Manager, Financial Planning & Analysis Aesthetic Medical Device (Bothell, WA)

Responsibilities

• Serve as the Finance Business Partner for R&D, Clinical & Medical Affairs, Regulatory Affairs, and Product Management.
• Develop strong working relationships with functional teams and provide financial guidance to support approved priorities, operational execution, and effective resource planning.
• Provide financial analysis and recommendations on investment proposals, headcount planning, operating expense management, and resource needs.
• Translate financial performance and project requirements into clear insights that support informed business decisions.
• Partner with innovation leaders to evaluate project needs, identify financial risks and opportunities, assess resource requirements, and support alignment between functional plans and approved financial commitments.
• Support project and portfolio financial reporting, including dashboards or trackers that summarize spend, forecast, business case assumptions, risks, and financial implications for active NPI and MOB initiatives.
• Work with Accounting and controllership teams as needed to support close-related analysis, accrual visibility, project cost classification, and forecast-to-actual transparency for innovation-related spend.
• Support planning, budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning activities for innovation-related functions.
• Ensure plans are supported by clear assumptions, appropriate documentation, and alignment with approved priorities.
• Coordinate forecast submissions and planning activities across R&D, Clinical & Medical Affairs, Regulatory Affairs, and Product Management to ensure consistency, transparency, and accountability.
• Prepare forward-looking analyses to support project decisions, resource planning recommendations, and portfolio prioritization analysis.
• Aid leadership in evaluating alternative scenarios and understanding the financial impact of key decisions.
• Serve as the Finance representative on assigned Product Development Core Teams supporting Solta's stage-gate product development process.
• Partner with Program Leads and Program Managers to support financial planning, business case tracking, and visibility throughout the product development lifecycle.
• Provide Finance input, validation, and recommendations for project budgets, business cases, stage-gate materials, and revenue, ROI, and NPV assumptions while operating within the decision rights established by the PDP Core Team governance model.
• Validate financial assumptions supporting product business cases, including project costs, revenue forecasts, margin expectations, ROI, NPV, launch economics, return expectations, and sensitivity scenarios.
• Assist teams in identifying financial trade-offs related to scope, timing, regulatory requirements, and execution risks.
• Prepare financial analyses supporting Stage Gate Reviews, Product Strategy Reviews (PSRs), and portfolio governance discussions.
• Help ensure financial assumptions, risks, and implications are clearly summarized for leadership review.
• Monitor project spending, investment performance, and business case assumptions throughout program execution.
• Escalate significant risks, opportunities, or deviations from approved plans and support development of mitigation strategies as needed.
• Support financial management of Solta's product portfolio across both New Product Introduction (NPI) and Maintenance of Business (MOB) initiatives.
• Evaluate portfolio priorities, lifecycle investments, and resource allocation needs.
• Support analysis of product enhancements, sustaining engineering initiatives, remediation efforts, manufacturing improvements, and compliance-related investments.
• Provide analyses that inform product enhancement, resource deployment, and lifecycle management decisions.
• Monitor financial performance of approved initiatives and ensure projected benefits, investment assumptions, and approved project outcomes remain visible throughout execution.
• Support Medical Affairs and Regulatory Affairs organizations through financial planning, investment evaluation, and financial tracking, reporting, and variance analysis.
• Provide financial guidance related to clinical studies, post-market evidence generation, regulatory submissions, compliance initiatives, and approved medical programs.
• Assist business leaders in evaluating investment alternatives, funding requirements, and resource allocation needs.
• Develop analyses supporting clinical and regulatory investment prioritization while ensuring alignment with approved objectives, launch requirements, and portfolio priorities.
• Monitor financial performance of approved programs and identify risks, opportunities, and actions required to support achievement of business objectives.

Qualifications

• Minimum of a bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field.
• MBA or CPA preferred.
• Minimum 6 years of progressive FP&A, business partnering, or related financial planning and analysis experience.
• Demonstrated experience supporting budgeting, forecasting, long-range planning, financial analysis, and performance management processes, strong financial modeling, business case development, and investment evaluation capabilities.
• Experience partnering with business leaders and supporting decisions through data-driven analysis, excellent analytical, communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Advanced proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint, and financial planning systems, ability to manage multiple priorities in a dynamic, cross-functional environment.
• Experience supporting Research & Development, Medical Affairs, Regulatory Affairs, Program Management, Engineering, or Innovation organizations, experience within medical device, healthcare, life sciences, biotechnology, pharmaceutical, or other regulated industries.