Associate Director, FP&A

Scorpion Therapeutics; United States; Hybrid; USD 201,000 - 234,000; Full time

Job summary

Scorpion Therapeutics seeks a senior FP&A leader to partner with Commercial functions across Sales, Marketing, Patient Treatment Experience, Commercial Operations and Strategy. You will steer the budget, forecasts, and long-range plans while providing executive-level insights.

Based in Radnor, PA with a hybrid work model, you will build scalable planning infrastructure and deliver analyses to support strategy, resource allocation, and major investment decisions for a rapidly growing biotech

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field.
• 10+ years of progressive FP&A or corporate finance experience, including commercial finance business partnering.
• Commercial-stage biotechnology or pharmaceutical experience.
• Experience managing operating expense and headcount for Commercial functions.
• Advanced financial modeling, budgeting, and forecasting; ability to build structure in a scaling environment.
• Strong executive communication and presentation skills; advanced Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.
• Demonstrated use of AI-assisted tools to accelerate analysis and decision support.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary finance business partner to assigned Commercial functions (Sales, Marketing, Patient Treatment Experience, Commercial Operations and Strategy), providing financial insight and counsel.
• Lead the annual budget, quarterly forecasts, and long-range plan for commercial operating expenses and headcount.
• Perform budget-to-actual variance analysis, explain spend drivers, and recommend actions to improve forecast accuracy and resource allocation.
• Provide decision support for commercial investment trade-offs (field force sizing, promotional/market access investment, launch readiness, and business cases for new indications/projects).
• Act as a trusted advisor to identify financial risks/opportunities, challenge assumptions, and translate priorities into actionable recommendations.
• Prepare executive-level presentations and analyses for Finance and senior business leaders (including operating expense guidance and earnings materials).
• Build scalable planning infrastructure (models, dashboards, reporting, and repeatable close/forecast processes).

Skills

FP&A

Budgeting

Forecasting

Financial modeling

Executive communication

AI analytics

Education

Bachelor's degree in finance/Accounting/Economics

MBA

Tools

Microsoft Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary finance business partner to assigned Commercial functions (Sales, Marketing, Patient Treatment Experience, Commercial Operations and Strategy), providing financial insight and counsel.
• Lead the annual budget, quarterly forecasts, and long-range plan for commercial operating expenses and headcount.
• Perform budget-to-actual variance analysis, explain spend drivers, and recommend actions to improve forecast accuracy and resource allocation.
• Provide decision support for commercial investment trade-offs (field force sizing, promotional/market access investment, launch readiness, and business cases for new indications/projects).
• Act as a trusted advisor to identify financial risks/opportunities, challenge assumptions, and translate priorities into actionable recommendations.
• Prepare executive-level presentations and analyses for Finance and senior business leaders (including operating expense guidance and earnings materials).
• Build scalable planning infrastructure (models, dashboards, reporting, and repeatable close/forecast processes).

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field; MBA a plus.
• 10+ years of progressive FP&A or corporate finance experience, including commercial finance business partnering.
• Commercial-stage biotechnology or pharmaceutical experience.
• Experience managing operating expense and headcount for Commercial functions.
• Advanced financial modeling, budgeting, and forecasting; ability to build structure in a scaling environment.
• Strong executive communication and presentation skills; advanced Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.
• Demonstrated use of AI-assisted tools to accelerate analysis and decision support.

Preferred

• Product launch/early commercialization experience.
• Familiarity with specialty pharmacy/distributor channels and rebate/copay programs (Medicare/Medicaid, 340B, copay assistance).

Location: Based in Radnor, PA (Hybrid; 3 days minimum on-site)

Pay Range: $200,700-$234,150.