Acadia Pharmaceuticals is seeking a financial planning and analysis professional to partner with their Research and Development, Medical Affairs, and Technical Development, Operations and Quality organizations. The goal is to improve financial decision-making through meaningful reporting, analytics, and effective communication of findings across all organizational levels.
Requirements
- Working knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (US GAAP)
- Advanced knowledge of financial reporting, forecasting and planning applications (NetSuite a plus)
- Excellent financial analysis skills and ability to translate analyses into sound strategic recommendations
- Understand corporate financial systems in order to effectively perform planning and analysis
Responsibilities
- Own the clinical trial cost forecasts for all ongoing and planned studies working closely with clinical operations team, utilizing a deep understanding of activity based cost drivers
- Support clinical outsourcing and strategic sourcing teams to proactively highlight vendor risks and opportunities and partake in CRO selection process and governance meetings
- Develop, maintain, and deliver standard expense and headcount reporting and variance analysis to functional business partners and Finance leadership team, driving continuous improvement in forecasting and reporting deliverables
- Manage the coordination and consolidation of R&D, Medical Affairs, and TD&O expense forecasts for all recurring planning processes (rolling forecasts, annual operating plans, long range plan, etc.)
- Develop business case models to support asset investment decisions for both internal and external pipeline opportunities
- Act as integrated business partner with R&D, Medical Affairs, and TD&O organizations, providing thought leadership and analysis for ongoing business initiatives (go/no go decisions, scenario analysis, payback periods, project post mortems, regulatory reporting, etc.)
- Collaborate with Accounting to ensure GAAP compliance and adherence to Company policies and procedures as well as reasonableness of accruals
Other
- This role will be a key member of the financial planning and analysis team in acting as the financial business partner to the Research and Development (R&D), Medical Affairs, and Technical Development, Operations and Quality (TDOQ) organizations.
- Ability to think strategically and communicate effectively across all levels of the organization
- Proven track record of reliable, detailed and accurate work product
- Ability to work in a results-oriented, project-driven, real-time team environment, prioritize projects and deliver quality results within tight time constraints
- Excellent written and verbal communication, presentation skills, and MS Office proficiency
