Financial Director

Permanent

Salary Range: $197-215K

Location: Hybrid one day a week in Waltham, MA

Required:

• Degree in accounting or finance
• 7+ years experience in an R&D environment in pharmaceutical or biomanufacturing environment
• experience doing FP&A for clinical trials
• advanced excel
• comfortable working as a one-person department
• professional communication - will work cross functionally with department heads and executive team

Job Description:

This position will primarily support several members of the Executive Leadership Team and department heads. This individual will also, from time to time, provide support to several members of the Board of Directors. The ideal candidate is a professional communicator and has excellent follow-up and follow-through capabilities.

This position is responsible for playing a critical role leading the FP&A function, including maintaining business partnerships across the organization, supporting internal initiatives, providing valuable insight to leadership, and helping drive the growth and success of the company. This person will also be a strategic partner in framing, evaluating, and driving decision making to maximize value creation. The role will lead the annual budget process, quarterly and ad hoc forecast updates, and long-range financial planning and valuation activities; in addition, the ideal candidate will foster and maintain an environment of collaboration, communication, and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the company's financial planning process to support budgeting, forecasting, long-range planning, and financial modeling and analysis
• Develop appropriate processes, methodologies, variables, and modeling techniques to support key business decisions
• Understand key business drivers to provide operational insights and strategic financial support
• Act as business partner across the company; work collaboratively and cross functionally with all levels of management to deliver meaningful and accurate financial information
• Be a trusted advisor to the CFO and VP, Corporate Controller; develop strong working relationships with all members of the finance and leadership team
• Play an integral role in the month-end / quarter-end / year-end close and flux review processes; create, develop and present budget vs. actual results to management
• Partner with the broader organization to drive process and systematic improvements across the company
• Collaborate closely with the Marketing team to forecast net product prices, leveraging scenario planning to assess the impact of strategic pricing decisions on profitability and market positioning
• Assist with special projects as needed, providing financial assessments and guidance for strategic projects and business cases