NICHOLAS PAGANO
Raleigh,NC
Summary
Dedicated Accounting/Finance Leader and CPA with extensive experience in the pharmaceutical and medical devices industries. Known for team building, process development and optimization along with project management for mission critical initiatives. Possesses strong analytical and technical skills coupled with a commitment to data integrity and accuracy. Experienced with understanding and maximizing the outputs of ERP and BI systems. Open to all new opportunities in the accounting and finance space: full-service accounting and reporting, FP&A, revenue recognition, data systems implementation and management.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
VP, Finance
Banner Life Sciences LLC
12.2022 - Current
Controller
Banner Life Sciences LLC
07.2020 - 12.2022
- Managed financial relationships during late stages of commercial launch activities for Bafiertam
- Controlled all aspects of SME accounting and treasury, as well as IT initiatives and HR administrative activities
- Developed full-fledged reporting packages to highlight major KPIs for shareholders
- Led conversion and upgrade from Quickbooks to Sage Intacct
- Improved workflows to convert R&D accounting to commercial accounting
- Established accounting framework to capture gross-to-net accounting estimates and payments
- Calculated gross-to-net assumptions, considering elements from top to bottom: sales discounts, chargebacks, copay assistance, Medicaid and 340B price concessions, Medicare coverage gap estimates, and commercial rebate liability
- Worked with four executives to create annual budget by functional department and track variances
- Managed remote accounting team of four through weekly transaction processing and monthly closing
Sr. Manager of Financial Reporting and Data
Circassia Pharmaceuticals
02.2016 - 07.2020
- Interfaced with all levels of management, serving as a strategic partner to provide solutions for rapidly-changing org
- Requirements— budgeting, sales and expense forecasting, variance analysis, multi-year planning and modeling
- Reviewed and recalculated pharmaceutical gross-to-net adjustments as part of monthly pharmaceutical sales reconciliation
- Served as lead US POC for SAP B1 ERP system implementation and data migration efforts
- Fully implemented Jet Global BI package, serving as lead report designer, local expert and administrator
- Designed a full complement of reports using Jet Global to significantly improve existing department procedures
- Formed and led a Revenue Recognition team of three, which managed daily sales order processing, customer service, and reporting
- Overhauled sales order operational procedures through gap analyses and efficiency assessments
Manager of Accounting and Finance
Aerocrine, Inc
04.2011 - 05.2015
- Led a team of five to manage day-to-day operational and reporting requirements and deadlines of a global Finance department
- Controlled US expense budgets of $15-20M
- Designed workflow processes to accelerate and maximize efficiency of employee training
- Approved monthly, quarterly, and yearly financial reporting package distributed to Swedish parent company
- Realigned mid-year sales, expense, and inventory forecasts to reflect changes in economic outlooks
- Oversaw and assisted with seven consecutive years of corporate reviews, with zero material misstatements
- Developed incentive compensation plans and sales strategies used by senior sales management
- Coordinated transition plans, including a full re-staffing of department, during relocation of HQ to NC
- Implemented procedures to determine timing and magnitude of corporate funding requests to subsidiary
Staff/Sr. Accountant
Aerocrine, Inc
01.2008 - 04.2011
Education
Bachelors of Science - Accounting And Management
William Paterson University of New Jersey
Wayne, NJ12.2006
Skills
- Performance metrics analysis
- Financial Management
- Business planning
- Business administration
- Staff Management
- Financial administration
- Budgeting
- Policy and procedure development
Certification
CPA - Certified Public Accountant, NC license 40163
Timeline
VP, Finance
Banner Life Sciences LLC
12.2022 - Current
Controller
Banner Life Sciences LLC
07.2020 - 12.2022
Sr. Manager of Financial Reporting and Data
Circassia Pharmaceuticals
02.2016 - 07.2020
Manager of Accounting and Finance
Aerocrine, Inc
04.2011 - 05.2015
Staff/Sr. Accountant
Aerocrine, Inc
01.2008 - 04.2011
Bachelors of Science - Accounting And Management
William Paterson University of New Jersey
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