Executive Director DSA Commercial Finance (Remote)

Charles River Labs; Senneville; Remote; CAD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Charles River Labs is seeking an Executive Director DSA Commercial Finance to provide strategic financial leadership and to drive business performance. The role requires extensive experience in financial analysis, the ability to lead high-performing teams, and a solid understanding of commercial finance strategies. Ideal for candidates passionate about improving health and well-being globally, this position offers a chance to contribute significantly to the company’s mission.

Benefits

Bonus/incentives based on performance

401K

Paid time off

Stock purchase program

Health and wellness coverage

Qualifications

• 20+ years of experience in accounting or finance.
• Minimum of 10 years’ experience in financial analysis.
• Comprehensive understanding of operational, sales and financial issues.

Responsibilities

• Build, develop and lead a high-performing team.
• Drive the development of management reporting and planning systems.
• Partner in developing and implementing commercial strategies.
• Prepare and present financials and key indicators for business reviews.

Skills

Leadership

Financial Analysis

Strategic Mindset

Team Performance Management

Influencing Skills

Negotiating Skills

Education

Bachelor's degree (B.A./B.S.) or equivalent

MBA, CPA, or CMA designation preferred

Job description

For 75 years, Charles River employees have worked together to assist in the discovery, development and safe manufacture of new drug therapies. When you join our family, you will have a significant impact on the health and well-being of people across the globe. Whether your background is in life sciences, finance, IT, sales or another area, your skills will play an important role in the work we perform. In return, we’ll help you build a career that you can feel passionate about.

Job Summary

The Executive Director DSA Commercial Finance is accountable for establishing sustainable and accurate forecasting and reporting, STRAT, budget development and delivery, and financial analysis, in addition to providing financial leadership, direction, and advice to the DSA Commercial team. The role requires leadership, strategic mindset, team performance management, along with strong influencing and negotiating skills.

In this role, primary responsibilities include:

• Build, develop and lead a high-performing team.
• Focus on customer centricity and work closely with internal business partners, providing financial expertise and value-added services to support them in achieving their objectives.
• Initiate and maintain positive business partnerships and collaboration across operations, business finance and corporate accounting teams.
• Ensure data integrity and quality in both internal and external reporting/analysis.
• Drive the development of management reporting and planning systems and tools.
• Promote standardization and simplification.

Commercial Finance

• Partner in developing and implementing commercial strategies, ensuring alignment with overall business and financial strategies.
• Work alongside the commercial team, supporting and advising strategic and operational decision making resulting in better business performance.
• Interpret, explain and drive performance in the industry, competitor and economic context.
• Support and influence key commercial and strategic decisions.
• Advise on key commercial planning opportunities.
• Perform commercial analytics, such as pricing, customer segmentation, service line profitability and price/volume/mix.
• Prepare and present financials and key indicators for business reviews, management reporting, budget and strategic planning.
• Prepare analysis of monthly, quarterly and annual financials compared to forecast, budget and prior year, including market impacts, currency fluctuations, etc.
• Perform complex analyses including year-to-year comparisons and margins on new services for forecasting and pricing purposes.
• Analyze appropriate key performance indicators optimally to improve commercial performance.

Job Qualifications

We are looking for the following minimum qualifications for this role:

• Bachelor’s degree (B.A./B.S.) or equivalent required.
• 20+ years related experience in accounting or finance, with a minimum of 10 years’ experience in financial analysis.
• An equivalent combination of education and experience may be accepted as a satisfactory substitute for the specific education and experience listed above.
• Certification/Licensure: MBA, CPA or CMA designation preferred.
• Comprehensive understanding of operational, sales and financial issues for business unit required.
• This position may require domestic and international travel.

If you are interested in contributing to the well-being of our communities, not only across the country but around the world, please join us. This is Your Moment!

About Corporate Functions
The Corporate Functions provide operational support across Charles River in areas such as Human Resources, Finance, IT, Legal, Sales, Quality Assurance, Marketing, and Corporate Development. They partner with their colleagues across the company to develop and drive strategies and to set global standards. The functions are essential to providing a bridge between strategic vision and operational readiness, to ensure ongoing functional innovation and capability improvement.

About Charles River
Charles River is an early-stage contract research organization (CRO). We have built upon our foundation of laboratory animal medicine and science to develop a diverse portfolio of discovery and safety assessment services, both Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) and non-GLP, to support clients from target identification through preclinical development. Charles River also provides a suite of products and services to support our clients’ clinical laboratory testing needs and manufacturing activities. Utilizing this broad portfolio of products and services enables our clients to create a more flexible drug development model, which reduces their costs, enhances their productivity and effectiveness to increase speed to market.

With over 20,000 employees within 110 facilities in over 20 countries around the globe, we are strategically positioned to coordinate worldwide resources and apply multidisciplinary perspectives in resolving our client’s unique challenges. Our client base includes global pharmaceutical companies, biotechnology companies, government agencies and hospitals and academic institutions around the world.

At Charles River, we are passionate about our role in improving the quality of people’s lives. Our mission, our excellent science and our strong sense of purpose guide us in all that we do, and we approach each day with the knowledge that our work helps to improve the health and well-being of many across the globe. We have proudly worked on 80% of the drugs approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the past five years.

We’re committed to providing benefits that elevate your quality of life. Based on your position these may include: bonus/incentives based on performance, 401K, paid time off, stock purchase program, Health and wellness coverage, employee and family wellbeing support programs, and work life balance flexibility.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Charles River is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all qualified applicants and employees without regard to race, color, sex, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, mental or physical disability, family status, pregnancy, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.

It is unlawful in some states (including Massachusetts) to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.

If you are interested in applying to Charles River Laboratories and need special assistance or an accommodation due to a disability to complete any forms or to otherwise participate in the resume submission process, please contact a member of our Human Resources team by sending an e-mail message to [e-mail]. This contact is for accommodation requests for individuals with disabilities only and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications.

For more information, please visit www.criver.com.