Associate Director, Business Planning & Analysis

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Associate Director, Business Planning & Analysis

 

 

We are looking for a highly motivated self-starter who is ready to make an impact on a dynamic and rapidly growing organization.  Reporting to the VP of US Finance, the Associate Director, Business Planning and Analysis will be a key player in preparing and maintaining the annual budget and forecasts by working closely with budget coordinators across the company and by providing input on budgeting and forecasting assumptions. This individual will be primarily responsible for the generation and analysis of budget to actual reports, and analysis of trends and opportunities.

The Associate Director, Business Planning and Analysis (“BP&A”) will be responsible for the training and supervision of the financial planning and analysis team.

 

Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain monthly/quarterly corporate financial performance reports and dashboard, in addition to ad hoc financial and operational analysis upon request

• Provides financial analysis and support in monthly reporting process by conducting actuals vs forecast, variance analysis, trends, and in preparing financial reports used in monthly / quarterly reviews with VP of US Finance, Senior Director Finance, and Department heads.

• Lead the Budget Planning and Forecasting processes across all Cambridge, Massachusetts operating units, including cost center budgets, capital plans, working capital and headcount.

• Partner with global colleagues to support long-term financial planning including understanding trends and potential risk factors that may impact overall financial sustainability

• Ability to identify key business drivers and building foundational, data-driven insights as we grow and scale the business

• Support both operational and non-operational analysis, reporting and forecasting accuracy, identify variations in actual versus forecast and provide recommendations / follow up actions

• Assist with review and analysis related to capital expenditures

• Supports and administers process improvements to better consolidate, analyze, review and report on all financial matters

• Maintains and reports on accuracy and timeliness of forecasting, reporting, accruals, and other financially related processes and systems on a monthly basis

• Support the Corporate functional teams as necessary to prepare cost/benefit analysis on major initiatives and perform audits after the completion of programs to understand actual results.

• Develop new processes and new reports as enhancements are needed to deliver timely, accurate, actionable financial information and KPI’s

• Oversee small BP&A team including the Senior Financial Analyst and Financial Analyst

• Assist and partner with the Treasury team to monitor cash burn and US liquidity forecast

What you have to offer

• Bachelor’s Degree in accounting, finance, or related field

• 8+ years of experience in BP&A or FP&A in a public pharmaceutical/biotechnology company   

• Experience in enhancing ongoing financial processes

• Organized, detai