UNIVERSITY of NORTH CAROLINA, Kenan-Flagler Business School Chapel Hill, Ncmay 2014

MEGAN N. BARBIERI

EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA, Kenan-Flagler Business School – Chapel Hill, NCMay 2014

Master of Business Administration (MBA), Full-Time Program

GREENSBORO COLLEGE –Greensboro, NCMay 2007

Bachelor of Arts, Business Administration with Finance concentration and Spanish, GPA3.9

EXPERIENCE

NOVARTIS ANIMAL HEALTH–Greensboro,NC2007-2012

Manufactures medicine to prevent and treat diseases in pets, farm animals, and cultured fish.

Financial Analyst(2011-2012)

Managedextensive market research data and analysis through collaborations with consulting firm; examined monthly trends, highlighted vital changes, and made recommendations to upper management to curtail market share loss (-1% v. -3% expected).
Partnered with brand manager to identify 2,700+low performing accounts anddesigned a free goods promotion that generated incremental sales of $1M.
Led cross-functional team to harmonize new P&L reporting to ensure 100%accuracy and compliance at a $200M company.
Spearheaded comprehensive monthly resultspresentation (100+ slides),consolidating data from 12departmentsto streamline transparency, increase communication,and enhance decision making.

Business Support Specialist(2009-2011)

Pioneered the centralization of reporting; automated various month-end activities using SAP to reduce production time by 80%.
Served as financial subject matter expert for team launching a $2Mpromotion; reported weekly results of offer to maximize exposure to the sales teamand presented positive ROI to upper management.
Managed R&D budget totaling over $20M annually; reduced variance to budget from -23% to -5%.

Finance and Marketing Support(2007-2009)

Designed custom sales queries to analyze clinic buying trends for brand managers; identified 500 high potential customers for veterinary educational seminar program,resulting in240% ROI over 12 months.
Re-structuredexpense reports for alldepartments creating a user-friendly tool to improve visibility and monitor overspending; achieved <5% budget variance (-15% v. budget in previous year).
Selected as 1 of 9in the company of 700+ employees to mastercomplex Brio sales query tool.

YMCACORPORATE OFFICE– Greensboro, NC2006

Marketing Intern

Analyzed consumer data to develop a targeted direct mail campaign generating an approximate membership increase of 15%.
Organized annual donor recognition event for the top 200 contributors atminor league baseballstadium.

ADDITIONAL