Strategic FP&A Partner, Commercial Finance (Biotech)

Cytokinetics, Inc.; Radnor (Delaware County); Hybrid; USD 201,000 - 234,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Health insurance

401k retirement benefits

Wellness stipend

Paid time off

Job summary

Cytokinetics, Inc. is seeking an Associate Director, FP&A (Commercial Finance) to partner with the Commercial organization during its transition to a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company.

You will own budgeting, forecasting, and headcount for commercial functions, delivering strategic financial insight for launch and growth decisions. Based in Radnor, PA with hybrid work, the role requires 10+ years in FP&A within biotech/pharma, strong modeling and executive communication, and familiarity

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, Accounting, Economics, or related discipline; MBA a plus.
• 10+ years of progressive FP&A or corporate finance experience, including commercial finance business partnering.
• Commercial-stage biotechnology or pharmaceutical experience.
• Demonstrated experience supporting Commercial functions on operating expense and headcount management.
• Advanced financial modeling, budgeting, and forecasting skills, with the ability to build structure in a rapidly scaling environment.
• Strong executive communication and presentation skills, with the ability to influence senior business leaders through data, financial insight, and sound judgment.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary finance business partner to assigned Commercial functions, including Sales, Marketing, Patient Treatment Experience, Commercial Operations and Strategy.
• Lead the annual budget, quarterly forecasts, and long-range plan for commercial operating expenses and headcount.
• Deliver budget-to-actual variance analyses and explain spend drivers to leaders and Finance.
• Provide decision support on commercial investment trade-offs and business cases.
• Develop analyses to evaluate risks, opportunities, and trade-offs for Commercial leaders.
• Prepare executive-level analyses and inputs to leadership teams and the Board.
• Build scalable planning infrastructure, models, dashboards, and repeatable close processes.

Skills

Financial modeling

Budgeting

Forecasting

Executive communication

PowerPoint

Excel

AI tools

Commercial finance partnering

Education

Bachelor's degree in finance/Accounting/Economics

MBA

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

AI-assisted tools

Job description

Cytokinetics, Inc. is seeking an Associate Director, FP&A (Commercial Finance) to partner with the Commercial organization during its transition to a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company.

You will own budgeting, forecasting, and headcount for commercial functions, delivering strategic financial insight for launch and growth decisions. Based in Radnor, PA with hybrid work, the role requires 10+ years in FP&A within biotech/pharma, strong modeling and executive communication, and familiarity