Senior Financial Analyst, R&D & Medical Affairs

Who We Are:

At Neurocrine Biosciences, we pride ourselves on having a strong, inclusive, and positive culture based on our shared purpose and values. We know what it takes to be great, and we are as passionate about our people as we are about our purpose - to relieve suffering for people with great needs, but few options.

What We Do:

Neurocrine Biosciences is a leading neuroscience-focused, biopharmaceutical company with a simple purpose: to relieve suffering for people with great needs, but few options. We are dedicated to discovering and developing life-changing treatments for patients with under-addressed neurological, neuroendocrine, and neuropsychiatric disorders. The company’s diverse portfolio includes FDA-approved treatments for tardive dyskinesia, chorea associated with Huntington’s disease, endometriosis* and uterine fibroids*, as well as a robust pipeline including multiple compounds in mid- to late-phase clinical development across our core therapeutic areas. For three decades, we have applied our unique insight into neuroscience and the interconnections between brain and body systems to treat complex conditions. We relentlessly pursue medicines to ease the burden of debilitating diseases and disorders, because you deserve brave science. For more information, visit neurocrine.com, and follow the company on LinkedIn, X (Formerly Twitter) and Facebook. (*in collaboration with AbbVie)

About the Role:

An exciting opportunity in the intersection of business and science. As part of the R&D Finance team, the Sr. Financial Analyst will play a key role in enabling the success of their assigned function(s) within R&D and Medical Affairs, supporting key financial processes, enabling the success of program teams, and acting as a business partner to assigned key functions at the company.

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Your Contributions (include, but are not limited to):

• Acts as a key partner in supporting the assigned functions and programs in financial and business planning analysis, reporting, and operations

• Creates and/or updates financial models that support decision-making and provide valuable insight to Senior Leaders and project teams

• Reviews and analyzes monthly, quarterly, and annual results, helping to understand variances of actuals vs budget or forecast

• Analyzes departmental budgets and plays a key role in forecasting efforts to support financial planning and overall guidance

• Collaborates with cross-functional business partners and teams within assigned functions and Accounting

• Identifies and delivers opportunities to simplify and improve processes and systems and create operational efficiencies

• Performs ad-hoc analyses that lead to problem solving, decision-making, and actionable recommendations for the business

• Collects and analyzes financial information for assigned business in order to track the organization's progress against financial goals

• Other duties as assigned

Requirements:

• BS/BA degree in Finance, Business Administration, Accounting or closely related field and 6+ years of financial analysis experience; Pharmaceutical and/or Biotech industry experience is a plus Experience as client-facing finance resource is preferred. Financial system experience is preferred OR

• Master’s degree or MBA and 4+ years of similar experience noted above 

• Understands key business drivers and uses this understanding to accomplish work

• Has strong understanding of processes, procedures and systems used to accomplish the work and recognizes downstream impact on other functional areas

• Proficient with tools and processes that support work conducted by functional area

• Ability to work as part of a team

• Interested in R&D, drug development and making an impact on patients’ lives

• Has knowledge of best practices in Finance and Accounting and familiarity with the broader underlying concepts of related business disciplines

• Experience in Life Sciences, Biotechnology, or pharmaceutical industry preferred

• R&D and/or drug development Finance experience a plus

• Excellent computer skills

• Strong communications, problem-solving, analytical thinking skills

• Detail oriented yet can