Associate Director Finance
<p><strong>Who We Are</strong></p>
<p>Flagship Pioneering is a biotechnology company that invents and builds platform companies that change the world. We bring together the greatest scientific minds with entrepreneurial company builders and assemble capital to allow them to take courageous leaps. Those big leaps in human health and sustainability exponentially accelerate scientific progress in areas ranging from cancer detection and treatment to nature-positive agriculture. </p>
<p>What sets Flagship apart is our ability to advance biotechnology by uniting life science innovation, company creation, and capital investment under one roof in a way that is largely without precedent. Our scientific founders, entrepreneurial leaders, and professional capital managers are each aligned around an institutionalized process that enables us to innovate and transform for the benefit of people and planet. </p>
<p>Many of the companies Flagship has founded have addressed humanity’s most urgent challenges: vaccinating billions of people against COVID-19, curing intractable diseases, improving human health, preempting illness, and feeding the world by improving the resiliency and sustainability of agriculture. </p>
<p>Flagship has been recognized twice on FORTUNE’s “Change the World” list, an annual ranking of companies that have made a positive social and environmental impact through activities that are part of their core business strategies and has been twice named to Fast Company’s annual list of the World’s Most Innovative Companies.</p>
<p class="s3"><strong><span class="s2">Position Summary</span></strong></p>
<p class="s3"><span class="s4">The<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span class="s5">Associate Director, Finance,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span class="s4">will be a key member of the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span class="s4">Flagship Pioneering<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span class="s4">finance team, responsible for supporting financial planning, reporting, accounting, forecasting, and operational finance activities across<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span class="s4">primarily the Pioneering Medicine’s (</span><span class="s4">PM</span><span class="s4">)</span><span class="s4"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>portfolio of internal and partnered programs. This individual will partner closely with PM leadership, program teams, functional leaders, and cross-functional finance and accounting stakeholders to provide financial insight, strengthen budget discipline, and support timely, high-quality decision-making in a dynamic biotechnology environment.</span></p>
<p class="s3"><span class="s4">The role will manage core finance activities across assigned PM entities and programs, including budget-to-actuals, cash flow monitoring, management reporting, forecasting, close support, collaboration partner reporting, and ad hoc analysis. The Associate Director will also help improve finance processes, reporting standards, systems, and controls.</span></p>
<p class="s3"><span class="s4">While this role is primarily focused on<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span class="s4">the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span class="s4">Pioneering Medicines</span><span class="s4"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>business unit</span><span class="s4">, the successful candidate should also bring strong accounting and controllership capabilities and be able to provide cross-functional support to Flagship Labs or related portfolio company finance teams as business needs require. This may include supporting close review, GAAP compliance, audit readiness, financial statement analysis, accounting operations, and process improvement initiatives in partnership with the broader finance organization.</span></p>
<p class="s3"><strong><span class="s2">Key Responsibilities</span></strong></p>
<div class="s7"><span class="s6">•<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span class="s4">Serve as a finance partner to Pioneering Medicines leadership, program teams, functional leaders, and cross-functional stakeholders, providing financial insights that support portfolio, program, and business decision-making.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div>
<div class="s7"><span class="s6">•<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span class="s4">Manage financial planning, forecasting, reporting, and analysis for assigned PM entities, asset companies, internal programs, and partnered programs, including budget-to-actuals, variance analysis, cash flow monitoring, and management reporting.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div>
<div class="s7"><span class="s6">•<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span class="s4">Lead or support monthly, quarterly, and annual close activities, including accruals, journal entry and reconciliation review, financial reporting, flux analysis, and coordination with accounting and finance operations teams to ensure timely and accurate results.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div>
<div class="s7"><span class="s6">•<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span class="s4">Partner with Program Managers and functional leaders to develop and maintain program-level budgets, forecasts, operational plans, and financial models, including support for new asset proposals, ongoing program funding, and portfolio prioritization.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div>
<div class="s7"><span class="s6">•<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span class="s4">Support financial management of research collaborations, partnered programs, and external pharma relationships, including collaboration budget tracking, reporting requirements, forecasting, joint finance meeting preparation, and review of relevant financial terms.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div>
<div class="s7"><span class="s6">•<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span class="s4">Provide accounting and controllership support for PM, Flagship Labs, or related portfolio company needs as required, including GAAP compliance, audit support, financial statement review, close process support, ASC 842 lease accounting, capital project tracking, and accounting policy or process implementation.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div>
<div class="s7"><span class="s6">•<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span class="s4">Coordinate with Finance Operations, Accounting, Tax, Legal, Business Development, and external consultants to support audits, tax compliance, statutory or fund reporting, K-1 reporting where applicable, collaboration agreements,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span class="s4">financings</span><span class="s4">, company transitions, and other complex or evolving business needs.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div>
<div class="s7"><span class="s6">•<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span class="s4">Help develop, standardize, and improve finance reporting processes, close procedures, forecasting tools, systems, workflows, and internal controls to support scalability, accuracy, efficiency, and business visibility.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div>
<div class="s7"><span class="s6">•<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span class="s4">Proactively identify financial, operational, reporting, or control-related risks and opportunities, and recommend practical solutions that balance business needs, finance requirements, and compliance expectations.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div>
<div class="s7"><span class="s6">•<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span class="s4">Guide, mentor, and support junior finance or accounting team members, including providing review, coaching, and direction on financial analyses, close activities, reporting packages, process improvements, and project deliverables.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div>
<p class="s3"><strong><span class="s2">Minimum Qualifications</span></strong></p>
<div class="s7"><span class="s6">•<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span class="s4">BS/BA in accounting or finance; MBA is a plus.</span><span class="s4"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span class="s4">CPA Preferred.</span></div>
<div class="s7"><span class="s6">•<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span class="s4">10</span><span class="s4">+ years of financial and accounting experience. Life sciences / biotechnology industry preferred.</span></div>
<div class="s7"><span class="s6">•<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span class="s4">Strong understanding of US GAAP, financial reporting, accounting operations, month-end and quarter-end close processes, account reconciliations, accruals, and internal controls.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span class="s4">IFRS<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span class="s4">e</span><span class="s4">xperience<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span class="s4">is a plus</span></div>
<div class="s7"><span class="s6">•<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span class="s4">Experience with budgeting, forecasting, cash flow management, budget-to-actual analysis, variance analysis, and financial modeling across multiple entities, programs, or business units.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div>
<div class="s7"><span class="s6">•<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span class="s4">Demonstrated ability to partner effectively with cross-functional teams, including R&D, program management, business development, legal, tax, accounting, finance operations, senior leadership, and external partner
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