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Associate Director, FP&A
Direct Hire
Hybrid, 3 days on site in Burlington, MA
Must Haves :
7 years of progressive FP&A experience
5 years of commercial stage biotech experience (could be with clients while at a consulting / Big 4)
Experience in ownership of GTN, channel mix management, and government pricing and reporting required
Advanced Excel
Associate Director, FP&A
What You’ll Do :
Financial Planning / Decision Analysis :
Lead the development of annual budgets and quarterly reforecasts including alignment of timelines and requirements across the organization
Prepare scenario analyses and refine sales and GTN forecast based on latest estimates
Support the development of the long-range plan, lead the strategic planning agenda
Lead monthly sales profitability analysis and validation of gross to net assumptions
Service as a focal point for integrating planning process development capturing business requirements from functional stakeholders converting them into business processes and system requirements
Continuously identify and communicate risks and opportunities against the existing processes
Serve as business partners to the commercial and supply chain team while providing decision driven insights to the senior management team
Provide ad hoc decision analysis
Reporting :
Manage and update 3-statement forecasting and ensure plausibility of financials and full alignment with accounting team
Establish and continuously improve the management reporting pack and ensure pro-active alignment of reporting hierarchy with evolving organizational structure
Coordinate and prepare the monthly closing deck and results summary
Prepare other monthly / quarterly financial deliverables as needed
Provide insightful variance analysis to business partners and HQ finance team
Operational Finance Support :
Ownership of GTN and channel mix – review GTN monthly report and provide accruals for month-end close
Collaborate cross functionally and develop comprehensive understanding of revenue and channel mix trends as well as utilizations
Oversee government pricing and reporting function for compliance and risk management
Support ad hoc monthly capital forecast process by facilitating analysis of variances to budget and tracking actual spend against approved projects
Support validation of procurement savings achieved
Manage the FP&A closing calendar in close alignment with accounting
Ensure appropriate and structured record keeping of all management reporting and planning activities and meetings
Requirements :
Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or Finance with MBA, MSF, or additional relevant accounting certification (e.g., CPA, CFA) strongly preferred
A combined experience of 7 years in FP&A or accounting (Big 4 preferred) or consulting firms with 5 years in commercial stage biotech, life science, or pharma
Experience in ownership of GTN, channel mix management, and government pricing and reporting required
Experience in accruals and 3-statement forecasting required
Self-starter with a sense of urgency and a high degree of initiative and self-motivation delivering high quality output to tight deadlines and in a constantly changing and growing business environment
Strong and confident communicator both in writing and verbally, who can concisely summarize issues and answer the “so what”
Excellent Excel and Power Point skills for data visualization
Superior analytical and problem-solving skills, extensive experience building integrated models and experience resolving complex business problems with well-structured analytics
Experience with ERP systems, ideally SAP, Anaplan, Ariba, and Blackline
A desire to be part of a high-growth transformational company
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