Senior Manager, Financial Planning & Analysis

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Own and lead the end-to-end budgeting and forecasting processes
• Lead financial performance tracking, including variance analysis and business metric reporting
• Provide clear, concise, and insight-driven commentary on financial results
• Identify key drivers of performance and recommend corrective actions where needed
• Own FP&A aspects of the close process, ensuring completeness & accuracy of expenses
• Partner with accounting teams to ensure alignment between reporting and planning
• Ensure adherence to financial calendars and reporting timelines
• Improve existing processes to improve reliability and relevance of financial information
• Own and lead the end-to-end annual budgeting, quarterly forecasting, and long-range planning processes, ensuring alignment with corporate objectives, business strategies, and financial targets.
• Lead financial performance tracking and reporting activities, including detailed variance analysis, KPI monitoring, trend analysis, and development of business performance dashboards to support management decision-making.
• Provide clear, concise, and insight-driven commentary on financial results, highlighting key trends, risks, opportunities, and business implications for senior leadership and stakeholders.
• Analyze and identify key drivers of financial and operational performance, assess underlying causes of variances, and recommend corrective actions or strategic initiatives to improve business outcomes.
• Own FP&A-related aspects of the monthly, quarterly, and annual close processes, ensuring the completeness, accuracy, and proper accrual of operating expenses while maintaining consistency between actual results and forecasts.
• Partner closely with Accounting, Finance, and business functional teams to ensure alignment between financial reporting, planning assumptions, and performance management processes.
• Ensure adherence to established financial calendars, reporting timelines, governance requirements, and internal controls while maintaining high standards of accuracy and data integrity.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives across FP&A processes, systems, and reporting frameworks to enhance efficiency, scalability, reliability, and the overall relevance of financial information provided to stakeholders.

Qualifications and Preferred Skills

• Master’s Degree with a major in Finance or related field
• 5+ years of professional experience in Finance, Pharmaceutical or biotech industry
• Strong expertise in financial planning, forecasting, and performance management
• Proven ability to translate financial data into actionable business insights
• Strong business partnering and stakeholder management capabilities
• Strong financial modeling and analytical skills
• Advanced financial modeling, analytical, and problem-solving capabilities, with strong attention to detail and a commitment to accuracy
• Experience supporting monthly and quarterly close processes and collaborating effectively with accounting teams
• Strong proficiency with financial planning systems, ERP platforms, and advanced Excel-based modeling and reporting tools
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to present complex financial concepts clearly to both finance and non-finance audiences

Pay

Exact Compensation may vary based on skills, experience and location.
Pay range
$157,000 - $205,000 USD