Matthew Ranieri

Experience

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  Professional Association of Diving Instructors

  Apr 2009 - Jul 2016

  Master Scuba Diver

  • Certified PADI Scuba Diver, Open Water Diver, Adventure Diver, Advanced Open Water Diver, Rescue Diver, and Master Scuba Diver. • Dove in places such as Australia, Hawaii, St. Maarten, Aruba, Mexico, and the Florida Keys.

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  Merck

  Jun 2016 - Aug 2017

  Intern, Indirect Procurement Sourcing & Operations

  • Enhanced how the Days Payable Outstanding (DPO) team monitored monthly leakage. Contributions include negotiation with suppliers for improvement of payment terms, documentation, and process improvements to decrease inefficiencies• Assisted in execution of an Industrial Gas Request for Proposal (RFP) for 18 total sites in North and Latin America. Contributions include drafting key performance indicators and risk/cost analysis of Industrial Gas transition opportunities within sites • Consolidated inbound/outbound shipping data for a Promotional Material Warehousing & Distribution sourcing project to enable the cross functional team to evaluate supplier capabilities. Show less

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  Merck

  Jul 2018 - now

  Work within the Human Health Finance Center of Excellence, which is responsible for consolidating the Global Human Health Profit & Loss statement to Corporate Financial Services. Day-to-day responsibilities include: - Consolidate quarterly Global Human Health (GHH) Profit & Loss submissions to inform earnings guidance, which includes global analysis of Net Sales, PGM, Expenses, and Pre-Tax Income- Assist in the consolidation and management of the GHH Financial Services budget, which includes presenting global results on a quarterly basis to the SVP of Human Health Finance. - GHH lead for a quarterly product Impairment Assessment. Responsibilities include presenting results to PwC, analyzing potential triggering events, and facilitation of supplemental analyses to assess future net cash flows vs. the present net book value. - Consolidate global Mid-Month & WD+2 Sales Estimates to provide the Human Health Sr. Management detail into QTD Sales projections vs. previous forecast submissions. - Provide periodic reporting of GHH headcount in support of various submissions to Treasury, Human Health Operating Committee, Corporate Financial Services, and the Executive team. Show less - Managed a $100M budget for 15+ bladder cancer clinical studies, across various internal and external collaborations - Produce quarterly forecast submissions and assist in the generation of the Long Range Operating Plan- Finance representative for 15+ clinical studies responsible for communicating material budget changes to clinical trial teams and internal governance committees - Worked with Partnerships & Alliances teams across various therapeutic areas and collaborations to identify gaps, reduce redundancies, and develop detailed working instructions to streamline activities for reporting purposes Show less Recruited through the Merck Finance Leadership Development program. Gained exposure and visited 6 Ex-US and 7 US based operations for various Compliance and SOX audits. • Audited and reviewed financial processes and controls within the following areas: Accounting-to Reporting, Supply Chain Management, Order-to-Cash, Purchase-to-Pay, and US Treasury Operations. Focus was on process design and execution for adherence to US GAAP, including account reconciliations, month-end close procedures, financial statement analysis, and cycle counting. • Performed 6 international compliance-driven audits, including China, Brazil, Philippines, Italy, Serbia, and Slovenia. Key areas of compliance experience include: Use of Third Parties, Product Pricing, Distribution Models, Interactions with HCP’s, Grants & Donations, and Good Clinical Practices-Quality Assurance Review (GCP-QA). • Monthly analysis of financial data sets in the TIBCO Spotfire data analytics software to identify material outliers and high-risk transactions. The project team had the opportunity to present data-driven results to the VP of Audit before fieldwork• Continuous relationship building with subject matter experts and local Sr. Management to provide risk assurance and advisory services. Process improvements are identified and communicated to remediate gaps and deficiencies. • Assist in leading an implementation and configuration of a new audit software (TeamMate+) for 75+ MCAAS employees worldwide, changing the way the department works on a daily basis. Contributions include gathering business requirements, taxonomy classification, configuration, user acceptance testing, and end user training• The College of New Jersey (TCNJ) University recruitment lead with the following responsibilities: host 30+ students for an Externship Day, conduct phone and in-person interviews, attend career fairs and networking events, and present to Finance and Accounting classrooms. Show less

  • Sr. Specialist, Human Health Finance CoE

    Jan 2023 - now

  • Sr. Specialist, Clinical Development Finance

    Apr 2020 - Jan 2023

  • Specialist, Corporate Audit & Assurance Services

    Jul 2018 - Apr 2020
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  Co-Founder & Treasurer

  Jun 2020 - now

  Project Hudson - 501 (c)(3) Non-Profit

  Project Hudson is a certified 501(c)(3) non-profit in NJ focused on providing free financial literacy education in the NYC metro area.