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Permanent Solutions Group

Head of Finance

Permanent Solutions Group, NJ, United States

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Overview


Our client is seeking a key member of the US Pharmaceutical Leadership Team and the Global Finance Leadership Team. As the Head of US Finance, this high-visibility, high-impact role will drive critical business and financial decision support and lead processes such as business advice, budgeting/forecasting, gross-to-net forecasting, management reporting, government reporting, and ad hoc analyses as the US organization grows.


The team is organized into three categories:



  • Commercial Finance (Gross-to-Net and Government Pricing)

  • Business Finance (FP&A)

  • US-based Global Finance Operations, with dotted-line leadership accountability for Financial Accounting (e.g., revenue recognition, reporting, US tax liaison)



Key Responsibilities



  • Lead a skilled team and engage in detail where needed

  • Provide financial and strategic business partnership and decision support to the US Organization (marketing, field, access, medical affairs, government affairs, etc.) as well as the Global Finance Leadership Team

  • Establish and maintain key US business processes and policies in areas such as revenue forecasting, gross-to-net forecasting and accruals, operating expense forecasting, pricing/discounting, revenue recognition, government pricing, expense tracking, financial operations, etc.

  • Make recommendations to President, US and the broader US Leadership Team on strategic resource allocation across the US Business Unit and the Global Enterprise

  • Develop, analyze, interpret and present revenue, gross-to-net, and operating expense insights to various stakeholders, tailoring messaging for executive audiences to line managers

  • Support Investor Relations with interpretation of US commercial performance and outlook

  • Reporting and Compliance: collaborate with group reporting on technical accounting matters, ensure compliance with local reporting requirements, and collaborate with Group Tax on ad hoc basis

  • Partner with Commercial to lead the development of a Monthly Commercial Business Review process

  • Establish and define KPIs and reports to manage business and financial performance

  • Proactively identify opportunities to generate business cases and evaluate options and their financial and business impact

  • Create and present analyses and recommendations to senior management

  • Track and understand the competitive landscape

  • Help optimize financial processes and planning within the US Business Unit, including data from external sources or disparate systems

  • Support and provide input into Global Financial processes and timelines; actively communicate with US organizations to ensure adherence

  • Serve as key stakeholder for Financial Systems implementations (e.g., EPM, BI, DW) as part of building the Finance technology infrastructure



Requirements



  • Minimum 15+ years’ finance and leadership experience; demonstrable success within the commercial biotech and/or pharmaceutical industry

  • Bachelor’s degree required; CPA/MBA preferred

  • Ability to think big-picture across functions and help arrive at the best decision for the overall organization

  • Ability to incorporate multiple perspectives and variables to analyze issues and form a recommendation

  • Ability to clearly articulate pros and cons and propose recommendations

  • Experience in gross-to-net revenue recognition and forecasting

  • Experience in government pricing and reporting

  • Experience and familiarity with ERP, MDM, planning/reporting and BI technologies

  • Hands-on, with the ability to transition from strategic thinking to tactical execution

  • Analytical and problem-solving skills

  • Excellent interpersonal and organizational skills; able to multi-task in a dynamic, fast-paced environment with changing priorities

  • Understanding of GAAP/IFRS accounting principles

  • Ability to travel up to 15% domestically and internationally



Preferred Skills



  • Experience in a multi-national pharmaceutical corporation supporting users across different geographies

  • Experience with commercial stage assets in competitive environments and managed care contracting

  • Advanced skills in MS Office, particularly Excel, PowerPoint, Power BI



Seniority level



  • Executive



Employment type



  • Full-time



Job function



  • Finance and Accounting/Auditing

  • Industries: Pharmaceutical Manufacturing and Financial Services

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