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Neurocrine Biosciences · 1 week ago

Associate Director, R&D Finance Business Partner (Onsite)

San Diego, CA

Full-time

Onsite

Lead/Staff, Director/Executive

$164K/yr - $223K/yr

8+ years exp

Neurocrine Biosciences is a leading neuroscience-focused biopharmaceutical company dedicated to discovering life-changing treatments for patients. The Associate Director, R&D Finance Business Partner will provide strategic and analytical finance support to R&D programs, ensuring financial discipline and optimizing resource allocation.

BiotechnologyHealth CarePharmaceutical

Comp. & Benefits

Hiring Manager

Chris Lewis, SPHR

Responsibilities

Adds significant value to R&D pipeline programs and functions by creating and/or updating financial models and analyses that support decision-making and provide key insights to Senior Leaders and R&D project teams

Acts as the senior business partner for the assigned R&D programs and functions as an embedded resource to deliver financial information and data-driven business insights

Develops financial reports, including monthly and quarterly financial reports and associated variance reporting to budget and prior periods. Partners with key stakeholders to create an annual forecast and long-range plan, as well as support quarterly latest estimate process

Leads technical analysis to determine present and future financial performance. Gathers, analyzes, prepares and summarizes recommendations for various investments across R&D. Prepares financial analyses to support business requirements, governance interactions, and overall financial health of drug development programs

Performs ad-hoc analyses as needed that lead to actionable recommendations for the business (e.g., analyzing capital requirements, depreciation expenditure, return on investment)

Collaborates with cross-functional business partners and teams within R&D, Medical Affairs, Human Resources, IT, Purchasing, and Accounting

Supports the accounting function by assisting with the periodic contract accruals analyses

Challenges and develops current process and methodologies and pushes for improvement

Performs other functions and projects as assigned by the Senior Management

May work on other project that are specific to the assigned organization

Other duties as assigned

Qualification

Financial planningAnalysisBiopharma experienceFP&A systems experienceUS GAAP knowledgeMicrosoft ExcelAnalytical thinkingProcess improvement mindsetProblem-solvingCommunication skills