Director of Financial Planning and Analysis

About the role

The Director of Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) leads financial planning, forecasting, budgeting, and strategic analysis for a CDMO’s development services and commercial manufacturing operations. Reporting to senior leadership, the role partners with the CFO, COO, Site Heads, and Business Development to drive capacity planning, program profitability, capital investment decisions, and long‑term growth.

Key responsibilities

• Lead the annual operating plan, long‑range plan (3‑5 years), quarterly forecasts and monthly outlooks across all sites and business units.
• Build and maintain integrated financial models covering revenue, suite utilization, batch economics, COGS, gross margin, EBITDA and free cash flow.
• Translate commercial pipeline, contracts and backlog into rolling demand and revenue forecasts.
• Oversee cost accounting, standard costing, variance analysis and inventory valuation in compliance with GMP and US GAAP.
• Develop suite‑level utilization, throughput and cost‑per‑batch dashboards; identify idle capacity and bottlenecks.
• Own client/program‑level P&L, analyze margin by service line and recommend pricing or scope adjustments.
• Partner with Business Development on proposal models, quote‑to‑cash economics and change‑order financials.
• Provide finance partnership to Site Heads, Manufacturing, Quality, Supply Chain and Engineering.
• Lead CapEx planning, post‑investment reviews and build IRR, NPV and payback analyses for facility expansions and technology investments.

Required profile

• Extensive experience in cost accounting and operational finance within a regulated pharmaceutical, biologics or cell‑and‑gene therapy manufacturing environment.
• Proven ability to translate complex production economics into clear, actionable recommendations for executive leadership.
• Strong partnership skills with senior operational leaders and experience supporting strategic capital decisions.

Required skills

• Cost accounting
• Variance analysis
• Financial modeling
• IRR and NPV analysis
• GMP compliance
• US GAAP
• Budgeting and forecasting