Associate Director, FP&A

Job Overview

We are currently seeking a dynamic, highly motivated, and experienced individual for the position of Associate Director, FP&A. This is a hands-on business partnership role. This position will be responsible for supporting company-wide P&L consolidation activities as well as being an FP&A partner to key leaders in G&A. The individual will be directly responsible for coordination of consolidation activities related to planning and close. The position will also work in partnership with the team to support G&A planning, close, reporting, and analytics.

Responsibilities

• Support the company-wide FP&A calendar, financial consolidations, and narrative development for forecasts, budgets, and long-range plans.
• Partner with the VP of FP&A and FP&A Leadership Team to deliver key planning, forecasting, reporting, and analysis activities.
• Prepare financial summaries and executive-level commentary for leadership reviews, highlighting key performance drivers, risks, opportunities, and variances.
• Serve as a trusted financial advisor to G&A leadership teams, providing actionable insights and financial guidance.
• Collaborate with Corporate FP&A, Accounting, Tax, Financial Operations, IT, and cross-functional stakeholders to achieve business and financial objectives.
• Develop a deep understanding of departmental strategies, key business drivers, and the financial implications of operational decisions.
• Analyze and interpret key P&L line items, identifying trends, risks, opportunities, and drivers of performance.
• Coordinate Finance activities to deliver consolidated P&Ls and ensure alignment across planning and reporting processes.
• Manage and maintain corporate allocation methodologies and related reporting.
• Lead the timely completion of operating expense forecasts, annual budgets, long-range plans, and headcount planning activities.
• Drive month-end, quarter-end, and year-end accrual and purchase order cleanup processes in partnership with business and accounting teams.
• Prepare operating expense summaries, variance analyses, and executive-level commentary on financial performance.
• Support Finance Transformation initiatives focused on process improvements, standardization, systems enhancements, and analytics capabilities.
• Contribute to corporate projects involving consolidated reporting, long-range planning modeling, financial analytics, and process optimization.
• Build strong collaborative relationships across Finance and business functions to improve decision-making, operational efficiency, and financial performance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in finance or accounting
• FP&A and Financial Reporting experience
• Advanced expertise in Hyperion, Microsoft Excel, and PowerPoint
• Minimum 8 years of relevant experience in biotech or pharmaceutical industry
• Strong cross-functional collaboration skills
• Appetite to learn about the business areas supported and how the financials tie into the strategy
• Ability to work within a team, sharing ideas for best practices and process improvements
• Ability to present results to multiple levels of the organization including Finance leadership and SMPA parent company in a clear and concise manner
• Strong problem-solving skills, especially related to financial system integration
• Exceptional interpersonal skills, able to establish strong rapport and partnerships at all levels of the organization
• Ability to work independently under general guidance, take initiative and complete tasks to deadlines
• Ability to spot and deliver improvements

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience using SAP and Oracle is a plus
• Financial systems implementation experience a plus

Pay & Benefits

• Base salary range: $165,800.00 – $207,200.00
• Opportunity for merit-based salary increases
• Short incentive plan participation
• 401(k) plan eligibility
• Medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurances
• Flexible paid time off
• 11 paid holidays plus additional time off for a shut-down period during the last week of December
• 80 hours of paid sick time upon hire and each year thereafter

Schedule & Work Environment

• Primarily remote role with periodic on-site meetings in office
• Must be able to travel domestically and internationally as needed
• Fast-paced environment handling multiple demands
• Must be able to exercise appropriate judgment as necessary
• Requires a high level of initiative and independence
• Excellent written and oral communication skills required
• Requires ability to use a personal computer for extended periods of time