Financial Planning and Analysis Associate Director

Financial Planning & Analysis Associate Director Location: 50 Northern Ave., Boston, Massachusetts, 02210 Openings: 1 Responsibilities Provide financial direction and strategic insight to functional leaders, defining and delivering short‑term and long‑term goals, including identification of key value drivers and Business KPIs. Provide strategic decision support, influencing decisions and identifying opportunities to invest, save costs, and mitigate risks on a global basis. Lead the financial planning process for areas of responsibility including budget, forecast, and long‑range plan, developing key scenarios and identifying key risks and uncertainties for potential mitigation. Lead financial performance management for areas of responsibility, including monthly accruals, forecast, and operating review, with a focus on understanding key drivers of short‑term performance and communicating a range of possible outcomes. Design, enhance, and maintain business valuation and cost of goods sold (COGS) financial models, providing COGS and gross margin analysis and identifying cost improvement opportunities at launch and over the long term. Partner within FP&A and with accounting, DTE, and HR to ensure clear ownership and management of deliverables from those teams and that finance services are delivered seamlessly to the business. Ensure financial integrity and robust corporate governance and compliance of financial aspects for areas of responsibility. Telecommuting permitted up to 40% of the workweek. Qualifications Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Finance, Accounting or a related field and 8 years of experience in FP&A or a related occupation. Experience calculating COGS and manufacturing costing for biologics products in the pharmaceutical industry. Understanding of overall pharmaceutical manufacturing and supply chain expenses. Experience building financial models to assess manufacturing network strategy, including supplier location decisions, risk assessment, geopolitical impacts, and gross margin effects. Experience with capital expense (CapEx) investments significant to the pharmaceutical industry and business partnering with executive leadership. Strong skills utilizing MS Office and financial software applications, including Oracle Hyperion for reporting and consolidation. Experience building automation in financial software, including Power BI dashboards. Experience using inventory management systems such as Oracle Inventory Management to measure inventory levels. Ability to coordinate budget and forecast financial cycles, assess future manufacturing and supply chain expenses, consolidate data, and challenge stakeholder assumptions. Experience assessing future expenses and investments required over the next fiscal year or next 10 years (long‑range planning). Ability to coordinate COGS across the biologics portfolio, leveraging it to assess product profitability and strategic financial calculations. Experience conducting portfolio analysis, valuation, and ROI/ROIC assessments. Strong analytical skills for forecast cycle variance analysis, identifying whether expenses are higher or lower than expectations and anticipating company risk or opportunity. Experience analyzing manufacturing cost to determine future biologics portfolio COGS and understand drug substance performance and overhead costing. Experience articulating volume production relying on pharmaceutical manufacturing chain knowledge. Experience conducting net present value (NPV) financial analysis to evaluate manufacturing network strategy investments, building and P&L models, and comparing scenarios to assess financial profitability. Serve as a key financial leader to the executive team, providing financial direction through expense assessment, contributing monthly strategic insight, and explaining variances versus forecast cycles. Develop remediation plans to avoid risks and overspending and identify opportunities to compensate risk. Experience assessing manufacturing chain investment scenarios, including supplier investments exceeding $50 million USD, and providing guidance on investment financial implications. Experience calculating manufacturing cost per dose to project future gross margin for biologics launches. Define and deliver short‑term and long‑term goals for Commercial Manufacturing and Supply Chain, Cell & Gene Therapy and Biologics programs, including identification of key value drivers and Business KPIs, while providing strategic decision support and identifying global investment, cost‑saving, and risk‑mitigation opportunities. Compensation & Benefits Base Salary Range: $156,000 – $234,000 (pay range: $160,722 – $234,000) Eligible for annual bonus, annual equity awards, and overtime pay where applicable. Benefits include medical, dental, and vision coverage; paid time off; educational assistance; student loan repayment; commuting subsidy; matching charitable donations; 401(k) and additional resources. Work Flexibility Hybrid‑eligible role. Options: 1) Hybrid: work remotely up to two days per week; 2) On‑site: work five days per week on‑site with ad hoc flexibility. Flex status is subject to company policy. EEO Statement Vertex is committed to equal employment opportunity and non‑discrimination for all employees and qualified applicants without regard to a person's race, color, sex, gender identity or expression, age, religion, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, marital status, or any characteristic protected under applicable law. Vertex is an E‑Verify Employer in the United States and will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with known disabilities. Application Send resume to View email address on click.appcast.io. Reference: 12140.822. #J-18808-Ljbffr Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc (US)