Melissa Cavanagh

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About Melissa Cavanagh

A results-driven leader and lean sigma black belt with 20 years finance experience in multinational and semi-state operations and a proven ability to improve all facets of financial operations. Creates and implements strategic initiatives that increase shareholder value, improve productivity and reduce costs. Continuously analyses core business processes to identify opportunities for improvement. Key Achievements: Leader responsible for the transfer the financial and supply chain operations of Finance shared service entity (90+ roles) to UK & India in line with GSK’s strategic objective to create regional Business Service Centres (BSCs) Successfully implemented & embed a Lean Performance Management System, across Finance Shared services globally, of high Performing teams to drive increased productivity, customer satisfaction and to create a culture of performance improvement and structured problem solving Designed a new Project Management Office for global Finance Shared Service organisation using lean A3 methodology in order to deliver appropriate governance and oversight of all departmental projects Delivered organisation redesign of Finance Shared Services from a functionally aligned & silo organisation to a global process aligned organization in order to facilitate move to BSC Model and to simplify any future process improvements while maintaining levels of customer satisfaction Finance lead for project to transform the Supply Chain and Financial Operating Model across Europe. Designed a new business & trading model which operated on a standard SAP platform. Finance integration lead for large M&A activity within GSK including the joint venture with Pfizer, acquisition of UCB’s emerging market portfolio and divestment of business and products to Aspen. Designed and implemented a contracts framework with global tax and legal to support transfer pricing and corporate tax strategies of GSK Trading Services limited in Ireland