1. Robert Half Management Resources Salaried Professional Services
1700 West Park Drive, Westborough, MA 01581 • 508-621-2300 • lauren.gatta@rhmr.com
Seasoned international executive with over 20 years of public and private experience in
Finance Planning & Analysis with cGMP/cGXP experience in Research and
Development, Laboratories, Manufacturing and Bio Pharma IT. Verifiable success
creating and delivering outstanding FP&A and capital solutions using SAP, Oracle,
Hyperian and other packages for small divisions of $50 million up to $25 billion group
wide solutions. Talented in building commercial and financial solutions from the ground
up, implementing SAP, training teams and providing solutions to Executive Teams.
Proven abilities as a Finance Business Partner and adding value to operations. Excels as
a transaction manager and finance professional.
—————————— Key Examples of Success ——————————
Deep Bio Pharma experience in designing,
structuring and using FP&A systems and in
making effective use of SAP hierarchies, Internal
Orders, Settlements, Cost and Profit Centers,
Business Objects and Hyperion.
Extensive life cycle technology experience from
upgrading legacy Biopharma ERP systems to
SAP 4.0. Extensive lifecycle experience in
Biopharma SAP 6.0 rollouts, new General
Ledger and Biopharma Fixed Asset
implementations and upgrades. At Shire, he held
the highest authority level for capital approvals.
Approved, structured and analyzed transactions.
Built FP&A systems for all of the new $500+
million cGMP developments.
—————————— Areas of Strength ———————————
Finance Business Partner Annual Budgeting Product Lifecycle Forecasting
Capex Planning and Forecasts Long Range Planning Product/ Competitor Analysis
SAP Super User Cash Flow Budgeting GAAP/IFRS & IRS Assumptions
—————————— Skills and Experience ———————————
Areas of Specialization
 Research and Development
 Clinical Trials
 Laboratories
 Large Scale Development Laboratories
 Quality Control
 Contract Manufacturing
 Plant Manufacturing
 Supply Chain
 Technical Operations
 Bio Pharma IT
 Bio Pharma Tax and IRS Cost Segregations
 MLSC Grants
 Sunshine Act
 Royalty Calculations, Billings and Audits
 Medicaid and Medicare
 IT Projects from Concept to Deployment
 All Bio Pharma Capital Projects
 cGMP SAP Super User and Trainer
 Shopping Cart and Accrual Trainer
Industry Experience
 All Stages of Clinical Trials
 Live Animal Research
 Orphan Drugs
 Cell Culture
 Bio Reactors
 Purification
 Vaccines
Technology Expertise
 cGMP Qualified
 GAAP, IFRS, IRS, SOX, SEC
 SAP, SRM, Oracle, Hyperion
 DOA, Cockpits and Accrual Manager
 Blackline
Organizations/Operations Served
 Shire Plc
 Alewife Cell Culture Plants
 300 Shire Way Cell Culture
 300 Shire Way QA and QC
 200 Shire Way Laboratories
 200 Shire Way LSDL
 125 Spring St Research Operations
 125 Spring Street Live Animal Division
 400 Shire Way Cell Culture
 400 Shire Way Manufacturing
 700 Main Street Labs
 700 Main Street LSDL
 Global IT Operations
 SAP Implementation Division
 SAP Upgrade Division
 North Reading Supply Chain Operations
 Kmart
 Target
 Coles and Bi-Lo Supermarkets
 Myer Department Stores
 Officeworks
 World 4 Kids
 Liquorland
 The Davis Companies
 Reit Management and Research LLC
 Arthur Andersen Transaction Services
Education and Certifications
 CPA license – Australia
 Chartered Secretary and Administrator –
London, UK
Michael Irving, CPA
Bio Pharma and FP&A- Management Consultant
“Roll up the sleeves work ethic that builds loyalties with teams, executive boards and investors”
SELECTED PROJECTS
BIO PHARMA FP&A SYSTEMS, design,
development, rectification, rollout and
training. During the first 12 months he
received recognition from the Group Audit
Committee for implementing new FP&A
systems and processes for the Lexington
Campus. Later he extended the FP&A
systems and achieved a 100% inventory
rate for $1+ billion of fixed assets.
SHIRE CAMPUS, Lexington, MA
Provided full Financial Planning &
Analysis services for a 650,000+ SF award
winning research, development and
manufacturing Biopharma campus.
Completed 5 IRS audited cost segregations
for $1+ billion that delivered hundreds of
millions of immediate tax benefits.
Business Intelligence and ERP Systems
 Implemented and generated significant business efficiencies in multiple SAP modules for Global
Biopharma cGMP, cGXP, FDA and the like regulated operations.
 Implemented SAP Internal Order and Settlement structures for Clinical Trials, Manufacturing,
Development, IT and Quality Control/Analysis which enabled user specific ‘real-time’ reports.
 Significantly reduced reliance on excel models and configured SAP to generate reports.
Budgets, Forecast & Long Range Plans
 Manage multiple Budgets, Forecasts & Long Range Plans for Biopharma operations on a monthly,
quarterly and annual basis and being process owner during the budget and planning cycles.
 Provide accurate judgement calls on how the Finance function will record the actual transactions
under GAAP, IFRS, SEC and IRS regulations resulting in zero reclassifications from recommended
budget categories.
 Interpret terms of complex legal documents and appropriately record the transactions for FP&A
purposes.
 Accurately forecast complex revenue recognition transactions with zero reclassifications.
Operations
 Manage monthly and on-going accounting and reporting processes for Biopharma operations for
GAAP, IFRS and Tax Based portfolios.
 Evaluate accounting and financial transactions for compliance with accounting rules, tax regulations
and reporting requirements.
 Establish accounting policies, internal controls and reporting guides for Biopharma FP&A operations.
 Manage year-end audit, Internal Audit, FDA and tax requests related to Biopharma FP&A operations.