Director, Financial Planning and Analysis

We are seeking a Director, Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) to play a key role in our budgeting, forecasting, and strategic financial planning as we progress to commercial readiness. This role will serve as the lead FP&A partner to executive leadership, owning enterprise-wide financial planning while remaining deeply hands-on in execution. This role will lead core forecast cycles, support commercial and R&D modeling, enhance financial systems and processes, and work hand-in-hand with the Controller to ensure alignment between FP&A and Accounting, especially around month-end close, gross-to-net, accruals and purchase orders.

This is a highly visible leadership role suited for someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment and has a proven track record of building and scaling FP&A capabilities.

Key Job Duties include, but are not limited to:

Planning, Budgeting & Forecasting

• Own and improve annual budgeting and rolling forecast processes across the organization, ensuring alignment with corporate strategy and executive priorities
• Develop and maintain detailed commercial revenue, gross-to-net, COGS, operating expense, and headcount models with full ownership of model integrity, assumptions, and outputs
• Support commercial launch forecasting, including scenario modeling, sensitivity analysis, and volume/price dynamics while advising leadership on key risks and opportunities
• Support R&D forecasting, including clinical program spend, timelines, enrollment assumptions, and vendor milestones with a focus on investment prioritization and resource allocation
• Build and maintain financial dashboards, performance KPIs, and month-end reporting packages tailored for executive leadership and Board-level visibility

Business Partnering & Cross-Functional Support

• Work closely with Commercial, R&D, CMC, Supply Chain, and G&A to gather assumptions, validate forecasts, and explain variances while serving as the primary finance partner to functional leaders
• Partner deeply with the Controller on month-end close, accruals, PO management, and audit support processes ensuring strong alignment between financial planning and actual results
• Support supply-chain forecasting and inventory planning (as appropriate for pre-commercial stage) with increasing ownership as the organization approaches commercialization

Accounting Collaboration

• Assist the Accounting team with accruals, PO oversight, vendor management, and short-interval forecasting while providing FP&A-driven insights to improve accuracy and predictability
• Support readiness activities including S-1 support, modeling for valuation, forecasting disclosures, and internal controls with ownership over FP&A deliverables and timelines
• Ensure alignment between FP&A models and general ledger actuals and proactively identify and resolve discrepancies
• Prepare materials for internal and external stakeholders, including Executive Leadership, the Board, and investors and present insights and recommendations as needed

Systems, Tools & Process Improvement

• Drive financial system enhancements, with NetSuite experience strongly preferred including identifying and implementing scalable solutions to support growth.
• Improve processes around budget owner reporting, cost tracking, and financial visibility with an emphasis on standardization and scalability
• Develop sophisticated Excel tools and maintain templates (including use of macros) while establishing best practices for model governance and version control

Qualifications:

Required

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, Accounting, or related field
• At least 10 years of progressive finance experience, including at least 2 years in public accounting
• Experience in gross-to-net and pharma or biotech finance
• Strong Excel skills, including advanced formulas and macros
• Experience supporting SEC-style forecasting, or public-company financial processes
• Strong understanding of accruals, budgeting, and purchase order flow
• Experience working in a small-company environment with hands-on responsibilities and the ability to operate independently with minimal oversight

Preferred

• Experience with R&D forecasting, clinical trial analytics, or CMC cost modeling
• NetSuite experience
• Supply chain or inventory modeling experience
• Exposure to commercial launch planning