Vice President Finance

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Veradermics Corporate Overview

Founded in 2019, Veradermics, Incorporated (NYSE: MANE) is a well-funded, publicly listed company that offers the opportunity to work in a performance-driven, highly dynamic environment. At Veradermics, you can actively contribute to shaping the company culture, take on various roles and responsibilities, and grow professionally.

Veradermics is a dermatologist-founded, late clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing innovative therapeutics for common aesthetic and dermatological conditions. Veradermics lead product candidate, VDPHL01, is an oral, non-hormonal treatment for men and women with pattern hair loss (PHL). We are currently conducting three Phase 3 clinical trials as we work to deliver potentially transformative solutions and aspire to redefine the standard of care in dermatology. Learn more here.

At Veradermics, we combine scientific rigor with a vision for impactful innovation to make a lasting difference in the lives of patients.

Position Overview

Veradermics is seeking a Vice President of Finance to serve as the internal operational leader of our finance organization at a pivotal moment in the company's growth. Reporting to the CFO, this role will directly manage the Director of FP&A and drive the operating rigor, planning processes, finance operations, and organizational cadence required to support the company's transition toward commercialization of its lead asset, VDPHL01.

The CFO is increasingly focused on external strategy, capital markets, and investor relationships, and this role exists to ensure the finance organization operates with discipline, accountability, and scalability in support of a growing public company environment. The VP of Finance will be responsible for strengthening finance operating rhythms, cross-functional coordination, planning infrastructure, and organizational execution across the broader finance function, including shared finance operations and commercialization readiness.

This is an internal leadership role that requires strategic thinking, financial acumen, operational discipline, business partnership, and organizational leadership.

Finance Organization Strategy, Scalability, and IR Readiness

• Own the finance organization blueprint, including structure, roles, capabilities, and operating model to support Veradermics from late-stage clinical development through launch and commercial scale, building ahead of key inflection points.
• Create a hiring and capability roadmap for finance, identifying talent, systems, and process gaps at each growth stage and partnering with the CFO and People Operations to address them cost-effectively.
• Design planning, reporting, and governance frameworks with the right processes, controls, and data infrastructure for each stage of company maturity.
• Build the reporting and analytics infrastructure for investor relations, including earnings-ready financial packages, KPI frameworks, and management reporting that enables the CFO to communicate performance and strategy clearly.
• Partner with the CFO on Investor relation readiness, including quarterly earnings materials, board financial packages, analyst day content, and investor presentations ensuring the finance team delivers with the discipline, accuracy, and visibility public markets require.
• Identify the metrics, disclosures, and financial narratives most important to investors as launch cost approaches, and ensure the data, processes, and controls are in place to deliver them accurately and on time.

Internal Finance Team Leadership

• Directly manage the FP&A function while partnering closely with the Controllership organization to ensure strong execution, alignment, and operational rigor across the broader finance organization.
• Establish and maintain a high-accountability operating cadence across the finance organization, including clear ownership, escalation pathways, team rhythms, and execution standards for key deliverables and priorities.
• Provide operational leadership across the broader finance organization, including ownership of finance operating cadence, cross-functional coordination, close process execution, and shared finance workflows in partnership with the Controller.
• Serve as a coach and developer of FP&A talent, providing regular feedback, identifying growth opportunities, and building the team's capacity to scale with the company.

Financial Operations and Governance

• Drive operational rigor across the finance organization, including ownership of finance operating cadence,
• planning rhythms, close coordination, accountability mechanisms, and cross-functional execution processes.
• Ensure finance deliverables, timelines, and shared services operations are executed with consistency, visibility, and discipline as the organization scales toward commercialization.
• Establish scalable finance processes, governance structures, and operational workflows appropriate for a growing public commercial-stage biotechnology company.
• Coordinate closely with the CFO, Controller, and FP&A leadership to ensure alignment across financial planning, accounting operations, reporting timelines, and organizational priorities.

FP&A and Financial Planning Oversight

• Oversee the FP&A function, ensuring the Director of FP&A delivers accurate, decision-relevant financial models, forecasts, and variance analyses on a consistent basis.
• Partner with the Director of FP&A to develop and maintain the financial infrastructure needed to support commercialization planning, including revenue modeling, commercial launch cost forecasting, and headcount and operational expense planning.
• Provide proactive decision support to executive leadership on commercialization investments, resource allocation, scenario planning, and scaling decisions.
• Lead the annual budget, quarterly re-forecasts, long-range financial plan, and clinical program financial planning processes, ensuring forecasts and operating assumptions are aligned with business priorities and supported by clear ownership and accountability.

Commercialization Readiness

• Build and operationalize the finance processes, controls, and reporting infrastructure required to support a commercial-stage organization, including gross-to-net accounting, trade and distribution accruals, commercialization spend governance, and launch-related KPI reporting.
• Partner with Commercial, Medical Affairs, Supply Chain, and Legal to ensure financial infrastructure is in place ahead of launch, including gross-to-net revenue accounting, trade spend modeling, and commercial analytics.
• Anticipate and address infrastructure gaps that could impede a clean audit or public filing process, and drive resolution ahead of critical timelines.

Candidate Profile | Who You Are

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field required; MBA and/or CPA preferred.
• 12 years of progressive finance experience within biotech, life sciences, or specialty pharmaceutical organizations, including significant experience leading FP&A, operational finance, or finance business partnership functions in high-growth or commercialization-stage environments.
• Strong preference for candidates whose career trajectory is rooted in FP&A, strategic finance, or operational finance, with deep expertise in forecasting, long-range planning, scenario analysis, resource allocation, and cross-functional business partnership.
• Demonstrated ability to build operational rigor within finance organizations, including establishing scalable planning processes, accountability structures, finance operating cadences, and cross-functional coordination mechanisms in complex or rapidly scaling environments.
• Ability to operate effectively in partnership with accounting and controllership functions, with sufficient familiarity with public company reporting requirements, internal controls, and audit processes to lead finance operations within a public company environment.
• Highly organized, operationally rigorous, and able to drive accountability, prioritize effectively, and partner credibly across executive leadership and cross-functional teams in a fast-paced environment.
• Demonstrated ability to think strategically about finance organization design and maturity, including a track record of building the structures, processes, and capabilities needed to support a company's evolution through successive stages of growth—ideally including experience supporting investor relations through earnings preparation, KPI development, and financial narrative-building in a public company setting.

Location and Travel

• Location: Hybrid, 1-2 days a week in office

Salary and Benefits

Veradermics provides a comprehensive compensation package that includes a base salary, annual performance bonus eligibility, and access to the employee stock option plan.

Robust benefits package, including health coverage, retirement benefit matching, dependent care FSA, and unlimited paid time off.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Veradermics is an equal opportunity employer. All employment decisions are based on qualifications, merit, and business needs, without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or age.