Director Finance France​/Italy​/Spain

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Madrigal is a biopharmaceutical company focused on delivering novel therapeutics for metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH), a serious liver disease that can progress to cirrhosis, liver failure, need for liver transplantation and premature mortality. Every member of our Madrigal team is connected by our shared purpose: leading the fight against MASH. Madrigal’s medication, Rezdiffra (resmetirom), is a once-daily, oral, liver-directed THR-β agonist designed to target key underlying causes of MASH.

Rezdiffra is the first and only medication approved by both the FDA and European Commission for the treatment of MASH with moderate to advanced fibrosis (F2 to F3). An ongoing Phase 3 outcomes trial is evaluating Rezdiffra for the treatment of compensated MASH cirrhosis (F4c).

Our success is driven by our people. We are building a dynamic, inclusive, and high-performing culture that values scientific excellence, operational rigor, and collaboration. To support our continued growth, we are strengthening our workforce strategy to ensure we have the right talent, at the right time, in the right way.

Summary

We are looking for an experienced Director Finance France/Italy/Spain to join our European finance team and establish the Finance function in France/Italy/Spain. This is a key position for an experienced, ambitious finance professional who is motivated to contribute to setting up the finance function as Madrigal builds out its presence around the world and continues its commercial roll out in Europe.

The incumbent must have a willingness to deal with both strategic issues and a hands-on approach to successfully build out the France/Italy/Spain finance function. The role requires both strategic thinking, as well as an ability to manage complex details and synthesize into big picture and drive actions across a variety of areas. The ideal candidate is a highly motivated, highly-organized results driven individual with strong communication skills, judgment and problem-solving skills with the capacity to work in a non-structured environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Build out the Finance-FPA-Administrative infrastructure in France/Italy/Spain to support the various commercial, RD and administrative functions.
• Key finance business partner for the country’s General Managers and Functional Leads.
• Lead the strategic planning processes in alignment with International FPA, including Forecast and Budget. Provide a financial calendar to ensure France/Italy/Spain meets all European/global planning and reporting deadlines and ensure all country functions can plan well in advance to meet those requirements.
• Work with country Commercial Operations leadership to develop and manage P&Ls
• Oversee analysis of financial and operational results versus plan as well as investigations of significant P&L variances.
• Preparation of country analysis and presentations for European and corporate management.
• Provide guidelines including key assumptions, targets and review analysis to ensure the final plan has full buy-in from European leadership.
• Recommend solutions for business process/technical/analytical issues that arise in everyday work challenges to improve accuracy/efficiency.
• Lay the groundwork to identify and grow the organizational and individual development among the team including hiring talents, onboarding, driving performance, coaching and feedback.
• With the support of the European accounting team, develop US GAAP and statutory accounts and locally required reporting.
• Jointly with the European accounting team manage the third party payroll and accounting service providers.
• Manage all audit reviews including internal audit, SOX, US GAAP and local GAAP.
• Assist business partners with all practical aspects of the Procure to Pay cycle.
• Assist with the operational integration of pharmaceutical 3PLs, wholesaler and other stakeholders within the material and financial supply chain.
• Participate in the ongoing development/establishment of accounting policies and procedures and operational strategies including the review and implementation of process and system changes.
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