Associate Director, FP&A MRL Finance (Hybrid - NJ or PA)
Core
Provide financial leadership and strategic planning for the Discovery, Preclinical, and Translational Medicine organization, supporting drug development functions with budgeting, forecasting, and capital project analysis.
Role type
Associate Director, Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A)
Builds
Annual functional objectives, long-term strategic goals, expense and capital budgets, quarterly forecasts, and operating plans for R&D functions.
Domain
Pharmaceutical Research & Development (Drug Discovery, Preclinical, Translational Medicine)
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work
Required skills
Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A), Capital Projects Management, Financial Modeling, Variance Analysis, Strategic Planning, Data Visualization, Microsoft Excel, Planning Budgeting and Forecasting (PBF), Preparation of Financial Reports, Project Management
Preferred skills
MBA, CPA, Doctorate in Business/Finance/Science/Engineering
Technologies
SAP, BPC, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint
Responsibilities
Develop expense and capital budgets, quarterly forecasts, and long-range operating plans; Perform monthly close activities including journal entries and variance commentary; Present key analytics to business partners and Finance leaders; Act as a business advisor by challenging spend value and assessing business health; Promote effective resource utilization focusing on internal headcount and external sourcing.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with strategic advisory scope
