Associate Director, Tech Ops

Opportunity awaits those up to the challenge of developing transformative therapies across a broad range of debilitating diseases.

Summary

This exciting leadership role which provides a unique opportunity to be part of our growing team, supporting a dynamic and high-growth company pioneering targeted C3 therapies to address a broad range of debilitating diseases.

We are seeking a Associate Director of R&D Finance who will be responsible for financial planning and reporting processes, including annual budgets and interim forecasts, financial reporting, long range planning and long-term financial models for the fast growing Clinical Development and Medical Affairs teams. As a core member of the Clinical Development and Medical Affairs leadership team, you will be at the forefront of providing valuable financial and strategic insight to help the business in well informed decision making for to drive optimal use of resources.

In addition to having primary oversight of all financial planning and reporting, you will also support and lead process improvements and optimization of our business practices for today, as well as ensure scalability for future growth. You will be at the forefront of creating the right financial infrastructure as the Apellis transitions to a new ERP system (SAP) and planning/reporting tool (Adaptive Insights). You will have an opportunity to make a significant imprint on the evolution of our current processes, policies, and systems. As such, this role requires ambition, creativity, and ingenuity.

Roles And Responsibilities

• Responsible for supporting and serving as the strategic and operational FP&A business partner for the Clinical Development & Medical Affairs (CDMA) organization
• Develop, plan, and coordinate budgets/forecasts and provide regular actual to budget/forecast reporting and variance analyses to the CDMA organization to enable decision making and alignment to achieving company objectives
• Produce robust, proactive financial analyses for business partners including but not limited to budget/forecast to actuals tracking and monthly reporting
• As the lead FP&A Partner, facilitate the financial long-range and annual planning process for CDMA
• Create strong partnership with the Clinical team (Clinical Trial Managers, Clin Ops, Clinical Vendor Management, etc) to be fully integrated into the Study budgets right from study inception to study completion
• Build analytical frameworks and forward-looking clinical models to enable quality decision-making
• Manage the development of multi-year project financial statements and analysis for different scenarios
• Provide business support to the clinical teams to help create transparency around key parameters in critical business areas including enrollment rates, clinical accruals, cost per patient, etc.
  
  

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or Finance with a minimum of 10 years of experience in areas of accounting and financial analysis/planning. MBA or CPA preferred
• Must have a minimum of five years’ FP&A experience at a publicly traded company in life science industry with experience in the biopharmaceutical industry and Clinical Development
• Knowledge of US GAAP and SOX internal control principles for a public company
• Experience with tier 1 ERP systems and financial planning tools
• Strong facilitation, communication and presentation skills with an ability to interface with all levels of the organization
• Ability to work collaboratively and partner successfully with non-Finance personnel while remaining a strong representative of/for the Finance team
• Ability to work in team environment and willing to assist other team members to achieve team goals and objectives
• Comfort challenging the status quo, driving change, and managing in a fast-paced, dynamic work environment
• Comfort handling parallel tasks and large datasets, and delivering within fast-paced deadlines
  
  

Travel Requirements

Travel Requirements: None

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Education

Bachelor's Degree 

Pay Information

Base salary for this role will consider multiple factors, including but not limited to, candidate qualifications, relevant expertise, specialized skills, and industry experience in complement-targeted therapies. The targeted base salary range for this position is $163,000-$244,000. This range represents the base salary only and reflects Apellis' commitment to competitive compensation within the biopharmaceutical industry. The final salary offered may vary based on individual qualifications, business needs, and current market conditions.

Work Arrangement

Benefits and Perks:

Apellis offers a comprehensive benefits package, including a 401(k) plan with company match, inclusive family building benefits, flexible time off, summer and winter shutdowns, paid family leave, disability and life insurance, and more! Visit https://apellis.com/careers/benefits/ to learn more.

Company Background

Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a global biopharmaceutical company leading the way in complement science to develop life-changing therapies for some of the most challenging diseases patients face. We ushered in the first new class of complement medicine in 15 years and now have two C3-targeting medicines approved to treat four serious diseases. Breakthroughs for patients include the first-ever therapy for geographic atrophy, a leading cause of blindness, and the first treatment for patients 12 and older with C3G or primary IC-MPGN, two severe, rare kidney diseases. We believe we have only begun to unlock the potential of targeting C3 across many serious diseases.

For more information, please visit http://apellis.com or follow us on LinkedIn and X.

EEO Statement

Apellis is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state and local fair employment practices laws. Apellis strictly prohibits and does not tolerate discrimination against employees, applicants or any other covered persons because of race, color, religion, creed, national origin or ancestry, ethnicity, sex (including pregnancy), gender (including gender nonconformity and status as a transgender or transsexual individual), age, physical or mental disability, citizenship, past, current or prospective service in the uniformed services, genetic information, marital status, AIDS/HIV status, smoker/nonsmoker, and occupational pneumoconiosis or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state or local law.

For San Francisco postings: Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.