Quotient Therapeutics: Finance Business Partner

Flagship Pioneering; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A biotechnology company is seeking a Finance Business Partner to manage day-to-day financial operations in the UK. The ideal candidate should have over 8 years of experience in financial roles, particularly in life sciences. Responsibilities involve budgeting, financial reporting, and collaboration with various teams to support strategic initiatives. This role is primarily on-site in Cambridge, UK, with quarterly travel to the USA.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in the life sciences / biotechnology industry.
• Experience in a company that has completed a successful IPO is a plus.
• Proven ability to effectively scrutinize business assumptions.

Responsibilities

• Create and track annual budgets and updated monthly forecasts.
• Manage cash forecasts and ensure awareness of financial runway.
• Support accounting team for UK tax and compliance.

Skills

Financial and accounting experience

Strong business acumen

Project management skills

Presentation skills

Education

BS/BA in accounting or finance

MBA and/or CPA

Job description

Overview

Company Summary: Quotient Therapeutics develops breakthrough medicines informed by natural somatic genetic diversity present in patients. Through our work in somatic genomics, we are forging a new status quo for biopharma research and development across a broad pipeline of internal and partnered programs. We are a privately held, early-stage company and are an equal opportunity employer.

The company was founded by Flagship Pioneering, an innovative enterprise that conceives, creates, resources, and grows first-in-category life sciences companies. Flagship Pioneering has created over 100 groundbreaking companies over the past twenty years, all of which are pioneering novel and proprietary biological, industrial, and engineering approaches to solve major needs in human health and sustainability. These companies include Moderna (MRNA), Generate Biomedicines, Sana Biotechnology (SANA), Tessera Therapeutics, Evelo Biosciences (EVLO), Indigo Agriculture, Seres Therapeutics (MCRB), and Syros Pharmaceuticals (SYRS).

Position Summary:

Quotient is seeking a Finance Business Partner to work as a strategic member of the Quotient team. This person will act as an advisor to company leaders while also managing day to day US and UK financial operations including financial forecasting and reporting, analysis of results, cash runway oversight, ad hoc analysis to support business decisions, office administration and technology.

We are looking for someone who is excited to be part of a growing, science-driven company and will work closely across the business partners and leadership team as well as with the accounting and other support teams located in Boston, MA. The ideal candidate operates with a growth mindset, pays attention to detail, and has a deep-rooted desire to achieve excellence. Being collaborative is key – in this function, there will be many interactions with other leaders at Quotient, such as those in the research, strategy, project management, IT and administrative team. This role is based in the vicinity of Cambridge, UK and will be primarily based on site [with quarterly travel to the US site – confirm?]. All applicants will require permission to work in the UK.

Key Responsibilities:

• Create, maintain and track annual budgets and updated monthly forecasts
• Create and deliver management financial reports and analyses
• Manage cash forecasts and ensure team is aware of financial runway
• Support accounting team for UK tax and compliance
• Work collaboratively across the Quotient and Flagship teams, especially with the COO and Head of Finance to ensure financial models support fundraising and other strategic initiatives as well as working closely with the Accounting, IT, HR and other administrative teams
• Support development of board reports and other ad hoc reports/analyses
• Drive specific projects and initiatives unique to a fast-growing biotechnology start-up, such as system implementations and updates and business process improvements
• Ensure financial processes and systems are ready to support future growth

Requirements:

• 8+ years of financial and accounting experience in the life sciences / biotechnology industry. Experience in a company that has completed a successful IPO is a plus
• 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 succinctly and effectively deliver recommendations to senior leaders; frames complex concepts
• Proven track record of defining processes and putting in place financial analyses and tools that improve decision making

About Flagship

Flagship Pioneering invents and builds bioplatform companies, each with the potential for multiple products that transform human health or sustainability. Since its launch in 2000, Flagship has originated more than 100 companies. Many of these companies have addressed humanity’s most urgent challenges: vaccinating billions of people against COVID-19, curing intractable diseases, improving human health, preempting illness, and feeding the world by improving the resiliency and sustainability of agriculture.

Flagship has been recognized twice on FORTUNE’s “Change the World” list, an annual ranking of companies that have made a positive social and environmental impact through activities that are part of their core business strategies and has been twice named to Fast Company’s annual list of the World’s Most Innovative Companies. Learn more about Flagship at www.flagshippioneering.com.

Flagship Pioneering and our ecosystem companies are committed to equal employment opportunityregardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status.

At Flagship, we recognize there is no perfect candidate. If you have some of the experience listed above but not all, please apply anyway. Experience comes in many forms, skills are transferable, and passion goes a long way. We are dedicated to building diverse and inclusive teams and look forward to learning more about your unique background.

Recruitment & Staffing Agencies : Flagship Pioneering and its affiliated Flagship Lab companies (collectively, “FSP”) do not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than candidates. The submission of unsolicited resumes by recruitment or staffing agencies to FSP or its employees is strictly prohibited unless contacted directly by Flagship Pioneering’s internal Talent Acquisition team. Any resume submitted by an agency in the absence of a signed agreement will automatically become the property of FSP, and FSP will not owe any referral or other fees with respect thereto.