Director, FP&A - Project Farma

PerkinElmer; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Project Farma, a PerkinElmer company, seeks a Director of FP&A in the United States to own the end-to-end finance function and lead PSA and ERP transformation across a fast-moving, post-acquisition environment.

The role requires 10+ years of finance leadership, strong modeling and data skills (SQL, Power BI), and the ability to travel domestically to meet client project requests. You will mentor teams, drive budgeting, and partner with the VP of Finance on strategic priorities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or business administration—or equivalent experience.
• 10+ years of experience with leadership, execution, and strategic thinking.
• Management experience required.
• Strong knowledge of financial statements and fundamental accounting standards.

Responsibilities

• Own and lead day-to-day finance function with independence and accountability.
• Lead and motivate a high-performing finance team.
• Forecasting, P&L oversight, weekly and monthly reporting, and analysis to identify trends and manage revenue.
• Identify/quantify risks and opportunities for informed management decisions.
• Develop, consolidate, and present financial analysis including annual budget and quarterly forecasts.
• Partner with the VP, Finance to ensure alignment on strategic priorities and independently execute on finance operations.
• Evaluate trends within the business and offer decision support.
• Report financial results and KPIs against projections and deviations from plan.
• Develop ad-hoc reports and monthly KPI summaries for consolidated results.
• Develop and maintain long-term forecast models.
• Provide support for investor and leadership financial requests.
• Lead process improvements for PSA tool and ERP integration; remediation and standardized workflows.
• Design and implement end-to-end revenue reconciliation across PSA and ERP.

Skills

SQL

Power BI

Financial leadership

Financial modeling

Forecasting

Data analysis

Microsoft Excel

Cross-functional leadership

Post-acquisition integration

Project management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or business administration

CPA

CFA

Tools

PSA tools (Certinia, Kantata)

ERP integrations

Job description

This is a full-time salaried position with Project Farma, a PerkinElmer company. The successful candidate will reside in one of Project Farma's primary markets and be willing to travel domestically to meet client project requests.

Project Farma’s purpose is to improve patient lives by accelerating the delivery of life-changing therapies. We accomplish this through the successful execution of high-quality life sciences projects across the full project lifecycle. Project Farma (PF) team members collaborate with cross-functional teams to build trusted client relationships, deliver an exceptional customer experience, and contribute to business growth by identifying opportunities and applying data-driven insights to support project planning, cost, schedule, and performance management.

This role contributes to organizational success by supporting financial performance, operational efficiency, and continuous improvement, while also investing in people through mentorship, knowledge sharing, and professional development.

All team members are expected to embody Project Farma’s values by being curious, personable, and unselfish, while maintaining a strong commitment to a Patient Focused and People First mindset.

The Director, FP&A is a senior finance leader who will own and drive the day-to-day finance function with a high degree of independence. The Director, FP&A will serve as the operational finance lead, ensuring continuity, driving critical process improvements, and building scalable capabilities. This role will be accountable for leading PSA and ERP transformation, process optimization and system refinement alongside core finance operations. The Director, FP&A has the primary responsibility of owning and executing the finance function end-to-end, including financial planning and analysis, revenue reconciliation, invoicing excellence, system process improvement, and AI enablement within finance. They will operate with minimal oversight, proactively identifying gaps and driving solutions while the VP, Finance provides strategic direction and maintains overall oversight. This individual must thrive in a fast-moving, post-acquisition environment and be comfortable building processes from the ground up.

Key Responsibilities

• Own and lead the day-to-day finance function, serving as the primary finance leader and will operate with a high degree of independence and accountability.
• Lead and motivate a high-performing finance team; build team capabilities and foster a culture of continuous improvement and accountability.
• Forecasting, P&L oversight, weekly and monthly reporting, and analysis to identify trends, manage budget, and monitor revenue.
• Identify/quantify risks and opportunities to ensure that the team and management are informed of the financial status and impact.
• Develop, consolidate, and present insightful and robust qualitative and quantitative financial analysis including annual budget, quarterly/monthly forecast variances.
• Partner with the VP, Finance to ensure alignment on strategic priorities; independently execute on finance operations and elevate key decisions as appropriate.
• Evaluate trends within the business and offer business decision support.
• Report financial results and key metrics against appropriate business projections and deviations from plan.
• Develop ad-hoc reports as required.
• Provide monthly reports of key performance metrics for the consolidated results and a summary of the reports provided by the business divisions.
• Develop and maintain long-term forecast models.
• Provide support and analysis for financial requests from the investors, leadership team, and/or departmental business leaders.
• Lead process improvement efforts on the recently implemented Professional Services Automation (PSA) tool and ERP integration; identify gaps, drive remediation, and build standardized workflows to optimize system performance.
• Design and implement a new end-to-end revenue reconciliation process; ensure accuracy across project billing, recognition, and reporting within the PSA and ERP environment.
• Redesign and improve the invoicing process to reduce cycle times, minimize errors, and ensure timely client billing; establish controls and reporting to track invoicing performance.
• Lead the annual budgeting process.
• Support resource management analysis ensuring staffing is being managed tightly to revenue.
• Identify, pilot, and embed AI tools and automation within the finance function to improve efficiency, reduce manual effort, and enhance decision-making across FP&A, invoicing, and reporting workflows.

Attributes for Success

• Technical Delivery: Applies advanced technical knowledge and professional expertise
• Innovation & Continuous Improvement: Seeks better ways, adapts to change and champions new ideas.
• Customer Focus & Professionalism: Represents PF with consistent professionalism, appropriate escalation and respect for internal stakeholders, even during high stress delivery situations
• Integrity & Humility: Demonstrates self-awareness and puts PF mission above ego
• Collaboration & Communication: Communicates clearly and proactively and drives transparent alignment with clients.
• Project Execution: Delivers reliably, manages priorities and drives for high quality outcomes
• Growth Mindset: Shows openness to new ideas, feedback and change

Experience Required

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or business administration—or equivalent experience
• Years of Experience: 10+
• Proven track record of leadership, execution, and strategic thinking.
• Management experience required.
• Strong knowledge of financial statements and fundamental accounting standards
• Proficiency in Microsoft suite; Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
• Proficiency in advanced data tools; SQL and PowerBI
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Superb financial modeling, data analysis, and forecasting skills; experience with post‑acquisition integration and professional services business models a plus.

Other Preferred

• CPA, CFA
• Significant experience in financial reporting and analysis
• Experience with Professional Services Automation (PSA) tools (e.g., Certinia, Kantata, or similar) and ERP integrations
• Demonstrated ability to leverage AI tools (e.g., Copilot, ChatGPT, or finance-specific AI platforms) to automate or enhance finance processes.

Project Farma is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability status, age, or veteran status or any other characteristics protected by applicable law. PerkinElmer is committed to a culturally diverse workforce.

Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. We will not sponsor applicants for current or future work visas for this position. This position may require significant travel to support project and business needs. We cannot employ anyone with an invalid driver's license.

The annual compensation range for this full-time position is $140,000 to $200,000. The final base pay offered to the successful candidate will be determined by factors including internal equity, work location, as well as individual qualifications, such as job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.