Associate Director​/Director, Financial Planning & Analysis

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Full Time Director San Diego, CA, San Diego, CA, US

3 days ago Requisition

Salary Range: $ To $ Annually

ADARx Pharmaceuticals, Inc., (the “Company” or “ADARx”) located in San Diego, is a clinical stage biotechnology company dedicated to transforming cutting-edge science into next-generation RNA therapeutics to treat a broad spectrum of diseases. Our goal is to control the expression of specific disease drivers with highly selective RNA targeted therapies, delivering life-changing treatments for patients with urgent unmet medical needs.

The Associate Director/Director, Financial Planning & Analysis will be a hands-on finance leader responsible for managing core planning, forecasting, management reporting, and business-partnering activities as ADARx advances its pipeline and prepares to operate in a public-company environment. Reporting to the Senior Director, Corporate Controller, this individual will own significant components of FP&A execution and help build scalable processes, models, reporting, and decision-support capabilities.

The role will partner closely with research and development, clinical, program management, general and administrative functions, accounting, human resources, legal, and senior leadership. The scope and final title will be determined based on the selected candidate’s experience and qualifications. This position is based at the Company’s office in San Diego, California.

• Manage the execution of the annual budget, periodic forecasts, and long-range planning processes, including planning calendars, templates, assumptions, consolidation, analysis, and stakeholder coordination.
• Develop and maintain integrated financial models for operating expenses, headcount, cash requirements, and other key business drivers, with particular focus on research and development programs, clinical trials, and external vendor activity.
• Serve as a finance business partner to assigned functional and program leaders, translating operating plans into financial forecasts and providing timely, practical guidance on performance, risks, opportunities, and resource allocation.
• Prepare monthly and quarterly management reporting, budget-to-actual and forecast variance analyses, trend analyses, dashboards, and executive-ready narratives to support presentations to senior leadership and, as requested, the Board of Directors.
• Develop a detailed understanding of the Company’s pipeline, development plans, contractual commitments, workforce plans, and other value and cost drivers to improve forecast accuracy and decision support.
• Partner with clinical, research, program management, and accounting teams to monitor study and program spend, analyze CRO and other vendor forecasts, and align operational milestones with financial assumptions.
• Coordinate with accounting during monthly and quarterly close to ensure management reporting reflects complete and accurate financial results; provide forecast, commitment, accrual, and variance information without assuming ownership of accounting conclusions or the close process.
• Maintain clear reporting for purchase orders, contracts, headcount, and other financial commitments, and identify emerging deviations from approved plans for timely escalation and action.
• Support strategic analyses, scenario planning, capital allocation, financing and corporate development evaluations, and other special projects as directed.
• Help develop, document, and maintain scalable FP&A policies, procedures, calendars, data definitions, internal controls, and review protocols that…