Elin Chang
Taipei City,TPE
Summary
A senior financial analyst with over 10 years of experience, specializing in production cost control, FP&A, strategic planning, P&L management and investment evaluation for Display and Semiconductor industry. Successful at managing multiple assignments within tight deadlines.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
Work History
Site Controller
Merck Group In Taiwan
06.2019 - Current
- Business partner of site director. Acted as a single point of contact for financial topics.
- Developed annual budget and quarterly forecasts, improving forecast accuracy by 10%.
- Assist business partners to make strategic financial decisions impacting company profitability through cost benefit analysis, make and buy decisions and vendor analysis.
- Support investment project evaluation and deliver the valuable financial input to business stakeholders.
- Lead and implement yearly standard cost update to enhance business transparency.
- Partner with global controlling teams for analysis insight and support the global homogenization project.
Controller
Merck Group In Taiwan
03.2016 - 06.2019
- Develop tools and reports to help analyze actuals and forecasts. Provide recommendations to management to drive business results and achieve financial goals.
- Developed budget reports and monitored institutional spending.
- Acted as a key user of the SAP integration project, and responsible for the FI/CO module.
Supervisor of Cost Accounting
Merck Group In Taiwan
03.2011 - 03.2016
- Identified improvement changes regarding key processes for internal control and accounting procedures.
- Developed forecasting tools (TM1) to simplify the budget planning process.
- Lead a team of 2 junior specialist, providing training and mentorship.
Sr. Specialist, Accounting Division
Merck Group In Taiwan
03.2008 - 03.2011
- Managed monthly closing processes, including journal entries, reconciliations and amortizations.
- Support global consolidation report development and cooperated with oversea subsidiaries to fix and resolve the technical issues.
Senior Auditor
PWC
09.2005 - 10.2007
- Played a key role in the audit department, focusing on complex audit engagements.
- Managed a portfolio of 10+ clients, ensuring timely and accurate audit completion.
- Implemented internal audit process to increase audit efficiency.
Education
Master of Accountancy -
National Chung Cheng University
07.2006
Skills
- Strategic Financial Planning & Budgeting
- Advanced Data Analysis & Modeling
- SAP & Business Intelligence Software
- Cost Control and Efficiency
- Auditing & Compliance
- MS excel
- Management accounting
Accomplishments
- Successful at SAP enhancement and integration project
- Role model for multiple site controller
- Provided constructive analysis of product cost to reduce the 50% variance in P&L
Timeline
Site Controller
Merck Group In Taiwan
06.2019 - Current
Controller
Merck Group In Taiwan
03.2016 - 06.2019
Supervisor of Cost Accounting
Merck Group In Taiwan
03.2011 - 03.2016
Sr. Specialist, Accounting Division
Merck Group In Taiwan
03.2008 - 03.2011
Senior Auditor
PWC
09.2005 - 10.2007
Master of Accountancy -
National Chung Cheng University
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