Reports to: Director, Corporate Financial Planning & Analysis
Location: Connecticut
Email: resume@bpsearches.com
Position Summary
The Decision Analysis (DA) Associate will fulfill an important role on the Strategic and Decision Analytics team by providing financial and analytical insight that will ultimately inform strategic decisions made by the Executive Committee. This individual will lead financial evaluations and analyses that will help us prioritize and execute on internal and external growth opportunities.
In this role, the Decision Analytics (DA) Associate will drive regular, cross-functional collaboration with Corporate Strategy, Business Development, Commercial Operations, and Research and Development. The end product of these efforts will be reports and presentations delivered to C-level executive management, including the CEO, CFO, and the Chief Strategy and Portfolio Officer.
An ideal candidate possesses outstanding project management skills, strong analytical abilities, and advanced knowledge of corporate finance. The Decision Analytics Associate will be accountable to executive management for insight and decision frameworks that will guide portfolio investments, and external licensing and acquisition activity.
In addition to regular collaboration with business leaders, we expect this individual to supervise and develop direct reports. As such, we are seeking a seasoned professional with 8-10 years of experience working in dynamic and challenging environments, strong interpersonal skills, and a high degree of accountability. Work experience in the life sciences industry is strongly preferred
Principal Responsibilities
Cross-Functional Decision Analytics
- Collaborate with Corporate Strategy to perform scenario modeling and financial analysis
- Work with Commercial New Products evaluation and market research teams to forecast and analyze revenue opportunities from internal pipeline and external therapies
- Team up with Business Development to develop financial and analytical frameworks that determine the expected Net Present Value and economic terms for licensing, partnership, and acquisition opportunities
- Partner with Technical Operations and R&D Strategy teams to drive productivity and profitability analyses – e.g., Return on Invested Capital, Economic Value Added, and expected Net Present Value – for pipeline prioritization and assessment
- Present findings to executive management and defend analyses and assumptions
- Meet regularly with Accounting, Tax, and Treasury finance colleagues to ensure alignment on funding requirements for pipeline investments, licensing and acquisition opportunities
Financial Decision Analytics
- Collaborate with Accounting, Business Planning, IT, Tax, and Treasury colleagues to support the development of long-range financial strategy
- Develop and regularly update licensing, merger and acquisition funding strategies and long-range capital allocation planning
- Control analyses and models that support reports to executive management on financial implications and recommendations related to licensing and acquisition opportunities, including project peak revenue opportunity, risk-adjusted NPVs, ROIC, and accretion / dilution impact
- Work with investment banking advisors to regularly inform executive management on our company’s valuation and financial positioning within the biopharmaceutical sector
Supervisory
- Design financial models and analytical templates that can be handed off to business partners in Corporate Strategy, Business Development, and New Products
- Train, supervise, and provide guidance to analysts that will control the company’s financial models
- Work with IT business partners to automate financial analyses, and supervise model migrations from Excel to business processing software
Qualifications
- 10+ years experience in strategic finance position, including Corporate Finance, Investment Banking, Corporate Development, Portfolio Assessment, or Investment Management
- Experience in Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology industry strongly preferred, especially in FP&A or Corporate/Business Development roles
- Outstanding ability to deliver reports and presentations to senior management
- Experience managing and developing people a strong plus
- Advanced interpersonal skills with ability to work with others as well as independently
- Strong finance competences
- Outstanding computer skills, including Microsoft Excel, Power Point, and Word
- Experience working with automation software viewed favorably
- Excellent problem solving and organizational skills
- Fluency in English both written and oral mandatory Leadership capabilities
- Flexibility and ability to adapt to changing conditions and different cultures
- Autonomous
- Sense of ethics and responsibility
- Define and manage the priorities
- Entrepreneurial spirit
- Rigor, reliability, good professional maturity
- Business orientation
- Communication and training skills
Education
- MBA required
- Candidate must have finance certification – such as CPA, CMA or CFA – or be committed to obtaining
- Coursework in finance, strategic management, and general business is strongly recommended
- Demonstrable accountability through high GPA and extra-curricular participation