Director, FP&A

Role Summary:

The Director, Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) partners with the Finance team on the coordination and consolidation of the company’s budget, forecasts and long-range plan, and the associated reporting and analysis of actual spend. This position supports the VP of FP&A in all aspects of the budgeting and forecasting processes, planning for corporate items, financial analysis and support, and management reporting. Through an entrepreneurial approach, this individual will partner to establish processes that drive changes and efficiencies needed to achieve our research, clinical, operational, and organizational goals. In this fast-paced and high-exposure role, this role interacts with senior leaders throughout the organization to meet goals and objectives including partnering with the R&D leadership team, functional heads, and program/project teams to guide the future growth of Dyne. An ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment and to identify and implement right-sized tools, processes, and communication paths that facilitate financial analyses, efficient capital allocation, and strategic decision making are key.

This role is based in Waltham, MA without the possibility of being a remote role. Applicants must be able to relocate to the area

Primary Responsibilities Include:

• Provide financial and operational leadership for budgeting, forecasting, and strategic planning for the R&D organization
• Act as a strategic financial partner and point of contact for R&D leadership and key stakeholders across the organization
• Drive monthly financial and managerial reporting packages, including analysis of key financial metrics and executive level explanations of variances and trends
• Perform financial analyses to drive insights into business operations, enable optimal capital allocation decisions among various programs/projects, improve financial efficiency, and help guide strategic direction for the business
• Deliver financial presentations to senior leadership, including annual budget summaries and quarterly financial reports
• Pro-actively engage with program/project teams and functional leaders to manage budgets, challenge assumptions and estimates, identify areas for improvement and/or cost savings, and ensure consistency between departmental financial plans, corporate goals, and program/project timelines
• Manage key internal processes to ensure accuracy and transparency across the Finance organization
• Work closely with Accounting team to help facilitate month end close process, support consolidated financial reporting, and budget to actual reporting
• Build and manage models for problem solving and business forecasting
• Implement continuous enhancements in support of a quickly growing organization, including standardized reporting, process improvement, and benchmarking analysis
• Perform ad-hoc analysis and assist with special projects, as required

Education and Skills Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or Business
• Advanced degree, CPA, or MBA preferred
• 8+ years’ experience in FP&A
• Excellent knowledge of US GAAP accounting and SOX requirements
• Significant experience in the biotech or pharmaceutical industry with demonstrated cross-functional collaboration and leadership
• Detail oriented, solution driven with excellent written and verbal communication and presentation skills
• Strong problem solving, quantitative, and analytical skills including forecasting and financial modeling capabilities, and financial systems
• Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Office products (Excel and PowerPoint) is required
• Ability to understand complex financial statements and valuation models
• Strong written and verbal communication skills; effective at communicating across all levels in the organization
• Strong organizational skills to meet tight deadlines
• Enjoys a challenging, fast-paced environment
• Strong interpersonal skills; effective on teams as well as individually
• Results driven; adaptable, flexible and creative in developing new improvement ideas and solutions

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