Reporting to Sr Director of Financial Planning and Analysis, The Finance Manager will be a key business partner to all business functions and will have high visibility to senior management. The role will focus on partnering, budgeting/forecasting, monthly/quarterly close and reporting activities. This position will serve as a primary Finance point of contact and support resource for the Auryxia Business Unit across Commercial, R&D and G&A activities. This role will also have accountability to the Accounting team by providing analytical review and reporting in support of key accruals related to financial close activities. The role will also have a broad impact and accountability across the organization by supporting the development of the annual budget, financial forecasting, financial support of business decisions and participation in enterprise wide projects and initiatives as required.
Required Skills
This role encompasses a full range of corporate planning activities. This person will business partner with corporate functions to develop, execute, and measure a plan that is aligned with Akebiaâs business strategy. Responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:
- Partner with the business leaders across key functions, providing robust monthly and quarterly senior-level financial performance reporting
- Clearly communicate a cohesive and concise story around the business drivers behind financial data and implications on current and future results.
- Evaluate and assess key operational issues, risks and business drivers pertaining to budget, actual results, and forecast updates, suggesting solutions and alternatives where appropriate to operating leaders including but not limited to operational efficiency, cost saving opportunities, capital expenditure decisions, etc.
- Key contributor to the monthly forecast processes, ensuring relative accuracy and support for assumptions used and data presented
- Proactive involvement in budgeting and planning process, including headcount planning and implementing appropriate review process
- Support and contribute to month-end close/reporting activities and variance analytics including accrual activities
- Collaborate with Finance team to continually review month-end reporting and other departmental processes, ensuring at all times that management information is generated in a timely manner and to the highest standards of quality and accuracy
- Assist in the analysis of financial and operational results versus forecast and budget for assigned areas of responsibility, investigations of significant variances, and communication of findings to key stakeholders.
- Assist with the administration and maintenance of Host Analytics Financial Planning system
- Responds to various ad hoc queries from internal customers.
- Support internal and external financial and management reporting
Required Experience
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelorâs Degree in Accounting, Finance or Business Administration
- 5+ years of related Financial Planning & Analysis experience
Preferred Qualifications:
- MBA
- Experience working in a Sarbanes-Oxley compliant environment.
- Experience developing financial analysis in support of biopharmaceutical business program from clinical development through launch, commercialization and life cycle management.
- Proficiency with MS Excel and use of Pivot Tables. Comprehensive knowledge of Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and other typical office software.
- Public company experience.
- Demonstrated success using ERP systems and Financial Planning systems such as Host Analytics.
- Demonstrated strong collaboration skills in order to establish key partnerships with internal and external stakeholders
- Ability to analyze and report complex information and synthesize to essential elements for clear understanding and presentation to key stakeholders.
- Possess excellent analytical, communication, decision making, organizational and interpersonal skills
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