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Jaime Embres

Rockingham,VA

Summary

Hardworking Associate Director knowledgeable about business practices in the manufacturing industry. Adept at supporting and enhancing operations with a decisive leadership and strategic decision making.

Overview

17
17
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Associate Director, MMD Finance

Merck & Co.
08.2019 - Current
  • Provide general financial guidance/support to the Elkton, Virginia site
  • Prepare for and lead internal and external audits while maintaining an excellent audit record
  • Maintain all compliance records for the site in Archer
  • Work with site regarding capital/expense purchases
  • Work in SAP daily for data retrieval and analysis
  • Preparation and delivery of monthly forecasts and annual budget
  • Develop and distribute reports locally and to corporate providing commentary of variances to budget and forecast
  • Work with various areas to maximize forecast accuracy and understanding of finances
  • Preparation of any ad-hoc requests from site or corporate
  • Month end preparation of journals and reporting/analysis
  • Own site’s asset ledger creating and maintaining all disposition records
  • Financial support for discontinuation of projects as well as new products for the site
  • Lead financial support for CBRE IFM
  • Continuously maintaining financial excellence and audit support with a Finance department of 3 for a site of 1000+ FTE’s

Sr. Specialist, MMD Finance

Merck & Co.
08.2009 - 08.2019

• Provide general financial guidance/support to the Elkton, Virginia site
• Prepare for and lead internal and external audits while maintaining an excellent audit record
• Work in SAP daily for data retrieval and analysis
• Preparation and delivery of monthly forecasts and annual budget
• Develop and distribute reports locally and to corporate providing commentary of variances to budget and forecast
• Work with various areas to maximize forecast accuracy and understanding of finances
• Preparation of any ad-hoc requests from site or corporate
• Month end preparation of journals and reporting/analysis
• Work with site’s asset ledger creating and maintaining all disposition records
• Lead financial support for JLL reorganization at the Elkton site
• Beginning to train new Finance support FTE
• Continuously maintaining financial excellence and audit support with a Finance department of 3 for a site of 1000+ FTE’s

Plant Accountant/SAP Material Master Specialist

Graham Packaging
05.2006 - 03.2009

• Prepare/analyze monthly actual sales vs forecast and budget
• Review Bill of Materials and create cost standards for new items
• Verify cost standards against production
• Responsible for purchasing various materials for plant
• Involved with a variety of duties at month end closing
• Involved with explaining monthly inventory/cost variances of inventory
• Responsible for conducting various audits with respect to SOX

Education

Bachelor of Science - Accounting

Bridgewater College
Bridgewater, VA
12.2006

Certification

Six Sigma Green Belt

Timeline

Associate Director, MMD Finance

Merck & Co.
08.2019 - Current

Sr. Specialist, MMD Finance

Merck & Co.
08.2009 - 08.2019

Plant Accountant/SAP Material Master Specialist

Graham Packaging
05.2006 - 03.2009

Bachelor of Science - Accounting

Bridgewater College
Jaime Embres