Summary:
We are seeking an initiative-taking and results-driven Senior Financial Analyst / Manager that is ready to take a leading role within our Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) Team. Reporting to the Director of Financial Planning & Analysis, the role will support financial planning, forecasting, and performance reporting across all functions at Verastem.
Responsibilities:
Financial Planning & Analysis
- Assist with short-term and long-term financial planning including the development and execution of annual budgeting and periodic forecasting processes across departments
- Analyze variances between actuals, budget, and forecast; provide actionable insights
- Streamline the delivery of timely, relevant, and accurate data to stakeholders
- Provide operational FP&A support in the form of expense reporting, performance variances, and root cause analysis
Performance Tracking, Data Visualization & Reporting
- Build and maintain interactive dashboards and reports using Workday Adaptive Planning
- Design, implement, and maintain Performance Management Packages across all functions of Verastem
- Translate complex data into clear, actionable insights for leadership
- Ensure data integrity and consistency across reporting tools and sources
- Identify opportunities to automate reporting and streamline processes
- Implement tools, models, and workflows to improve efficiency and accuracy
Participate in other ad-hoc projects, roles, and workload sharing between Finance and Accounting as appropriate
Other related duties, as assigned
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, or related field
- 5+ years of experience in financial reporting/analysis or related field experience in the biotechnology or pharmaceutical industry
- Strong expertise in financial modeling, forecasting, and budgeting
- Highly proficient in Microsoft Excel.
- Experience with financial planning tools (Workday Adaptive Planning preferred) and ERP systems (Oracle Fusion preferred).
- Effective communication skills, ability to effectively interact with others at all levels, within and outside of finance. Ability to tailor communication to the audience to achieve desired results
- Ability to adapt to a rapidly changing environment
- Excellent collaborator
- Self-motivated with a desire to learn and be challenged
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, or related field
- 5+ years of experience in financial reporting/analysis or related field
- Strong expertise in financial modeling, forecasting, and budgeting
- Highly proficient in Microsoft Excel
- Experience with financial planning tools (Workday Adaptive Planning preferred)
- Experience with ERP systems (Oracle Fusion preferred)
What We Do
Verastem Oncology (Nasdaq: VSTM) (Verastem, Inc.) is a biopharmaceutical company committed to the development and commercialization of new medicines to improve the lives of patients diagnosed with RAS/MAPK pathway-driven cancers. Our pipeline is focused on novel small molecule drugs that inhibit critical signaling pathways in cancer that promote cancer cell survival and tumor growth, including RAF/MEK inhibition, FAK inhibition and KRAS G12D inhibition. Pursuing unexplored pathways demands that we’re purposeful in everything we do. And it’s an endeavor that’s only possible with an experienced team of employees and partners dedicated to a singular purpose: changing and improving the way cancer is treated by delivering novel therapies that address areas of high unmet need in RAS/MAPK pathway-driven cancers. At Verastem Oncology, it takes our diversity of backgrounds, expertise, perspectives, and skills to find the answers that patients need, but don’t have—yet. To join our team or for more information, please visit www.verastem.com. X/Twitter: @VerastemOncolog
