Associate Director Finance

3 weeks ago
Full-time
Lead
Operations
Flagship Pioneering

Flagship Pioneering

Flagship Pioneering is a biotechnology firm that invents and develops innovative life science platforms and companies aimed at transforming human health and promoting sustainability.

Biotechnology
251-1K
Founded 1999

Description

  • Serve as a finance partner to Pioneering Medicines leadership, program teams, functional leaders, and cross-functional stakeholders.
  • Manage financial planning, forecasting, reporting, and analysis for assigned entities and programs, including budget-to-actuals, variance analysis, cash flow monitoring, and management reporting.
  • Lead or support monthly, quarterly, and annual close activities, including accruals, journal entries, reconciliations, financial reporting, and flux analysis.
  • Partner with Program Managers and functional leaders to build and maintain budgets, forecasts, operational plans, and financial models.
  • Support financial management of research collaborations, partnered programs, and external pharma relationships, including budget tracking, reporting requirements, and joint finance meetings.
  • Provide accounting and controllership support, including GAAP compliance, audit support, financial statement review, close process support, and lease accounting.
  • Coordinate with Finance Operations, Accounting, Tax, Legal, Business Development, and external consultants on audits, tax compliance, statutory or fund reporting, K-1 reporting, collaboration agreements, and financings.
  • Improve finance reporting processes, close procedures, forecasting tools, systems, workflows, and internal controls to improve scalability, accuracy, and efficiency.
  • Identify financial, operational, reporting, and control risks and opportunities and recommend practical solutions.
  • Mentor and support junior finance or accounting team members through review, coaching, and direction on analyses, close activities, reporting packages, and project deliverables.

Requirements

  • BS/BA in accounting or finance; MBA is a plus.
  • CPA preferred.
  • 10+ years of financial and accounting experience.
  • Life sciences or biotechnology industry experience preferred.
  • Strong understanding of US GAAP, financial reporting, accounting operations, month-end and quarter-end close processes, reconciliations, accruals, and internal controls.
  • IFRS experience is a plus.
  • Experience with budgeting, forecasting, cash flow management, budget-to-actual analysis, variance analysis, and financial modeling across multiple entities, programs, or business units.
  • Demonstrated ability to partner effectively with cross-functional teams, including R&D, program management, business development, legal, tax, accounting, finance operations, senior leadership, and external partners.
  • Experience supporting research collaborations, partnered programs, portfolio companies, audits, tax compliance, statutory reporting, fund reporting, or external consultant coordination preferred.
  • Working knowledge of financial systems and procurement tools; NetSuite and Coupa experience preferred.
  • Strong business acumen and the ability to communicate complex financial information clearly to finance and non-finance stakeholders.
  • Flexible, collaborative, solutions-oriented, and able to manage multiple deliverables in a fast-paced, evolving environment.

Benefits

  • Salary range of $148,000 - $203,500.
  • Healthcare coverage.
  • Annual incentive program.
  • Retirement benefits.
  • Broad range of other benefits.

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