Angela Liu

Finance Enterprise partner of SPD (Strategy, Partnering, Digital, Business Agility) (Aug 2024 – Present)

• Strategic Financial Support: Provide expert financial consulting for high-impact strategic projects, including digital transformation, new product launches, and localization initiatives, ensuring alignment with business objectives.
• Digital Business Partnering: Establish robust financial criteria and investment models for cutting-edge digital ventures; play a key role in decision-making for resource allocation and guided financial preparations for digital product launches.
• Partnership Management: Deliver end-to-end financial oversight for strategic partnerships, including partner vetting, business negotiation, business case ownership, and in-depth performance analysis to maximize value.
• Performance & Forecasting: Conduct monthly analysis of digital and partnering sales, manage spending forecasts for all sub-teams, and deliver actionable insights during regular business reviews to support strategic decision-making.

Finance Enterprise partner of CL&ML integrated marketing & CL South region (Jul 2023 – Jul 2024)

• Lead annual policy and pricing reviews to drive market strategy and profitability.
• Serve as the China finance representative for the launch of a revolutionary Mass Spec product, also contributing to launch preparations for the APAC region(EDO).
• Function as a key decision-maker in the review of strategic cases and participated in sales performance monitoring.
• Direct financial support for a cross-functional instrument localization project for the "in-China-for-China" program.
• Engage in the PIPO program, a key initiative to accelerate the market adoption of the new Cobas Pro product and strategically phase out legacy instruments.
• Conduct ad-hoc financial analysis to support bidding processes, negotiation proposals, and competitor assessments.

• Business Unit Establishment: Played a pivotal financial role in launching the new MDx business unit in China, leading financial workstreams for R&D site construction, securing local government funding, and shaping the commercial and partnership strategy.
• Strategic Financial Planning: Directed full P&L management, rolling forecasts, and annual planning for the new BU, while architecting the financial framework for its 5-8 year strategic business plan.
• Commercial Performance: Partner with the service business leader to drive top-line revenue and order growth by delivering actionable financial insights and performance analysis to both local and global leadership.

• Strategic Financial Planning: Direct the Annual Operating Plan (AOP) and rolling forecasts for China R&D to support the organization's long-term strategy.
• Executive Reporting & Advisory: Lead the creation and presentation of the monthly global financial review for the Head of China R&D, driving key decisions on new business case assessments with actionable financial solutions.
• Budgetary & Project Control: Implement rigorous budgetary controls for Opex, Capex, and HC across all projects, ensuring timely reporting and prompt resolution of financial issues.
• Tax & Compliance: Collaborate with the tax team on subsidy forecasts and annual audits to successfully sustain the company's crucial High Technology New Enterprise (HTNE) qualification.
• Process Optimization: Utilize PPI (Practical Process Improvement) tools to streamline the R&D finance team's routine operations, boosting efficiency.

• Strategic Commercial Partnership: Collaborate with commercial leadership to create comprehensive financial packages, translating cross-functional insights into actionable forecasts and performance reports.
• Performance Analysis & Reporting: Drive business strategy by delivering in-depth analysis on top-line metrics (order trends, regional performance, risk/opportunity) and bottom-line drivers (pricing strategy, gross profit improvement, SG&A control).
• Channel Management: Partner with the channel leader to optimize dealer revenue and inventory management, improving channel performance and financial health.
• Profitability Governance: Own the special pricing and discount approval process, safeguarding business profitability and ensuring the long-term health of commercial deals.

• Cross-Functional Business Partnering: Served as the Finance Business Partner for all corporate functions, including HR, IT, Admin, and Finance, to provide strategic financial oversight.
• Financial Process Standardization: Drove the standardization of financial reporting templates across all divisions, enhancing the consistency and efficiency of financial analysis.
• Manufacturing Finance: Managed the end-to-end monthly financial closing process for six manufacturing plants across China.
• Executive Reporting: Contributed to executive-level Monthly Business Review (MBR) meetings by consolidating key financial insights and performance data from commercial finance leaders.
• System Implementation: Played a key role in supporting the successful go-live of a new enterprise finance system.

• Financial Reporting & Analysis: Manage the development of comprehensive financial reporting decks, communicated budget updates, and conducted preliminary reviews of financial results to support management.
• Month-End Closing: Collaborate with the accounting team to support the monthly financial closing process, ensuring accuracy and timeliness.
• Commercial Support: Create detailed financial models to evaluate the profitability and ROI of marketing promotion proposals.
• Business Review Contribution: Provide key financial data and insights during regular commercial business reviews to inform strategic discussions.
• Ad-Hoc Analysis: Deliver on-demand financial analysis and project support to senior management as required.