Financial Planning & Analysis Manager

Company: bluebird bio
Location: Somerville
Posted on: July 31, 2022

Job Description:

ABOUT THE FLOCK
As part of our exciting, fast-paced FP&A team, this individual will be a business-facing Finance team member providing critical business and financial decision support. This person will play an integral role in establishing and driving processes in areas such as budgeting/forecasting, management reporting and providing important input to and from FP&A to the business as we scale both to meet the needs of our organization.
HOW YOU'LL FLY
You'll help to bring more patients their bluebird days by:

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• Becoming a key resource to the R&D teams for all things finance including forward looking projections, contract reviews, requisitions and POs, accruals, and assessment of performance vs. plan, providing financial expertise across all areas of operations from planning to execution
  
• Providing decision support to stakeholders across R&D departments during active planning cycles (budget, reforecast, LRP) and on an ongoing and adhoc basis
  
• Developing, analyzing, interpreting and presenting financial results to various stakeholders within the organization, with the ability to adapt messaging depending on the audience, from department planners to executive level
  
• Supporting R&D during all planning phases to ensure alignment with the rest of our business during forward looking cycles, including running workstreams in coordination with executive management, our business partners & the broader FP&A team
  
• Collaborating with relevant members of our accounting team on processes such as the month-end close, including partnership on accruals and Budget versus Actual analyses
  
• Advising on business planning assumptions, trade-offs and scenarios to support strategic decisions within the business
  
  WHAT YOU'LL BRING
  You're the bird we're looking for if you have:
  
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  • Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance and 5+ years of financial business partner experience
    
  • Understanding of GAAP/IFRS accounting principles
    
  • In depth knowledge of MS Office applications
    
  • Knowledge of financial planning software (e.g. Hyperion)
    
  • Excellent communication and organizational skills and ability to effectively work with cross-functional teams
    
  • Ability to multi-task in a dynamic and fast-paced environment with changing priorities
    

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