Head of Financial Planning & Analysis & GTN

Title:

Head of Financial Planning & Analysis & GTN

Company:

Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals Inc.

Job Description:

As Ipsen continues to grow and our business becomes more complex in all areas, the Head of Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) and GtN will lead the effort to foster and develop FP&A presence throughout the organization. The individual in this role will be responsible for providing strategic financial direction to the company’s executive leadership team, maintain and improve business models, and will work closely with business/functional leaders to ensure that the business achieves optimal financial performance.

This individual will manage the North American annual budgeting and strategic planning process, including the gross-to-net (GtN) area, as well as lead other value-add initiatives. Specific responsibilities include business planning, long-term forecasting, strategic analysis, special projects, and partnering across the organization. This person will manage a team of financial professionals and will report to the VP Finance, North America.

Main Responsibilities & Job Expectations

• Strategic lead for all North American Commercial FP&A initiatives across applicable legal entities
• Key liaison representing the North America business to Ipsen’s Global Finance network
• Member of the NA Finance Leadership team, ability to influence across the peer group and globally
• Lead the budgeting process including developing, communicating, and driving budget timelines, creating an efficient and effective review structure with Leadership, creating budget templates, creating/maintaining budget roll-up files, and preparing budget deliverables for the Executive Leadership Team
  • Support North America Leadership Team in performing budgeting, forecasting, and ad hoc financial/operational analysis related to sales performance, GtN, cost base management, working capital management, headcount control, and operational performance
  • Develop and maintain processes to forecast financial results, including annual and quarterly financial statements, from both Legal Entity and Management Unit perspective
• Manage the process to consolidate financial presentations to Leadership in France on a quarterly basis
  • Frame analyses to readily explain budget to actual comparisons relative to the financial forecasts
  • Prepare, analyze, and manage key performance indicators and other business operating metrics for local and corporate management sales, GtN and spend and headcount
• Establish business partnerships with NALT members to enhance information flow and timely decision making
• Support Business Development analyses including NPV and ROI as needed
• Work within the SAP Enterprise Information System to assist in the set-up and on-going management of operating budgets and expense classification
• Partner with accounting staff to ensure accuracy and integrity of company financial statements
• Ad hoc reporting and analysis for CFO/CEO
• Manage current team of FP&A and GtN direct reports (6 people) and maintain all related Ipsen Manager responsibilities
• Oversee the monthly close process and provide analysis of results vs. budget and forecasted expectations for Execution Leadership Team
• Support CFO in the preparation of presentations to the Board of Directors, and members of the Executive Leadership Team
• Partner with Business Operations on the effective creation and distribution of launch KPIs/Dashboards

Knowledge, Abilities and Education

• BA/BSS in Finance, Accounting or relevant degree is required
• MBA and/or CPA is preferred
• 12 to 15+ years of relevant, demonstrated & practical experience developing robust financial statement as well as business-case modeling skills
• Prior leadership experience of an FP&A function, with minimum 5+ years in management role, ideally with some exposure to pharma/biotech
• Proven track record in leading/managing financial planning, budgeting, and forecasting/business modeling processes.
• Thorough understanding of financial statements and the interface between external reporting, management reporting and budgeting/forecasting.
• Prior Big 4/financial accounting experience desired, not required.
• Solid understanding of generally accepted accounting skills (GAAP)
• Expertise in business analytics and tools including advanced Excel skills, plannin