Associate Director, Financial Planning & Analysis (Development Finance Business Partner)

Position Overview

Responsibilities

Qualifications

Benefits

Pay

Schedule

• Financial Business Partner for Development (Clinical Operations, Technical Operations, Supply Chain, Quality, Regulatory & Program Management)
• Partner with functional leaders to manage financial processes, including annual budgeting, long-range planning and forecast projections.
• Support timely analytics and reporting to drive budget accuracy/accountability and identify key drivers of variances to budget, highlighting potential risks and opportunities to estimates.
• Build and monitor Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) that predict outcomes, identify risks early, and unlock investment opportunities across the pipeline.
• Ensure consistency between functional planning assumptions and financial projections.
• Translate complex clinical & manufacturing/supply chain concepts and related financial impact (ie. forward-looking inventory build) to senior management level narratives.
• Maintain financial consolidation and report generation, including financial consolidation and report generation inclusive of both internal and external spend.
• Monitor operating results across vendor sites and support potential cost control initiatives.
• Partner with Clinical Operations and R&D leaders to manage the financial lifecycle of clinical trials, including trial forecasting, enrollment-based modeling, and site-level cost analysis.
• Enable efficient and effective clinical portfolio management via robust business partnering by conducting scenario planning and evaluating trial vendor contracts.
• Help drive enterprise-wide manufacturing & optimized supply chain decision-making by providing financial analysis and modeling to evaluate strategic alternatives and Cost of Goods for Clinical and Commercial opportunities.
• Support Commercial launch planning initiatives and subsequent lifecycle management.
• Ad hoc financial analysis and dynamic, strategic modeling to support decision-making, scenario planning & strategic projects.
• Manage the budget/forecast consolidation process in the planning & analysis software (Adaptive Planning – Workday).
• Afford opportunities to streamline and automate reporting (ie. leverage system-generated dashboard reporting).
• Determine areas to create efficiencies in planning processes.

Qualifications

• BS in Finance/Accounting
• 6+ years of relevant experience with at least 2+ years as a finance business partner
• Prior experience in the biotech/life sciences industry with familiarity with product development stages
• In-depth knowledge of clinical (CRO) and external manufacturing/CMC/supply chain in biotech/life sciences environment
• Strong financial modeling & reporting experience
• Demonstrated experience as a collaborative and effective business partner working with senior leaders
• Ability to distill complex operational and financial topics to management-level narratives
• Strong attention to detail and ability to effectively communicate financial concepts to operational team members
• Team player who will offer optimal solutions to intricate issues