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.