  • Analyzed new capital projects & completed projects. Perform the projects inspection and capitalization in SAP.
  • Reduced construction in progress by 60% in one year through project capitalization.
  • Lead intracompany effort to complete site’s fixed assets physical inventory promoting collaboration from multi functional departments like Manufacturing, Engineering, Utilities, Distribution, Laboratory and Security. Inspected approximately 600 fixed assets representing about three times the typical sample. Identified aproximately $500K in depreciation of fixed assets to be removed from the organization's books in net book value. Completed project a month before expected deadline.
  • Analyze actual expenditures versus budget and explained variances to area owners.
  • Develop and maintained KPI’s to forecast and monitor performance as well as facilitate continuous improvements.
  • Analyze current capital expenditures and post Depreciation Expense.
  • Support implementation initiatives from Lean's Kaizen such as automatic payments and bank reconciliations including clearing and balance sheet.
  • Tested internal controls, identified deficiencies, and reported findings to Finance Manager.

Education

University of PR
Humacao, PR

BBA from Accounting
06.1993

University Overview

  • Degree Awarded with Magna Cum Laude


Johnson & Johnson
Guaynabo, PR

University Overview

Trainings:


  • FPX Flawless Project Execution: Team Member Training - May 2022
  • Energy for Performance - August 2022
  • FPX Flawless Project Execution: Project Leadership Workshop - June 2023

Skills

  • Data analysis & Financial Modeling
  • Attention to detail
  • Teamwork
  • Results oriented
  • Process improvement oriented
  • Proactive
  • Ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously
  • Strong organizational skills
  • Develop strong working relationships
  • Presentation skills
  • Bilingual (English Spanish)
  • Software & Business Tools (MS Office, SAP, SQL, Alteryx)

Certification

  • Licensed 4906 Certified Public Accountant - Passed in the first sitting
  • Member of Certified Public Accountant College of PR


Timeline

Financial Analyst - Ethicon | Endo
Johnson & Johnson
04.2021 - Current
Senior Associate Finance
Amgen
05.2020 - 04.2021
Fixed Assets & Inventory Accountant
PR Wireless
05.2016 - 04.2020
Financial Analyst
Astrazeneca
08.2000 - 12.2015
University of PR
BBA from Accounting
Johnson & Johnson

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