Associate Director, FP&A - Manning Personnel Group, Inc.

We are a small but mighty team of 40 people devoted to the mission of creating therapies to cure and treat rare diseases. Our Finance team is looking for an Associate Director, FP&A with robust clinical experience to design, implement, and execute sound processes relating to budgeting, forecasting, and financial analysis (reporting to the Senior Director of Finance). This is a critically important and highly visible role that interacts with senior management. The Associate Director, FP&A should be highly motivated to lead a team to identify, analyze, and propose solutions for the business. Because of the size of our business, this role will be both strategic and hands-on in nature. This role will be 1-2 days per week on site in our Seaport offices.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop, lead, and oversee the quarterly and annual budgeting process, as well as ongoing forecasting efforts to enable the organization to deliver on key objectives.
• Responsible for financial reporting, including monthly comparison of actual vs. budget results and relevant variance analysis, in a timely and accurate manner.
• Performs comprehensive financial analyses, including variance analysis, trend analysis, and scenario modeling, to evaluate performance and identify opportunities.
• Responsible for driving alignment between financial planning and analysis and the business by working with the departments to understand their needs and ensuring that the FP&A function is providing the information and insights they need to make informed decisions.
• Ownership of the PO approval process as it relates to budgeted/non-budgeted spend against budget.
• Business partner of the R&D team and provide support with clinical and manufacturing contract analysis, actual spend analysis, and spend projection
• Support with quarterly business reviews to management
• Develop and analyze historical cost data by program to provide insights to finance and program managers to develop robust program budgets
• Proactively drive analyses of business performance and results and provide thoughtful, informed recommendations.
• Develop and coach team to support growth and development and achievement of goals and objectives.
• Assists with other ad-hoc special projects, as deemed necessary.

The ideal candidate for this role will have:

• BA/BS degree in Accounting or Finance or related field.
• 8+ years of Finance experience in biotech/pharmaceutical industry.
• 5+ years experience in Financial Planning and Analysis, working on clinical study trials.
• Strong experience in designing & leading best-in-class FP&A processes, (e.g., budgeting, forecasting and long-range planning) working in a biotech required.