Associate Director, Finance

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for an Associate Director, TOPS Finance – Technical Development & Quality based in the United States.

• Serve as the primary finance business partner to Technical Development and Global Quality leadership, providing financial analysis, recommendations, and decision support for strategic and operational priorities.
• Lead annual operating plan, forecasting, and long-range planning activities, ensuring financial plans align with business priorities, technical milestones, quality initiatives, portfolio timelines, and broader financial commitments.
• Prepare executive-ready financial materials, including variance analyses, forecast bridges, investment business cases, risk and opportunity assessments, KPIs, and leadership presentations.
• Partner with functional leaders to understand spending drivers across headcount, capital, programs, vendors, projects, and other commitments, translating operational activity into accurate financial forecasts.
• Build and maintain financial models and scenario analyses to evaluate strategic alternatives, resource allocation, cost efficiencies, productivity opportunities, and investment decisions.
• Provide financial oversight for operating expenses, capital investments, headcount, program allocations, and project spending while ensuring compliance with internal controls and accounting requirements.
• Collaborate with Accounting, Corporate FP&A, procurement, HR, program management, technical, quality, and other stakeholders to ensure accurate actuals reporting and effective forecasting.
• Identify and implement improvements to FP&A processes, reporting, systems, data quality, and planning practices to increase efficiency and financial transparency.
• Develop trusted relationships with senior leaders, providing constructive challenge and connecting financial outcomes with operational and strategic objectives.
• Communicate complex financial and business topics clearly to finance, technical, quality, and executive audiences.
• Manage competing priorities and cross-functional workstreams while maintaining high-quality deliverables under demanding timelines.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives by applying data, systems, and process discipline to improve the speed and quality of business decisions.

• Minimum of 10 years of progressive experience in finance, FP&A, accounting, or business advisory roles.
• Experience in biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, life sciences, or another complex multinational environment is strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated experience partnering with senior functional leaders on operating plans, forecasts, long-range planning, business cases, resource allocation, and strategic financial decisions.
• Strong technical finance capabilities, including financial modeling, variance analysis, scenario planning, KPI development, investment evaluation, and financial storytelling.
• Experience supporting technically or operationally complex functions such as technical operations, quality, manufacturing, supply chain, R&D, CMC, or product development is preferred.
• Strong understanding of financial planning, management reporting, internal controls, and the relationship between operational activity, accounting outcomes, and overall financial performance.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to synthesize information from multiple sources, identify key financial drivers, and recommend practical solutions.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to create and present high-quality materials to senior leadership.
• Demonstrated ability to influence stakeholders, build trusted relationships, and work effectively across functions, cultures, and geographic regions.
• Strong ownership, business judgment, adaptability, and prioritization skills in a fast-paced, matrixed environment.
• Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.
• Experience with enterprise finance and planning systems such as Oracle, Hyperion, SAP, Anaplan, SAC, Power BI, or similar platforms is strongly preferred.
• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, or a related discipline is required.
• An advanced degree, CPA, ACA, ACCA, CIMA, MBA, or equivalent professional qualification is preferred.
• Willingness to travel occasionally to company sites and business meetings as required.

• Opportunity to take on a highly visible strategic finance role supporting critical technical development and quality functions.
• U.S.-based remote work opportunity, subject to business needs and applicable company policy.
• Exposure to senior leadership an