Description
Flagship Pioneering is a biotechnology company that invents and builds platform companies that change the world. We bring together the greatest scientific minds with entrepreneurial company builders and assemble capital to allow them to take courageous leaps.
The VP of Finance at Flagship Labs will serve as a strategic finance partner to a portfolio of early-stage platform companies (pre-Series A through Series B). This individual will advise company leadership on financial strategy while overseeing the day-to-day financial operations of each portfolio company, including month-end closing, cash management, budgeting and forecasting, administrative functions, and technology oversight.
Key responsibilities include:
- Collaborating with platform company leadership teams to develop long-term strategic plans, define key milestones, and build detailed financial models and projections
- Partnering with Pioneering Business Unit (PBU) Leadership, Flagship Labs Leadership, Business Analytics and Pipeline & Product Innovation (P&PI) team
to create value maps with potential unlocks for portfolio companies
- Overseeing cash flow planning in alignment with financing requirements and scientific milestones
- Overseeing annual budgets, rolling monthly forecasts and long-range plans for responsible portfolio companies in partnership with FP&A
- Preparing financial materials for Board of Directors meetings and other governance meetings
- Supporting corporate governance activities
- Overseeing the Venture Debt strategy, execution, and governance across Flagship Lab
- Partnering with the Flagship Facilities team to strategically optimize space allocation across portfolio companies
- Driving high-impact projects typical of rapidly scaling biotechnology startups
Minimum qualifications:
- 10+ years of financial and accounting experience in the life sciences / biotechnology industry
- BS/BA in accounting or finance; MBA and/or CPA preferred
- Strong business acumen: proven ability to effectively scrutinize and challenge assumptions and interpret the strategy and priorities of the organization in financial terms
- Excellent project management / consultative skills with demonstrated track record and ability to manage competing priorities and stakeholders
- Strong presentation skills to deliver succinctly and effectively deliver recommendations to senior leaders and frame complex concepts
The salary range for this role is $265,000 - $330,000. Compensation for the role will depend on a number of factors, including a candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies, and experience. Flagship Pioneering currently offers healthcare coverage, annual incentive program, retirement benefits and a broad range of other benefits.