Director, Finance Systems

About Acadia Pharmaceuticals

Acadia is advancing breakthroughs in neuroscience to elevate life. For 30 years we have been working at the forefront of healthcare to bring vital solutions to people who need them most. We developed and commercialized the first and only FDA-approved drug to treat hallucinations and delusions associated with Parkinson’s disease psychosis and the first and only FDA-approved drug for the treatment of Rett syndrome. Our clinical-stage development efforts are focused on Prader-Willi syndrome, Alzheimer’s disease psychosis and multiple other programs targeting neuropsychiatric symptoms in central nervous system disorders. For more information, visit us at Acadia.com and follow us on LinkedIn and X.

Please note that this position is based in San Diego, CA. Acadia's hybrid model requires this role to work in our office three days per week on average.

Position Summary:

This role is responsible for overseeing and implementing financial systems and process improvements within the organization. This role is crucial for ensuring that an organization’s financial systems are efficient, compliant, and aligned with its strategic goals.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Develop and Implement Financial Systems: Lead the design, creation, and administration of financial systems for finance operations.
• Strategic Guidance: Provide strategic support and guidance to senior leadership on financial systems and process improvements.
• Operational Support: Continual assessment and refinement of systems to ensure alignment with changing workflow and processes. Day-to-day operational support for finance operations.
• Process improvement: Identify, plan and implement key projects to improve quality, reduce costs, increase productivity and improve cycle time as it relates to the organizations financial systems.
• Department Initiatives: Implement department initiatives and financial systems strategy.
• Management: Manage process and personnel both direct and indirectly, ensuring project milestones and goals are met.
• Compliance and Reporting: Ensure financial systems and related processes comply with record-keeping and reporting requirements.
• Ad hoc projects as assigned by the VP Chief Accounting Officer

Education/Experience/Skills:

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, or related field. MBA a plus.  Requires a minimum of 10 years’ experience in finance or financial systems. An equivalent combination of relevant education and applicable job experience may be considered.

Key Candidate Qualities:

• High level of intellectual curiosity, with ability to work independently and solve complex problems
• Strong knowledge of financial systems, strategic planning, and team management.
• Excellent financial acumen, attention to detail, and ability to think strategically
• Proven track record of reliable, detailed and accurate work product
• Ability to communicate effectively across all levels of the organization
• Ability to work and prioritize in a results-oriented, project-driven, real-time environment, delivering quality analysis under time constraints
• Flexibility to adjust to fluctuations in workload based upon changing priorities
• Strong understanding of pharmaceutical industry trends
• Excellent written and verbal communication, presentation skills, and MS Office proficiency
• Working knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (US GAAP)
• Experience with Workday Adaptive Planning, Microsoft Dynamics Great Plains, NetSuite, and Coupa, a plus

Scope:

Works on complex issues where analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth knowledge of functional area objectives and their impact on, and interaction with, other functions within the