Manager, Financial Planning & Analysis

Position Summary:

The Manager, G&A, Research, & Discovery FP&A will be responsible for budgeting and forecasting, financial reporting, and month-end accruals; provide complete financial support to the G&A, Research, & Discovery functions, partnering with functional leadership. This role will report to the Director, FP&A. This is a high-visibility role working across all levels of the company with exposure to multiple executive members.

Key Responsibilities Include:

• Own all aspects of G&A, Research, & Discovery Operating Expense Financial planning activities (Long Range Plan, Annual Operating Plan, and Bi-annual forecasting with associated variance analyses).
• Manage the month-end/Quarter-end close process for G&A, Research, & Discovery cost center expenses inclusive of PO accruals and journal entries, headcount reconciliations, while enhancing accuracy to minimize variability between actual results and budgets/forecasts.
• Financial reporting and analysis including monthly reporting to functional leadership analyzing actual versus planned results to understand performance vs. Plan.
• Centralized ownership of our companywide financial planning software Adaptive Insights including model maintenance, update, and upkeep.
• Managing the relationship with our external Adaptive Insights subject matter expert.
• Consolidate monthly and quarterly FP&A team PO process & perform completeness check.
• Responsible for headcount/personnel costs planning and reporting working in conjunction with the HRBP and Finance Functional Leads.
• Ensure compliance with SOX requirements and Apellis accounting policies and procedures.
• Act as point person for cost center managers for any questions regarding budgets, actual expenses, and spending targets.
• Assist in creation of consolidated financial reporting packages for executive leadership.

Education, Registration & Certification:

• Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance with a minimum of 5 years' experience in areas of accounting or financial analysis/panning. 
• CPA or MBA is a plus. 

Experience:

•  Knowledge of US GAAP and SOX internal control principles for a public company. 
• Experience with SAP (ERP) and Adaptive Insights (planning and reporting). 
• Strong facilitation, communication, and presentation skills. 
• Ability to work collaboratively and partner successfully with non-finance personnel while remaining a strong representative of/for the finance team. 
• Ability to work in a team environment and willing to assist other team members to achieve goals and objectives. 
• Comfort challenging the status quo, driving change, and managing in a dynamic work environment.  

Physical Demands and Work Environment:

This is largely a sedentary role; however, some filing is required. This would require the ability to lift files, open filing cabinets and bend or stand on a stool as necessary. This job operates in a professional office environment and routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines.

Travel Requirements:

• Up to 20% travel expected. 

Benefits and Perks:

Apellis offers a great benefit package which includes: health insurance with full premium coverage, 401K with company match, paid time off (PTO), long- term disability insurance, life insurance and more!  Visit https://apellis.com/careers/ to learn more.
Company Background:

Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a global biopharmaceutical company that combines courageous science and compassion to develop life-changing therapies for some of the most challenging diseases patients face. We ushered in the first new class of complement medicine in 15 years and now have two approved medicines targeting C3. These include the first and only therapy for geographic atrophy, a leading cause of blindness around the world. With nearly a dozen clinical and pre-clinical programs underway, we believe we have only begun to unlock the potential of targeting C3 across many serious diseases.

For more information, please visit http://apellis.com or follow us on Twitter and LinkedIn

EEO Statement:

Apellis is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state and local fair employment practices laws. Apellis strictly prohibits and does not tolerate discrimination against employees, applicants or any other covered persons because of race, color, religion, creed, national origin or ancestry, ethnicity, sex (including pregnancy), gender (including gender nonconformity and status as a transgender or transsexual individual), age, physical or mental disability, citizenship, past, current or prospective service in the uniformed services, genetic information, marital status, AIDS/HIV status, smoker/nonsmoker, and occupational pneumoconiosis or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state or local law.

For San Francisco postings: Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.  

Other Duties:

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.