Associate Director, Financial Planning & Analysis, R&D

The Role

This is an exciting role and a critical member of the R&D Financial Planning and Analysis team, supporting a dynamic and high growth organization that is radically changing the biotech industry. This position will serve as a business partner to the Clinical Development organization and our Oncology Therapeutic Area organization to support a growing portfolio of Development candidates. This position will partner with program leaders in the Oncology Therapeutic organization and operational leaders within Clinical Development to lead and manage annual operating budgets and forecasts, provide support for collaboration budgeting and reporting, ad-hoc operational or strategic decision-making support, month-end close and management reporting activities, long-range planning, and portfolio management process for new development candidates.

The ideal candidate would have experience in managing clinical trial forecasting and budgeting and have extensive experience building and maintaining dynamic financial models. The candidate will ideally have experience in managing through matrixed organizations and have extensive experience driving continuous improvements in financial and operational processes.

Heres What Youll Do

• Understanding the financial needs and drivers of the Oncology Therapeutic area and Clinical Development organization to provide both operational insights and strategic financial support to drive the business

• Lead annual budgets, forecast updates and assist in long-range financial plans for the Oncology therapeutic area and clinical development organization and programs

• Serve as primary finance lead for external partnerships/collaborations; specifically support oncology financial partnership model and reporting, invoicing and planning to satisfy collaboration agreement requirements

• Lead and manage clinical trial models/framework to provide monthly updates on life-to-date positions for ongoing studies, identify/understand major clinical operational drivers updating models as needed, and forecast remaining cash flow through end of study

• Support emerging programs with business case analysis (e.g., cost to next decision, life of program costs) for governance & approval process

• Partner with Program leadership to deliver portfolio updates highlighting key operational drivers and financial performance for development programs with Executive Committee

• Assist in providing R&D Leadership and Executive Committee with quarterly portfolio updates highlighting key operational drivers and financial performance for development programs

Reporting:

• Lead monthly management reporting for Oncology and certain CDO functions to program leadership. Provide key insights that require attention and enable budget owners to manage to establish budgets.

• Partner with Accounting, Financial Systems, and IT to ensure consistent reporting views for senior management and the Finance organization

• Develop robust reporting processes with collaboration partner to ensure accuracy of budget/reporting for collaboration framework

• Identify reporting needs for upcoming corporate exercise (forecast, LRP, budget)

• Identify opportunities to improve monthly accruals/reporting processes

• Prepare monthly / quarterly financial deliverables

Heres What Youll Need (Minimum Qualifications)

• BA/BS in finance or accounting required

• 10+ years of experience in biotech and/or pharma industry with experience supporting a clinical development organization and portfolio of clinical trials

• Experience building and maintaining robust & dynamic financial models

Heres What Youll Bring to the Table (Preferred Qualifications)

• MBA a plus

• Proven track record of building efficiencies and automation into existing and new process

• Strong organizational skills and attention to details; ability to balance multiple priorities in a fast paced, dynamic environment

• Outstanding communication skills (verbal and written)

• Excellent problem solving and analytical skills

• Experience with tier 1 ERP systems (e.g., SAP, Oracle) and associated planning and reporting tools preferred

• A desire to make an impact as part of a high-growth, transformational company that is Bold, Relentless, Curious, and Collaborative.

Moderna is pleased to provide you and your family with a comprehensive and innovative suite of benefits, including:

• Highly competitive and inclusive medical, dental and vision coverage options
• Flexible Spending Accounts for medical expenses and dependent care expenses
• Lifestyle Spending Account funds to help you engage in personal enrichment and self-care activities
• Family care benefits, including subsidized back-up care options and on-demand tutoring
• Free premium access to fitness, nutrition, and mindfulness classes
• Exclusive preferred pricing on Peloton fitness equipment
• Adoption and family-planning benefits
• Dedicated care coordination support for our LGBTQ+ community
• Generous paid time off, including:
  Vacation, sick time and holidays
  Volunteer time to participate within your community
  Discretionary year-end shutdown
  Paid sabbatical after 5 years; every 3 years thereafter
• Generous Paid Leave offerings, including 18 weeks of 100% paid parental leave for all new parents
• 401k match and Financial Planning tools
• Moderna-paid Life, LTD and STD insurance coverages, as well as voluntary benefit options
• Complimentary concierge service including home services research, travel booking, and entertainment requests
• Free parking or subsidized commuter passes
• Location-specific perks and extras!

Candidates should be aware that Moderna currently maintains a policy requiring all US-based employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and receive a booster shot once eligible. Newly hired employees must be vaccinated and boosted prior to their employment start date. Moderna is an equal opportunity employer and will provide a reasonable accommodation to those unable to be vaccinated or receive a booster where it is not an undue hardship to the company to do so as provided under federal, state, and local law.

About Moderna

In over 10 years since its inception, Moderna has transformed from a research-stage company advancing programs in the field of messenger RNA (mRNA), to an enterprise with a diverse clinical portfolio of vaccines and therapeutics across seven modalities, a broad intellectual property portfolio in areas including mRNA and lipid nanoparticle formulation, and an integrated manufacturing plant that allows for rapid clinical and commercial production at scale. Moderna maintains alliances with a broad range of domestic and overseas government and commercial collaborators, which has allowed for the pursuit of both groundbreaking science and rapid scaling of manufacturing. Most recently, Moderna's capabilities have come together to allow the authorized use and approval of one of the earliest and most effective vaccines against the COVID-19 pandemic.

Moderna's mRNA platform builds on continuous advances in basic and applied mRNA science, delivery technology and manufacturing, and has allowed the development of therapeutics and vaccines for infectious diseases, immuno-oncology, rare diseases, cardiovascular diseases and autoimmune diseases. Moderna has been named a top biopharmaceutical employer by Science for the past seven years. To learn more, visit www.modernatx.com.

Moderna is a smoke-free, alcohol-free and drug-free work environment.

Moderna is committed to equal employment opportunity and non-discrimination for all employees and qualified applicants without regard to a persons race, color, gender, age, religion, national origin, ancestry, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation or any characteristic protected under applicable law. Moderna will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with known disabilities, in accordance with applicable law.

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