About This Role: As the Finance Partner, R&D (Manager), you will be the finance lead supporting our clinical development programs, business development R&D modeling, and other projects as necessary. You will play a crucial role in providing program-level financial leadership combined with hands-on clinical trial financial oversight. This position ensures disciplined investment, accurate forecasting, and fosters strong cross-functional partnerships across the organization. Your financial acumen will be instrumental in guiding strategic decisions, optimizing resource allocation, and driving value for the business. You will collaborate with key stakeholders to ensure seamless integration of financial insights into our research and development endeavors, ultimately contributing to the advancement of innovative solutions.
What You’ll Do:
- Build and manage detailed clinical study budgets, including per protocol, per patient, and per country/site allocations.
- Track trial spend across various spend categories, such as CROs, FSP/FSO, investigative sites, labs, and vendors.
- Oversee change orders, pass-through costs, and contract modifications, partnering with Accounting for month-end close processes.
- Monitor enrollment assumptions and cost drivers impacting forecasts.
- Conduct variance analysis and identify financial risks to timelines or budgets.
- Support negotiation and financial evaluation of vendor contracts.
- Serve as the primary finance business partner for one or more development programs, understanding total program R&D spend.
- Lead annual budgeting, quarterly forecasting, and long-range planning efforts.
- Develop integrated program financial models, including risk-adjusted and scenario-based analyses.
- Support portfolio prioritization and stage-gate investment decisions.
- Provide R&D financial modeling to support business development and licensing opportunities.
- Present financial updates, risk assessments, and investment scenarios to senior leadership.
- Ensure compliance with GAAP and internal financial policies, strengthening forecasting accuracy and reporting processes.
Who You Are: You are someone who is curious and thrives in a dynamic environment, able to navigate the complexities of the finance sector with ease. You possess a keen analytical mindset, allowing you to dissect financial data and derive actionable insights. Your ability to communicate effectively and build strong relationships across teams showcases your collaborative spirit. You bring a high degree of integrity and attention to detail, ensuring precision in all financial endeavors. Adaptable and agile, you embrace challenges as opportunities for growth and innovation, contributing to the success of the organization with your proactive approach.
Required Skills:
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field.
- At least 5 years of finance experience, ideally in investment banking or another Pharm/Biotech company.
- Advanced Excel and financial modeling expertise.
- Experience with ERP and Hyperion planning systems.
- Strong business partnering and excellent communication skills.
- High integrity and strong attention to detail.
- Process improvement mindset.
Preferred Skills:
- MBA preferred.
- Strong understanding of the drug development lifecycle.
- Demonstrated experience with portfolio modeling.
Additional Information
Base salary offered is determined through an analytical approach utilizing a combination of factors including, but not limited to, relevant skills & experience, job location, and internal equity.
Regular employees are eligible to receive both short term and long-term incentives, including cash bonus and equity incentive opportunities, designed to reward recent achievements and recognize your future potential based on individual, business unit and company performance.
In addition to compensation, Biogen offers a full and highly competitive range of benefits designed to support our employees’ and their families physical, financial, emotional, and social well-being; including, but not limited to:
- Medical, Dental, Vision, & Life insurances
- Fitness & Wellness programs including a fitness reimbursement
- Short- and Long-Term Disability insurance
- A minimum of 15 days of paid vacation and an additional end-of-year shutdown time off (Dec 26-Dec 31)
- Up to 12 company paid holidays + 3 paid days off for Personal Significance
- 80 hours of sick time per calendar year
- Paid Maternity and Parental Leave benefit
- 401(k) program participation with company matched contributions
- Employee stock purchase plan
- Tuition reimbursement of up to $10,000 per calendar year
- Employee Resource Groups participation
Why Biogen?
We are a global team with a commitment to excellence, and a pioneering spirit. As a mid-sized biotechnology company, we provide the stability and resources of a well-established business while fostering an environment where individual contributions make a significant impact. Our team encompasses some of the most talented and passionate achievers who have unparalleled opportunities for learning, growth, and expanding their skills. Above all, we work together to deliver life-changing medicines, with every role playing a vital part in our mission. Caring Deeply. Achieving Excellence. Changing Lives.
At Biogen, we are committed to building on our culture of inclusion and belonging that reflects the communities where we operate and the patients we serve. We know that diverse backgrounds, cultures, and perspectives make us a stronger and more innovative company, and we are focused on building teams where every employee feels empowered and inspired. Read on to learn more about our DE&I efforts.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, race, color, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, religion, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law. Biogen is an E-Verify Employer in the United States.
Biogen Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA Office
225 Binney Street, Cambridge, MA, United States, 02142
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