VP, Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A)

August Bioservices•Nashville, TN

About The Position

August Bioservices is a privately owned, high-growth Contract Development Manufacturing Organization (CDMO) headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee. It provides drug discovery, formulation, and manufacturing services to pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies. The company is investing in a two-phase expansion, including a new facility adjacent to its current site. The VP of Financial Planning & Analysis supports the business through revenue reporting, planning, and analysis. The role provides insights into drivers of financial and operating performance and owns the development and maintenance of complex financial models and related reporting and planning tools. By analyzing trends, performance measures, and financial results, the VP identifies opportunities to improve business performance. The role collaborates across the organization to align forecasting, budgeting, cost accounting and analytics, and long-range planning, and is highly visible to executive leadership.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, business, or another quantitative field.
15 or more years of FP&A experience, with a focus on complex manufacturing.
Experience with Oracle ERP, business intelligence, or comparable systems.
Good understanding of financial statements.
Experience working with large data sets.
Proficient with Microsoft Office products, including advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills.
Self-starter who is detail-oriented, efficient, and organized, with an exceptional ability to establish priorities and objectives under tight deadlines.
Excellent presentation and communication skills, including the ability to communicate effectively across all organizational levels.
Ability to establish and maintain effective, collaborative working relationships with diverse individuals, internally and externally.
Curiosity and dedication to continued learning and growth.
Comfort, ease, and flexibility working in a fast-paced, changing, deadline-driven environment.
Cooperative team player with a positive, can-do attitude.

Responsibilities

Lead business reporting by identifying, defining, and implementing key performance indicators that provide insights into business performance trends.
Manage strategic initiatives, evaluate and prioritize alternatives, develop cost-benefit analyses, and provide actionable recommendations.
Prepare, deliver, and own presentations and dashboards for the Executive Leadership Team and franchisee base.
Perform detailed analyses for all revenue-driving functions of the business.
Collaborate with the business to support the development and preparation of annual plans, forecasts, and long-range plans.
Build and maintain complex forecasting models and methodologies by reviewing historical trends and analyzing actual results against forecast drivers.
Partner with plant operations, supply chain, and sales teams to identify drivers of revenue, costs, and margins.
Gather, organize, and analyze data from various sources to facilitate review of revenue and same-store sales performance, including business intelligence, ERP, and cloud-based software.
Track, research, and analyze industry and competition.
Explain variances in financial and KPI performance versus plan, forecast, and prior year to leadership.
Assist with consolidating financial results for quarterly results, annual plans, forecasts, and long-range plans for senior management and the Board of Directors.
Execute ad hoc analytical requests, database queries, and report generation as needed.