Associate Director, Financial Planning & Analysis

Parabilis Medicines; Cambridge (MA); On-site; USD 175,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Parabilis Medicines is seeking an Associate Director, FP&A to join our Finance team in Cambridge, MA. You will lead planning, forecasting, and reporting, translating business goals into financial models and scenario analyses while partnering with R&D and Clinical Development.

This role emphasizes building scalable processes, consolidating company-wide roll-ups, and delivering monthly and quarterly analyses to executives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or related field.
• Minimum 6 years of progressive finance experience including FP&A.
• Pharmaceutical or biotech FP&A experience required.
• Experience supporting R&D or Clinical Development preferred.
• Experience with FP&A systems and building consolidated reporting.
• Strong Excel and financial modeling skills.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management.
• AI tools proficiency, with advanced usage a plus.

Responsibilities

• Serve as FP&A business partner to functional leaders, providing financial insight.
• Participate in annual budget, long-range plan, and forecast cycles.
• Assist with consolidated financial roll-ups and management reporting.
• Improve FP&A systems, tools, and models in collaboration with other teams.
• Develop standardized FP&A processes, calendars, and controls.
• Track risks and opportunities to the annual budget and update forecasts.
• Build financial models and scenario analyses for planning and business development.
• Deliver monthly and quarterly analyses and commentary to stakeholders.
• Support cross-functional initiatives and ad hoc analyses as needed.

Skills

Excel

Financial modeling

Communication

AI tools

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Finance/Accounting

Tools

Adaptive

Anaplan

Oracle EPM

Job description

AboutParabilisMedicines

ParabilisMedicines is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company dedicated to creating extraordinary medicines for patients with serious diseases by unlocking biologically important targets longconsidered undruggable.The company has pioneered a new class of alpha-helical peptides – Helicons™ – capable of modulating intracellular proteins that have historically been beyond the reach of conventional medicines. The company’s lead investigationalmedicine,zolucatetide, is the first and only direct inhibitorof theβ-catenin:TCFinteraction,a central node in theWnt/β-catenin pathway that haseluded drug developersfor decades.Zolucatetideis being evaluated in the clinic across multipleWnt/β-catenin-driven diseases, including desmoid tumors, familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP)anda rangeofothersolid tumor indications. Beyondzolucatetide,Parabilisis advancing additionalHelicon-basedprograms focused on other challenging targetswhere we believeourmedicines could have life-altering impact. For more information, visit www.parabilismed.comor follow us on LinkedIn.

What’s the opportunity?

We are looking for an Associate Director, Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) to join our Finance team and partner with leaders across the organization. Reporting to the SVP, Finance, this role will help lead financial planning, forecasting, and reporting across the company, with a focus on the systems, processes, and consolidated roll-ups that underpin the FP&A function. The Associate Director will translate business goals into actionable financial models, scenario analysis, and targeted resource allocation, and will serve as a trusted partner to functional stakeholders, including the Research and Clinical Development teams.

Key Responsibilities:

• Serve as an FP&A business partner to functional leaders across the organization, providing financial insight to support decision-making and resource allocation
• Participate in annual budget, long-range plan, and forecast cycles, ensuring consistency, accuracy, and timeliness of data across functions
• Assist with consolidated financial roll-ups and management reporting, including company-level budget vs. actual and forecast analysis for Finance and leadership
• Help to improve FP&A systems, tools, and models (e.g., planning and forecasting platforms, reporting templates), partnering with Accounting, IT, and other teams as needed
• Assist in the development and standardization of FP&A processes, calendars, and controls to improve efficiency, data integrity, and scalability as the company grows
• Track risks and opportunities to the annual budget and reflect updates in the forecast
• Build financial models and scenario analyses to support strategic planning, portfolio prioritization, and business development activities
• Deliver clear monthly and quarterly analysis and commentary to stakeholders, highlighting key drivers, variances, and actions
• Support cross-functional initiatives and ad hoc analyses as needed

What you’ll need to be successful:

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related field
• Minimum of 6 years of progressive experience in finance, including FP&A, with demonstrated experience participating in planning and forecasting cycles
• Pharmaceutical or biotech FP&A experience required
• Experience supporting R&D or Clinical Development strongly preferred
• Experience with FP&A systems and processes (e.g., Adaptive, Anaplan, Oracle EPM, or similar) and building consolidated reporting
• Strong Excel and financial modeling skills
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to partner with and influence stakeholders at all levels
• Demonstrated ability to utilize AI tools for day-to-day work; baseline proficiency is expected, and advanced or innovative use of AI is a strong plus

Core Values

Parabilis Medicines is a team of passionate pioneers who are trailblazing the future of precision medicine with the aim of making a meaningful difference in the lives of patients. The company is committed to promoting an inspiring and flourishing working environment for all employees across the business, in all departments, and driving innovation for patient benefit.

• Growth-Minded. We’re inventing a new class of medicines—one applicable to therapeutic targets that have been dreamt about, but always considered impossible to drug. Our work requires us to be curious, humble and adaptable.
• In(ter)dependent. We are fiercelyindependentas a leader indefying the limitations of current therapeutic modalities, andinterdependent as a team as wework collaboratively to shiftdrug discovery paradigms and provide patients with better treatment options.
• Patient-focused. We are deeply focused on patient outcomes, and all energy in the company is focused on science as it translates to patient impact.
• All-In. We’re All-In on solving some of the hardest scientific challenges and delivering one of the most effective new classes of drugs in history.

The base salary range for this position is $175,000-$200,000 per year, depending on experience, qualifications, and internal practices. Parabilis’s total compensation package also includes an annual target bonus, equity, and a comprehensive suite of competitive benefits designed to support our employees’ overall well-being.

As an equal opportunity employer, Parabilis Medicines values an inclusive workplace and welcomes applicants of all backgrounds and experiences. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other factors prohibited by law.

30 Acorn Park Drive | Cambridge, MA 02140 | www.parabilismed.com