Director, Business Planning and Analysis

C4 Therapeutics, Inc.; Watertown (MA); On-site; USD 215,000 - 237,000; Full time

Job summary

C4 Therapeutics, Inc. is seeking a seasoned FP&A leader to define long‑range planning, annual operating plans, and quarterly forecasts for a rapidly expanding pipeline.

You will partner with leadership to build robust financial models, produce insights, and forecast performance across the organization. You will drive strategic analyses, KPIs, and variance reporting for senior management and the Board, while integrating with Business Development, Alliance Management, and controllership to enable

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with at least ten years of experience in finance and accounting in biotech/pharma.
• Proven ability to develop financial models and analytical solutions to drive decisions.
• Strong understanding of GAAP and financial statement reporting.

Responsibilities

• Lead Long-Range Planning, Annual Operating Plan and Quarterly forecasting (IS, BS, Cash Flow).
• Provide detailed financial models and analyses to support investments and major projects.
• Deliver reporting and variance analysis for senior management and the Board.
• Own analytics and variance analysis to inform decision making.
• Develop calendars, templates, and communications to drive accountability.
• Collaborate with BP&A, controllership, operations, IR and BD for integrated planning.
• Support automation and scale of processes, including ERP and EPM implementations.

Skills

Financial modeling

Strategic analysis

MS Excel

GAAP knowledge

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

C4 Therapeutics (C4T) (Nasdaq: CCCC) is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company dedicated to delivering on the promise of targeted protein degradation science to create a new generation of medicines that transforms patients’ lives. C4T is progressing targeted oncology programs through clinical studies and leveraging its TORPEDO® platform to efficiently design and optimize small-molecule medicines to address difficult-to-treat diseases. C4T’s degrader medicines are designed to harness the body’s natural protein recycling system to rapidly degrade disease-causing proteins, offering the potential to overcome drug resistance, drug undruggable targets and improve patient outcomes. For more information, please visit www.c4therapeutics.com .

Job Summary

In this role, you will help define and deliver against short term and long-term financial planning goals at C4T, including identification of key value drivers and business KPIs and provide strategic decision support and partnership with key members of C4T’s leadership team. You will partner with leadership in the development of financial strategy, modelling and analytics solutions, produce logical scenario analyses and insights, accurate forecasts, and make sound recommendations to support key business decisions for the dynamic needs of C4T’s rapidly expanding pipeline, helping drive scalable activities, technologies, and processes that will enable our potential commercialization and asset advancement. Along with driving corporate wide financial planning processes, the position requires close integration with Business Development and Alliance Management to enable new and existing partnerships.

Your Role

• Lead the development of Long-Range Planning, Annual Operating Plan and Quarterly forecasting (Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Cash Flow Statement)
• Provide financial modeling to help functional leaders manage their budgets effectively; develop detailed financial models and analysis to support the investment planning of strategic initiatives and major projects
• Deliver insightful reporting packages and financial analysis for senior management, Executive Committee, Business Development opportunities, and Board presentations, providing insight of the organizational performance against actuals through KPIs, metrics and variance analysis
• Own financial analytics and variance analysis to provide insightful decision support
• Develop calendars and timelines, standard templates, and communications to align activities and drive accountability
• Key liaison between BP&A and controllership, operations teams, investor relations and business development to ensure effective integration of financial planning and support
• Support new and existing business processes, efficiencies, technologies and systems through design, testing, implementation, and maintenance (i.e., EPM, ERP, etc.) , with a specific focus on automation and system standardization, and an eye for scale and future growth of team and responsibilities
• Work with Procurement and Strategic Sourcing to help the team develop processes for tracking and assessing existing and potential key vendors
• Define and anticipate risks/opportunities and propose solutions/plans of action along with relevant information to key decision makers

Your Background

Required:

• A Bachelor’s Degree, with a minimum of ten years of relevant experience in finance and accounting functions with direct experience in the biotechnology and/or pharmaceutical industry
• Proven history of developing various financial modeling and analytical solutions to help drive business decisions
• In depth understanding of GAAP and financial statement reporting
• Proven track record of utilizing strategic skillset to transform corporate or department level foals into actionable plans, including demonstrated history of influencing, building consensus, and driving decisions with input of individuals from a wide variety of backgrounds
• Strong technical proficiency, including with the Microsoft Office Suite, in particular Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and other relevant applications

Preferred:

• Advanced Degree/Certification in relevant discipline (e.g. MBA, CPA)
• Familiarity with Artificial Intelligence solutions relevant to FP&A, financial modeling, and financial analysis activities

Compensation

The base pay range for this position at commencement of employment is expected to be between $214,779.00 and $237,388.00 annually; however, base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.

C4 Therapeutics is an Equal Opportunity Employer.