Senior Director, FP&A

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain strong cross-functional business partnerships to forecast and track activities by embedding finance into decision-making processes.
• Collaborate with various levels of management in PDM (CMC/Tech Ops), Research, and G&A functions to gather, analyze, summarize, and prepare operating budgets and financial forecasts during planning cycles (e.g., annual budget, mid-year re-forecast, etc.).
• Act as a thought partner to G&A, Research, PDM and Finance leadership, translate business strategy and operating plans into clear financial implications, and drive sound financial decisions and operational efficiencies.
• Coordinate budgeting and tracking of ex-US resources in areas of responsibility with Finance colleagues in ex-US regions.
• Provide financial direction to key stakeholders with proactive recommendations, supported by robust financial analysis and insightful delivery.
• Oversee accruals in areas of responsibility to ensure that month-end, quarter-end, and year-end actuals reflect accurate financial information.
• Develop and prepare monthly internal financial management reporting packages; spearhead monthly variance analysis of actuals to budget, investigate any major discrepancies, and articulate key business drivers.
• Support ad hoc analyses and special projects, providing timely and accurate financial insights to support organizational initiatives.
• Help drive process improvements and efficiencies in areas of financial planning, financial analysis, and production of reporting packages.
• Hire, coach, and mentor direct reports and adjacent team members, promoting a culture of high engagement, high performance, collaboration and continuous improvement that values learning and continuous improvement.

Required Skills, Experience and Education

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or related field.
• CPA or MBA preferred.
• 12+ years in biopharmaceuticals finance/FP&A with progressive leadership roles.
• 5+ years of managerial experience.
• Experience with PDM (CMC/Tech Ops), Research, and G&A organizations preferred.
• Experience with global expansion preferred.
• Working knowledge of GAAP.
• Excel expertise with modeling experience, PowerPoint proficiency.
• Extensive experience utilizing financial systems and other business intelligence tools.
• Strong written and oral communication skills.
• Strong analytical thinking and attention to detail and accuracy.
• Strong collaboration skills to work cross-functionally with ability to synthesize viewpoints of different functions, while executing on individual and shared goals.