Director, Disease Strategy Finance

About the role

The Director of FP&A, DST Finance plays a crucial role in supporting the strategic goals of Vertex, a leader in the biotechnology industry. This role involves representing Finance in Disease Strategy Teams (DSTs), providing strategic decision support, and collaborating with various departments to drive the organization forward.

Responsibilities

• Represents Finance in DSTs across the organization, coordinating appropriate financial analyses, and driving the development of reporting and analytics for each program.
• Provides strategic decision support to enable clear understanding of financial impacts of potential business cases and/or planning scenarios for multiple diseases at different stages of development.
• Pairs with Disease Area Executives, Program Managers, and a wide range of core members from different areas of Vertex represented on DSTs.
• Collaborates with other members of the finance team including Corporate, BD, R&D, Commercial, BSMO Finance, and other CFO organization areas such as Accounting, Tax, and Treasury, promoting strong communication and collaboration across.
• Proactively identifies, designs, and implements enhancements to existing processes to drive efficiency across the teams.
• Represents DST Finance as a center of excellence for all modeling, valuation, and ad hoc analysis used for a wide range of decisions, including presentations at Executive Committee level meetings.
• Opportunity to help build a high-performing Finance team that meets increasing needs and requirements across the business and helps drive the overall organization forward.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, Business, Economics, or Accounting required. MBA and/or other advanced degree preferred.
• 10+ years of experience in FP&A, Strategy, Business Development, Portfolio Management, or related roles within the biotech, pharma, or life sciences industry, with a focus on a deep understanding of drug discovery, development, manufacturing, regulatory, and commercialization.
• Expert analytical and financial modeling skills to evaluate a broad range of financial questions – especially valuation and strategic planning.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to influence stakeholders at all levels and a proven ability to present complex financial insights to senior stakeholders.
• Demonstrated success in leading process improvement and change management initiatives.

Qualifications

• Experience in healthcare, pharmaceuticals, biotech or consulting.
• Business partnering with C-Suite and executive level members of the organization.
• Strategic thinking and problem-solving.
• Strong analytical and financial modeling skills to evaluate a broad range of financial questions – especially portfolio analysis, valuation, and complex business questions.
• Expertise with Excel and PowerPoint; Working knowledge of Hyperion or similar enterprise planning tools.
• Ability to lead and drive change in an evolving business environment, coordinating processes involving large numbers of people, complex systems, and tight deadlines to deliver innovative solutions.
• Strong business acumen and judgment, and knowledge of the company's markets/products and industry trends.
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal, and an eagerness to collaborate with colleagues (within or outside of finance) in sharing insights and learnings and partnering to ensure timely execution of project plans.
• Possesses a continuous improvement mindset, with flexibility and ability to adapt to change.

Skills

• Experience in healthcare, pharmaceuticals, biotech or consulting.
• Business partnering with C-Suite and executive level members of the organization.
• Strategic thinking and problem-solving.
• Strong analytical and financial modeling skills to evaluate a broad range of financial questions – especially portfolio analysis, valuation, and complex business questions.
• Expertise with Excel and PowerPoint; Working knowledge of Hyperion or similar enterprise planning tools.
• Ability to lead and drive change in an evolving business environment, coordinating processes involving large numbers of people, complex systems, and tight deadlines to deliver innovative solutions.
• Strong business acumen and judgment, and knowledge of the company's markets/products and industry trends.
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal, and an eagerness to collaborate with colleagues (within or outside of finance) in sharing insights and learnings and partnering to ensure timely execution of project plans.
• Possesses a continuous improvement mindset, with flexibility and ability to adapt to change.

Benefits

Vertex offers a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, and vision coverage, generous paid time off, a week-long company shutdown in the Summer and the Winter, student loan repayment assistance, a generous commuting subsidy, matching charitable donations, and a 401(k) plan. The role is eligible for an annual bonus and annual equity awards.

Pay

$180,700 - $271,100

Schedule

Hybrid-Eligible or On-Site Eligible Flex Eligibility Status: In this Hybrid-Eligible role, you can choose to be designated as: Hybrid: work remotely up to two days per week; or select On-Site: work five days per week on-site with ad hoc flexibility. Note: The Flex status for this position is subject to Vertex’s Policy on Flex @ Vertex Program and may be changed at any time.