Associate Director, FP&A

The successful candidate will coordinate financial planning and consolidation activities related to budgeting, forecasting, and month-end close, while partnering with business leaders to deliver financial reporting, analysis, and strategic insights. Partner with Accounting and business teams to support month-end, quarter-end, and year-end accruals, purchase order cleanup, and financial close activities.

Job Title: Associate Director
Location: Marlborough, MA
Duration: 11 Months
Pay Rate: $110 $115.88/hour (W2)

Position Overview
We are seeking a dynamic, highly motivated, and experienced Associate Director, FP&A to join our Finance team. This is a hands-on business partnering role responsible for supporting company-wide P&L consolidation activities while serving as the FP&A partner for key General & Administrative (G&A) functions.
The successful candidate will coordinate financial planning and consolidation activities related to budgeting, forecasting, and month-end close, while partnering with business leaders to deliver financial reporting, analysis, and strategic insights.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the company-wide FP&A calendar, including financial consolidations for forecasts, annual budgets, and long-range planning.
• Partner with Finance leadership to deliver planning, forecasting, reporting, and financial analysis activities.
• Prepare executive-level financial summaries and presentations, highlighting key performance drivers, risks, opportunities, and variances.
• Serve as a trusted financial advisor to G&A leadership by providing actionable financial insights and recommendations.
• Collaborate with Corporate FP&A, Accounting, Tax, Financial Operations, IT, and other cross-functional teams to support business objectives.
• Develop a strong understanding of departmental strategies, business drivers, and the financial impact of operational decisions.
• Analyze key P&L line items to identify trends, risks, opportunities, and performance drivers.
• 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 operating expense forecasting, annual budgeting, long-range planning, and headcount planning activities.
• Partner with Accounting and business teams to support month-end, quarter-end, and year-end accruals, purchase order cleanup, and financial close activities.
• Prepare operating expense reports, variance analyses, and executive commentary on financial performance.
• Support Finance Transformation initiatives focused on process improvements, standardization, systems enhancements, and analytics capabilities.
• Contribute to corporate finance projects involving consolidated reporting, financial modeling, long-range planning, and process optimization.
• Build strong collaborative relationships across Finance and business functions to improve decision-making, operational efficiency, and financial performance.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related field.
• 8 12 years of relevant FP&A experience (or 6 8 years with a Master's degree).
• Experience within the biotechnology or pharmaceutical industry.
• Strong experience with financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and financial analysis.
• Advanced proficiency in Hyperion, Microsoft Excel, and Microsoft PowerPoint.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
• Ability to work independently while managing multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with SAP and/or Oracle.
• Financial systems implementation experience.
• Experience supporting finance transformation or process improvement initiatives.

Core Competencies

• Strong cross-functional collaboration and business partnering skills.
• Ability to connect financial performance with business strategy.
• Excellent presentation and communication skills with senior leadership.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Proven ability to identify and implement process improvements.
• Exceptional interpersonal skills with the ability to build effective relationships across all levels of the organization.
• Self-motivated with strong organizational skills and the ability to meet deadlines in a dynamic environment.