Finance Transformation Leader

Cecilia Liu

Bridging finance and innovation across four countries. Building high-performance teams and transforming healthcare operations with technology.

Cecilia Liu
Recognition
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From Melbourne to Cambridge,a story of relentless growth.

2026 — Present
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AstraZeneca

MBA Consultant

Led a consulting project for AstraZeneca to design an AI‑augmented continuous intelligence strategy for drug development, redefining evidence workflows and operating model, outlining an implementation roadmap across clinical & real‑world data.

United Kingdom
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Cambridge
2021 — 2025
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Sanofi

Finance Manager, Greater China Brand OPEX
  • 4 years at Sanofi, progressing through 3 roles and earning 2 promotions
  • Led a team of 8 analysts; won Sanofi 2024 Global One Finance Gold Award
  • Selected from 500+ candidates to present achievements to global leadership, including CFOs from 10+ countries
China -> Malaysia
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Shanghai Kuala Lumpur
2020 — 2021
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H&H Group

Finance Management Trainee

Top 5% performer. Built real-time marketing ROI analytics using BI tools, reducing manual processing by 80% and communicating insights to C-suite for annual results.

China
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Guangzhou
2019 — 2020
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SAMMA Property Group

Assistant Accountant

First role abroad — navigating financial analysis in a new market, building cross-functional bridges between Sales, Marketing and Finance.

Australia
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Melbourne

Building community inHealthcare, Culture, and Finance

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Healthcare Conference: What's Next

Organising the conference which brings healthcare professionals, business leaders, and finance experts for a full-day exploration of the future of healthcare innovation and investment.

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Sanofi Global One Finance Award

Led a 10-member cross-functional team to win the Gold Award, selected from 500+ Asia candidates to present to CFOs from 10+ countries.

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Healthcare Biotech Pharma SIG

Co-chairing the Healthcare Biotech Pharma Special Interest Group at Cambridge Judge Business School, bridging industry and academic perspectives.

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Cambridge Cultural Finance Forum

Leading the sponsorship segment for the Forum, bringing together museum directors, investors, policymakers, and founders to discuss the future of cultural finance and innovation.

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Where finance meets transformation

Global Adaptive Citizen

Worked and studied in 4 countries with colleagues from 40+ nationalities, quickly adapting to new cultures and building strong cross‑cultural relationships in diverse, fast‑changing environments.

Empowering Managerial Leader

Led teams of 8 analysts at Sanofi, 5 consultants for an AstraZeneca project, and 6 organisers for a healthcare conference, empowering others and delivering results in corporate, project and event settings.

Strategic Finance Partner

ACCA Affiliate with a Master’s in Accounting and 6+ years’ finance experience, partnering with business leaders on financial analysis, budgeting, rolling forecasts and ROI‑driven decision support.

Holistic Healthcare Insider

Experience at Sanofi and AstraZeneca plus organising a multi‑stakeholder healthcare conference, developing holistic insight into pharma, biotech, hospitals and digital health, life science and their commercial and strategic priorities.

Three degrees, three continents

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University of Cambridge

MBA — Judge Business School
2025 — 2026
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University of Melbourne

Master of Management (Accounting)
2017 — 2019
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SWUFE

Bachelor of International Economics and Trade
2013 — 2017
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Cambridge MBA Q&A

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Cambridge MBA March Journey

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