Director of Financial Planning & Analysis

Director of Financial Planning & Analysis needs 8 12 (w/o Masters) or 6 8 years (with Masters) years of relevant experience in biotech or pharmaceutical industry

Director of Financial Planning & Analysis requires:

* Bachelors degree in finance or accounting

* FP&A and Financial Reporting experience

* Advanced expertise in Hyperion, Microsoft Excel, and PowerPoint

* Advanced experience in Oracle ERP

* Minimum 8 12 (w/o Masters) or 6 8 years (with Masters) years of relevant experience in biotech or pharmaceutical industry

* Experience using SAP and Oracle is a plus.

* Experience/exposure to cost accounting is a plus

* Strong cross-functional collaboration skills.

* Appetite to learn about the business areas supported and how the financials tie into the strategy.

* Ability to work within a team, sharing ideas for best practices and process improvements.

* Ability to present results to multiple levels of the Finance organizations in a clear and concise manner, including VP of FP&A Executive Leadership, and corporate partners.

* Strong problem-solving skills, especially related to financial system integration.

* Exceptional interpersonal skills, able to establish strong rapport and partnerships at all levels of the organization.

* Ability to work independently under general guidance, take initiative and complete tasks to deadlines.

* Ability to spot and deliver on improvements.

Director of Financial Planning & Analysis duties:

* Serve as financial advisor to the VPs in Manufacturing, Quality, Supply Chain, CMC, and CPC, as it relates to Operating Expense Management.

* Lead key analytics including CPC facility business support, overhead production allocations, etc.

* Lead R&D finance collaboration to support reporting and consolidation of key results.

* Own overhead product allocations.

* Build Collaborative working relationships with partners in financial operations, costing, FP&A, R&D, and Accounting.

* Develop deep understanding of strategy for supported departments and how those strategies are linked to our financial plans; understand the story behind the numbers.

* Complete and submit timely forecasts, annual budgets, and long-range plans for operating expenses and headcount.

* Drive month/quarter/year-end accrual and PO cleanup process in collaboration with the business and accounting teams.

* Build Operating Expense summaries and present commentary on key variances. Support projects including process/system standardization, enabling LRP modeling, consolidated reporting, analytics, etc.