Associate Director, Corporate Financial Planning & Analysis

BioSpace; Cambridge (MA); On-site; USD 143,000 - 257,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive healthcare

Well‑being resources

Family planning benefits

Generous PTO

Equity/bonus potential

Location-specific perks

Job summary

Moderna is seeking a strategic FP&A leader in Cambridge to support enterprise-wide planning, forecasting, and performance management. You will partner with senior leadership and cross-functional teams to deliver insights that inform resource allocation and long-term value creation.

The role sits in Corporate Finance, consolidating, analyzing, and communicating financial results, transforming data into actionable executive-ready insights and presentations.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of progressive FP&A or corporate finance experience.
• Strong financial modeling, forecasting, and analytical capabilities.
• Proven experience partnering with senior leaders and influencing decisions.
• Advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills; experience with financial planning systems.
• Strong communication skills, sound judgment, and attention to detail.
• MBA, CPA, or CFA (preferred).

Responsibilities

• Lead consolidated budgeting processes.
• Analyze actual results versus plan and communicate key drivers, risks, and opportunities.
• Develop management reporting, dashboards, and executive-level presentations.
• Support month-end close activities in partnership with accounting, including spend and accrual reviews.
• Own companywide labor and benefits forecasting, ensuring alignment between forecasts and actuals.
• Support strategic initiatives through scenario modeling and investment decision analysis.
• Enhance FP&A processes, tools, and financial models to improve accuracy, efficiency, and scalability.
• Ensure data integrity and consistency across systems and planning assumptions.

Skills

Financial modeling

Forecasting

Analytics

Strategic partnering

Advanced Excel

PowerPoint

Education

Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, or economics

Tools

Hyperion EPM

Anaplan

Job description

The Role

In this highly visible and strategic role, you will support enterprise-wide financial planning, forecasting, and performance management while helping shape key business decisions across Moderna. Reporting to the Senior Director of Corporate FP&A, you will partner closely with senior leadership and cross‑functional teams to deliver insights that inform decision‑making, resource allocation, and long‑term value creation.

The Role

In this highly visible and strategic role, you will support enterprise-wide financial planning, forecasting, and performance management while helping shape key business decisions across Moderna. Reporting to the Senior Director of Corporate FP&A, you will partner closely with senior leadership and cross-functional teams to deliver insights that inform decision‑making, resource allocation, and long‑term value creation.

The position sits within Corporate Finance and plays a central role in consolidating, analyzing, and communicating financial results across the organization. As a trusted finance partner, you will transform complex financial data into actionable insights and executive‑level presentations that support strategic decision‑making. This role offers significant exposure to senior leadership and the opportunity to influence enterprise‑wide planning, investment decisions, and business performance in a fast‑paced, transformational environment.

This is an exciting opportunity for a strategic finance professional who thrives on solving complex business challenges, building influential partnerships, and driving meaningful impact. The role offers broad visibility across the organization and the opportunity to help shape decisions that support Moderna's continued growth and long‑term success.

Why This Opportunity Stands Out

• High‑visibility role with exposure to senior leadership and key enterprise initiatives.
• Opportunity to influence resource allocation, investment decisions, and long‑term business strategy.
• Strategic partnership across Commercial, R&D, CMC, and G&A functions.
• Significant ownership of executive reporting, forecasting, and financial planning activities.
• Ideal for a finance leader who enjoys translating complex data into actionable business insights and executive‑level recommendations.
• Opportunity to make a meaningful impact within a bold, innovative, and transformational organization.

Here’s What You’ll Do

• Lead consolidated budgeting processes
• Analyze actual results versus plan and communicate key drivers, risks, and opportunities
• Develop management reporting, dashboards, and executive‑level presentations
• Support month‑end close activities in partnership with accounting, including spend and accrual reviews
• Own companywide labor and benefits forecasting, ensuring alignment between forecasts and actuals
• Support strategic initiatives through scenario modeling and investment decision analysis
• Enhance FP&A processes, tools, and financial models to improve accuracy, efficiency, and scalability
• Ensure data integrity and consistency across systems and planning assumptions

Here’s What You’ll Need (Basic Qualifications)

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field
• 8+ years of progressive FP&A or corporate finance experience
• Strong financial modeling, forecasting, and analytical capabilities
• Proven experience partnering with senior leaders and influencing decisions
• Advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills; experience with financial planning systems
• Strong communication skills, sound judgment, and attention to detail
• A desire to make an impact as part of a high‑growth, transformational company that is Bold, Relentless, Curious, and Collaborative.

Here’s What You’ll Bring to the Table (Preferred Qualifications)

• MBA, CPA, or CFA
• Prior experience in commercial biopharma or life sciences
• Hands‑on experience with enterprise FP&A tools (e.g., Hyperion EPM, Anaplan)
• Exposure to long‑range planning, portfolio prioritization, or capital allocation
• Demonstrated ability to lead initiatives and mentor junior team members
• Experience working in a matrixed organization

Pay & Benefits

At Moderna, we believe that when you feel your best, you can do your best work.

That’s why our benefits and well‑being resources are designed to support you—at work, at home, and everywhere in between.

• Competitive healthcare, plus voluntary benefit programs to support your unique needs
• A holistic approach to well‑being, with access to fitness, mindfulness, and mental health support
• Family planning benefits, including fertility, adoption, and surrogacy support
• Generous paid time off, including vacation, volunteer days, sabbatical, global recharge days, and a discretionary year‑end shutdown
• Savings and investments to help you plan for the future
• Location‑specific perks and extras

The salary range for this role is $142,500.00 - $256,500.00. This is the lowest to highest salary we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. An individual’s position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to, specific competencies, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, performance, and business or organizational needs. The successful candidate may be eligible for an annual discretionary bonus, other incentive compensation, or equity award, subject to company plan eligibility criteria and individual performance.

About Moderna

Since our founding in 2010, we have aspired to build the leading mRNA technology platform, the