Associate Director, Financial Planning & Analysis

Century Therapeutics, Inc. • Philadelphia, PA

10h

About The Position

Century Therapeutics (NASDAQ: IPSC) is a biotechnology company advancing a pipeline of induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC)-derived cell therapies with the potential to meaningfully address autoimmune diseases, including type 1 diabetes, and cancer. The company’s therapies are derived from its iPSC cell foundry and leverage its novel immune evasion engineering technology, Allo-Evasion™. Century believes its approach to developing off-the-shelf cell therapies will expand patient access and provide advantages over existing cell therapies which will ultimately advance the course of care.

The Associate Director, Financial Planning & Analysis is a strategic and highly visible position, reporting directly to the Senior Vice President, Head of Finance & Principal Financial Officer. This individual must be able to partner with key leaders across all Functions including Research, Development, Regulatory Affairs, Technical Development and Manufacturing, and G&A as well as across the broader Leadership Team. This role will provide support to our functional areas in planning, forecasting, and performance analysis. This individual will also be responsible to ensure a companywide consistent approach to strategic analysis and modeling to enable corporate decision support, optimize corporate development opportunities, and work closely with the Head of Business Development.

Requirements

• The position requires a financial professional capable of managing multiple priorities in a dynamic, complex, and rapidly growing organization. Prior FP&A roles within Biotech is a must and Pharma experience is also highly valued.
• The ideal candidate will possess a minimum of 10 years of relevant experience; MBA or CPA is a plus.
• Excellent financial modeling skills and extensive experience conducting quantitative and qualitative financial analysis .
• Experience with the creation and maintenance of forecasting and modeling tool and applications (e.g., Adaptive, etc.).
• Proficient in Excel (including programing “if/and” statements, financial formulas, pivot tables, etc.), and PowerPoint (able to draft logical, concise presentations with good formatting and storyboarding).
• Strong communication/presentation skills with track record of presenting complex financial analyses to executives/ senior management with precision and concision.
• Familiarity with GAAP and accounting principles and practices.
• Familiarity and comfort operating in a start-up/entrepreneurial environment, making the most of bandwidth and resources in a fast paced workplace.
• A strong interest in science and medicine and a passion for learning new scientific concepts as are appropriate to complete the responsibilities of the role.
• Ability to prioritize multiple competing tasks/responsibilities and rapidly pivot between tasks based on company needs
• Ability to be a strong thought-partner to cross-functional colleagues.
• Ability to influence management, de-escalate and resolve conflict, manage politics, and get things done quickly and effectively.
• Ability to create structure and definition in situations that are uncertain or ambiguous.
• Collaborates well with team members, building trust and respect through all interactions.
• Eagerness to learn new skills and be comfortable working on things for the first time, broadening capabilities over time.

Nice To Haves

• Bonus: Experience with deal modeling and experience directly supporting business development.

Responsibilities

• Partner with functional areas to support budget and forecast submissions.
• Develop and update the Company’s long-range plan (LRP), including projected future needs for capital, headcount, facilities and other infrastructure.
• Develop clear, insightful financial commentaries for leadership reviews.
• Prepare monthly and quarterly business review presentations for senior leadership.
• Analyze financial performance and variances across functional areas.
• Support ad hoc analysis and special projects for executive stakeholders.
• Establish collaborative, effective, and trusting relationships across key internal functions including Clinical, R&D, Legal, Manufacturing, Program Management, People, and Business Development to ensure the free flow of information and ideas.
• Design, manage and maintain advanced valuation and portfolio models, analytical tools, methodologies, and software to support strategic corporate and R&D investment decisions related to portfolio management, and business development/licensing/M&A. These valuations will support the broader Leadership Team and Board of Directors decision making and will be used by external audiences including the investment community, auditors, and potential collaboration partners.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Education Level: No Education Listed