Associate Director, FP&A

Remote role but must be able to support EST business hours.

Pay

$100-$115.89/hour W2 only.

Schedule

Duration: 8 months with extension based on client need and performance.

About the role

We are currently seeking a dynamic, highly motivated, and experienced individual for 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.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in finance or accounting is required.
• FP&A leadership experience in the pharmaceutical industry is required.
• Advanced expertise in Hyperion, Microsoft Excel, and PowerPoint are all required.
• Minimum 8 - 12 years (without Master's) or 6 - 8 years (with Master's) of relevant experience in biotech or pharmaceutical industry is required.
• Experience using SAP and Oracle is a plus.
• Financial systems implementation experience a plus.