MICHAEL KEEFE
Apex
Summary
Finance professional with extensive experience at GSK, utilizing advanced data analytics and project management to enhance financial reporting solutions. Improved stakeholder engagement and compliance through innovative reporting processes, fostering collaboration across teams to streamline operations. Fluent in Spanish, dedicated to achieving excellence in financial practices.
Overview
22
22
years of professional experience
Work History
Financial Data Scientist (Contractor)
Labcorp
Durham
01.2025 - Current
- Optimizing Revenue Cycle analytics by developing Power Query and Power Pivot-based dashboards enhancing data accessibility, governance, & decision-making across finance teams.
Finance Partner/Project Manager
GSK
Durham
01.2021 - 01.2024
- Partnered with senior business leaders to design and implement a new financial reporting structure for external project expenses, simplifying processes, improving transparency, and aligning financial insights with stakeholder priorities.
- Served as the finance business stakeholder for Power BI enhancements, identifying functionality gaps and leading the delivery of reporting solutions that improved decision support and operational visibility.
- Directed the full lifecycle of key financial analytics projects-requirements gathering, design, testing, communication, and deployment-on the Azure Data Fabric platform to enable accurate, timely, and scalable reporting.
- Developed tools and frameworks that accelerated adoption of new digital reporting solutions, ensuring successful transition from legacy systems and alignment with global finance standards.
Finance Manager
GSK
Durham
01.2010 - 01.2021
- Partnered with R&D and finance leadership to deliver actionable insights on multi-year Total R&D costs, strengthening strategic decision-making and long-range planning.
- Designed and implemented a new Spotfire-based Effort Tracking (ET) reporting process that increased stakeholder engagement fifteenfold and boosted compliance from 80% to over 98%.
- Developed and maintained advanced financial costing and forecasting models to improve accuracy, accelerate reporting, and support investor disclosures, internal benchmarking, and regulatory surveys.
- Led three global finance teams-Total Project Costing, Effort Tracking Operations, and Hyperion Business Support-streamlining processes and reducing resource requirements by 40%.
- Enhanced data integrity and governance by integrating continuous quality metrics into operational reports and financial models, ensuring consistency and reliability across systems.
- Acted as a liaison between finance, IT, and business partners to align analytics and systems with organizational objectives, driving adoption of modern reporting tools and standardized data processes.
Finance Lead (Hyperion Workstream)
GSK
Durham
01.2008 - 01.2010
- Led the Hierarchy Management Workstream in the Hyperion implementation, resulting in a centralized and systematic approach to R&D Financial Master Data Management.
- Functioned as a business analyst by capturing user stories, business requirements, and validating system needs. Collaborated with vendors, developers, and stakeholders on design, conducted UAT, created documentation, and delivered end-user training.
Sr. Financial Analyst
GSK
Durham
01.2005 - 01.2008
FP&A Financial Analyst
GSK
Durham
01.2004 - 01.2005
Education
BS - Finance
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL12-1992
Skills
- Hyperion EPM and Essbase-SmartView
- Power BI and Power Query
- Data analytics and visualization
- Oracle PeopleSoft
- Microsoft Office proficiency
- Project management methodologies
- Process improvement strategies
- Change management expertise
- Spanish fluency
Websites
Community Leadership
- DarkSky NC (Triangle), Founding Board Member, 01/01/24, Present
- NASA/JPL Solar System Ambassador, 01/01/18, Present
- Raleigh Astronomy Club, Executive Board, 01/01/10, 12/31/15
- Raleigh Astronomy Club, Executive Board, 01/01/20, 12/31/23
Professional Overview
Seasoned finance professional with over 20 years of experience delivering strategic financial insights and process innovations across the pharmaceutical and life sciences sectors. Proven success partnering with senior leaders to align financial planning, forecasting, and reporting with business priorities. Adept at transforming complex financial data into actionable insights through advanced analytics and data modeling using PowerBI, Power Query, and other Microsoft tools. Demonstrated expertise in financial master data management, system implementation, and dashboard optimization to enhance transparency, efficiency, and decision-making. Recognized for driving sustainable performance improvements, fostering collaboration, and consistently delivering high-quality results in dynamic, matrixed organizations.
Timeline
Financial Data Scientist (Contractor)
Labcorp
01.2025 - Current
Finance Partner/Project Manager
GSK
01.2021 - 01.2024
Finance Manager
GSK
01.2010 - 01.2021
Finance Lead (Hyperion Workstream)
GSK
01.2008 - 01.2010
Sr. Financial Analyst
GSK
01.2005 - 01.2008
FP&A Financial Analyst
GSK
01.2004 - 01.2005
BS - Finance
University of Florida