Director of Financial Planning & Analysis

Director of Financial Planning & Analysis

Framingham, MA, United States

$ 80.00 - 81.00 (US Dollar)

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 Power Point
• 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.