Senior Manager FP&A, R&D

Wave Life Sciences • Cambridge, MA

2d • $136,000 - $184,000

About The Position

Wave Life Sciences is a biotechnology company focused on unlocking the broad potential of RNA medicines to transform human health. Our RNA medicines platform, PRISM, combines multiple modalities, chemistry innovation and deep insights in human genetics to deliver scientific breakthroughs that treat both rare and prevalent disorders. Our toolkit of RNA-targeting modalities including RNAi silencing and RNA editing provides us with unmatched capabilities for designing and sustainably delivering candidates that optimally address disease biology. Our diversified pipeline is focused on our obesity, alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency and PNPLA3 I148M liver disease programs and includes clinical programs for Duchenne muscular dystrophy and Huntington’s disease, as well as several preclinical programs utilizing our versatile RNA medicines platform. Driven by the calling to “Reimagine Possible”, we are leading the charge toward a world in which human potential is no longer hindered by the burden of disease. Description The Senior Manager of Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) serves as a finance thought partner to pre-clinical and clinical operations and other research and development (R&D) teams. In this role you will be responsible for financial strategy, planning, forecasting, performance management and decision support. This role combines financial expertise with a deep understanding of drug development to ensure alignment of business strategies with financial stewardship.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, or related field; MBA is preferred
• Minimum of 5 years of progressive experience in Finance within biotech, pharma or life sciences
• Strong business acumen with considerable FP&A experience supporting clinical operations or R&D is required
• Strong knowledge of clinical trial processes, CRO contracts, and R&D operations
• Demonstrated ability to influence and communicate effectively with senior stakeholders
• Demonstrated ability to analyze complex data sets, distill insights, and make recommendations
• Strong understanding of financial modeling, valuations and forecasting and variance analysis
• Proven track record to partner effectively with cross-functional teams in a dynamic environment
• Expertise in financial planning tools (Adaptive Insights) and ERP systems and accounting principles particularly clinical trial accruals
• Self-starter with ability to operate independently, drive processes, identify and implement process improvements, establish and adjust priorities to achieve objectives and operate with speed and agility

Responsibilities

• Partner with pre-clinical and clinical operations, R&D and other stakeholders to prepare, budgets, forecasts and long-range financial plans
• Serve as a trusted financial thought partner providing insights and recommendations to guide decision-making
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather relevant information for financial analyses
• Support the month-end close activities in partnership with Accounting, including generating monthly accruals and spend analyses
• Approve, track, and manage vendor commitments, purchase orders, and invoices to ensure proper financial control
• Support the financial reporting process, including delivering actionable insights through financial dashboards, variance analysis, KPI tracking and management reports
• Support strategic initiatives through scenario modeling and ad-hoc financial analyses to support decision making
• Identify opportunities to continuously improve financial processes and systems to enhance efficiency and accuracy of financial planning and reporting

Benefits

• company-sponsored medical, dental, vision, life, long and short-term disability insurances
• generous paid time off (including a week-long company shutdown in the Summer and the Winter)
• 401K participation with matching contributions
• Employee Stock Purchase Program

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level