Senior Director Finance
About The Position
Catalent’s Baltimore facility is a leading center for biologics development and manufacturing, offering state-of-the-art capabilities in clinical and commercial supply. The site supports a wide range of services, including process development, drug substance manufacturing, and aseptic fill/finish for biologics and advanced therapies. With a strong focus on innovation and quality, the Baltimore location plays a key role in delivering life-changing treatments to patients worldwide. Team members here work in a collaborative environment that values expertise, precision, and continuous improvement, making it an exciting place to contribute to cutting-edge biopharmaceutical solutions. The Senior Director of Finance for Catalent’s Baltimore Gene Therapy site will serve as the financial leader for the site’s commercial, development, and manufacturing operations. This role acts as a strategic business partner to the Site General Manager, Site Leadership Team, and the Biologics Segment Finance leader, driving financial performance, operational execution, and long‑range value creation. The position oversees FP&A, cost accounting, cash management, monthly close, budgeting, forecasting, capital planning, and strategic decision support across the Baltimore Gene Therapy network. This leader will play a critical role in improving visibility to site performance, optimizing cost structure, supporting customer negotiations, enhancing profitability, and ensuring financial integrity.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or related field required; MBA or CPA strongly preferred.
- 12+ years of progressive finance experience; minimum 5 years in a manufacturing or life sciences environment.
- Demonstrated leadership supporting a complex operations site; gene therapy, biologics, or pharma CDMO experience strongly preferred.
- Deep experience with FP&A, cost accounting, financial modeling, and ERP systems.
- Ability to influence senior stakeholders and drive cross‑functional alignment.
- Strong analytical rigor, executive presence, and communication skills.
- Demonstrable leadership experience at Catalent (including but not limited to participation in Catalent-sponsored leadership programs such as NGGL, GOLD, LEAD Now, GM Excellence, and GROW) may be considered in place of external experience
Responsibilities
- Leadership & Talent Development: Build, develop, and mentor a high‑performing finance team that can support a rapidly evolving clinical and commercial gene therapy operation.
- Financial Planning & Analysis: Own the site’s monthly actuals, monthly forecast, annual budget, and 5 year strategic plan, incorporating insights from commercial, operations, quality, and other functional teams.
- Operations Finance & Cost Accounting: Oversee site cost accounting structure, ensuring robust processes for batch costing, Bill of Materials, yields, scrap, and production order controls.
- Capital, Systems & Process Optimization: Lead financial governance for site capital investments, including business cases, ROI evaluations, and post project reviews.
- Customer & Commercial Support: Provide finance support to customer negotiations including pricing models, margin analysis, change orders, and contract structuring.
- Other duties as assigned.
Benefits
- Comprehensive Benefit Package (Health, Dental, Vision, & Life Insurance).
- Group Retirement Savings- Registered Pension Plan (RPP) with employer contributions.
- Paid Time Off Programs including Vacation, banked time, and personal time.
- Employee Reward and Recognition Programs.
- Opportunities for professional and personal development.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
