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Sr. Manager, Finance

Employer
Nektar Therapeutics
Location
San Francisco, CA, United States
Start date
Mar 7, 2019

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Discipline
Administration, Finance
Required Education
Bachelors Degree
Position Type
Full time
Hotbed
Biotech Bay

Job Details

Position Overview

The Manager, Finance will be responsible for budgeting, accounting, reporting, and finance.

Responsible for the following finance and accounting activities:
  • Budgeting - Prepares budgets and forecasts, including the annual operating plan (cash basis and GAAP basis, as needed), 3-year and 5-year plans, etc. and analyzes budgets, including model assumptions, received from external collaboration partners.
  • Accounting - Prepares various levels of analyses to support the monthly/quarterly close process, including preparing study accruals and any related documentation, through collaboration with internal and external business partners.
  • Reporting - Prepare budget versus actual reviews to facilitate both internal reporting to business unit managers and external reporting.
  • Finance - Manages fiscal expenditures through budget versus actual, purchase requisition and contract (including study budget grid) reviews, etc.
This job contributes to and supports the company's research and development efforts to create high value therapeutics to address unmet medical needs. Receives assignments in the form of objectives and determines how to use resources to meet schedules and goals. Recommends changes to policies and establishes procedures that affect the immediate organization. Works on issues of diverse scope where analysis of situation or data requires evaluation of a variety of factors, including an understanding of current business trends. Ability to multi-task and manage various deadlines. Follows processes and operational policies in selecting methods and techniques for obtaining solutions. Develops and administers schedules and performance requirements; may have budget responsibilities. Often must lead a cooperative effort among members of a project team. Collaborate with business unit managers and external collaboration partners to develop long range financial forecasts and operating plans. Ensure clear and effective communication between internal and external cross functional groups on matters relating to budgeting, planning, accounting, metrics, etc. Provides guidance to business managers to support the achievement of financial objectives. Support the Company's business planning activities. Support the development of the Company's operating plans. Assist in the development of management reporting to ensure performance improvement. Develop and continually refine corporate performance metrics to aid management in achieving objectives. Provide analytical support for ad hoc corporate financial evaluations. Responsible for the management of a functional area in the Finance organization. Acts as advisor to junior staff to meet schedules and/or resolve technical problems. May be responsible for providing regular performance feedback, development and coaching to direct reports. May assist with special projects. Works on and may lead other projects as assigned.

A minimum of a Bachelors degree in a Finance or Business discipline is required. A CPA or advanced degree, such as an MBA is preferred. Equivalent experience may be accepted. A minimum of 8 years of previous financial planning or accounting experience, preferably in the biotech or pharmaceutical industry, is required. May require a minimum of 5 years previous management experience. A thorough understanding of principles of corporate finance is essential. Must be able to demonstrate a high attention to detail with an ability to independently prioritize and organize work assignments. Previous corporate accounting and/or budgeting and planning experience are required. Must possess excellent computer and analytical skills. Good communication skills, both oral and written, are required. Previous experience with JDE ERP as well as reporting and planning software platforms are highly desired. Strong Excel and modeling skills are required.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against applicants due to race, ethnicity, gender, veteran status, or on the basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class. Nektar Therapeutics will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in the manner proscribed by the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.

Company

Nektar Therapeutics is a research-based development stage biopharmaceutical company that discovers and develops innovative medicines in areas of high unmet medical need. Our R&D pipeline of new investigational drugs includes treatments for cancer and auto-immune disease. We leverage Nektar's proprietary and proven chemistry platform in the discovery and design of our new drug candidates. Our success is rooted in four key elements: our track record reflected by a portfolio of successful approved medicines which emanated from our chemistry platform and are made available globally by our pharmaceutical partners, our unique research and development pipeline of new investigational medicines in cancer and immunology, our proprietary and proven science and technology approach that fuels our discovery efforts and our team of dedicated scientists, clinicians and employees focused on bringing new medicines to patients with debilitating diseases.

Stock Symbol: NKTR

Stock Exchange: NASDAQ

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Company info
Website
Phone
415-482-5300
Location
455 Mission Bay Blvd South
San Francisco
California
94158
United States

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