VP, Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A)

August Bioservices, LLC; Nashville (TN); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

August Bioservices, a Nashville-based CDMO, seeks a VP of FP&A to lead revenue planning, performance analytics, and forecasting. You will own complex financial modeling, KPI development, and executive reporting to support growth and strategic decisions.

You will collaborate across operations, supply chain, and sales to drive margin improvement and long-range planning. A strong background in manufacturing FP&A and excellent communication skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, business or another quantitative field.
• 15+ years FP&A experience with a focus in complex manufacturing.
• Oracle ERP, BI, or comparable experience.
• Good understanding of financial statements.
• Experience working with large data sets.
• Proficient in Excel and PowerPoint.
• Excellent presentation and communication skills.
• Self-starter with detail orientation and prioritization under tight deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Lead revenue reporting by identifying, defining, and implementing KPIs for leadership insights.
• Manage strategic initiatives, develop cost-benefit analyses, and deliver presentations and dashboards for executive leadership.
• Perform detailed analyses for all revenue-driving functions of the business.
• Support development of annual plans, forecasts, and long-range plans.
• Build and maintain forecasting models using historical trends and actual results.
• Partner with operations, supply chain, and sales to identify drivers of revenue, costs, and margins.
• Gather, organize, and analyze data from multiple sources to review revenue and performance.
• Provide variance analysis explanations on financial and KPI performance vs. plan and prior year.
• Assist consolidation of financial results for quarterly results, annual plans, forecasts, and long-range plans.
• Execute ad-hoc analytic requests, database queries, and report generation as needed.

Skills

Excellent presentation skills

Strong communication

Detail-oriented

Self-starter

Team player

Growth mindset

Education

Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, business or another quantitative field

Tools

Oracle ERP

BI tools

Job description

Headquartered in Nashville, TN – one of the fastest-growing and most exciting cities in the United States – August Bioservices is a privately-owned, high-growth, and high-impact Contract Development Manufacturing Organization (CDMO). As a US-based outsourcing partner that provides a wide array of expert drug discovery, drug formulation, and drug manufacturing services to pharma and biotech companies of all sizes, we play a vital role in the global pharmaceutical industry. Our work is instrumental in helping to develop molecules today that can become the life-changing therapies of tomorrow. To support our growth plans, August is investing significant capital in a two-phase expansion project – including building a new state-of-the-art facility adjacent to our current facility. For those seeking dynamic opportunities, rewarding career paths and a chance to make a difference in global health, come grow with August!

The VP of FP&A will be responsible for supporting the business with reporting, planning, and analysis of revenue. In this role, you will provide critical analysis and insights of drivers across the company's financial and operating performance. The ability to maintain and develop complex financial modeling and ownership of the associated reporting and planning tools in support of company objectives is essential for this role. By analyzing trends, key performance measures, and financial results, you will identify and define opportunities to improve performance and positively impact results of the fundamental business. This position will collaborate with all facets of the business, assuring alignment of business objectives in forecasting, budgeting, Cost Accounting and Analytics, and long-range planning. This is a highly visible to the company's executive leadership team.

Responsibilities

• Take a lead role in business reporting by thoughtfully identifying, defining, and implementing key performance indicators that give business leaders valuable insights into business performance trends.
• Manage strategic initiatives, evaluate and prioritize alternatives, develop cost benefit analysis, and provide actionable recommendations. Prepare, deliver, and own presentations and dashboards for the Executive Leadership Team & Franchisee base.
• Perform detailed analyses for all revenue driving functions of the business.
• Work collaboratively with the business to support the development and preparation of annual plans, forecasts and long-range plans.
• Build and maintain complex forecasting models and methodologies by reviewing historical trends and analyzing actual results against forecast drivers.
• Partner with plant operations, supply chain, and sales teams to identify drivers of revenue, costs, and margins.
• Gather, organize, and analyze data from various sources to facilitate the review of revenue and same store sales performance, including Business Intelligence, ERP and Cloud Based Software.
• Responsible for tracking, research, and running analyses of industry and competition.
• Provide variance analysis explanations to leadership on financial and KPI performance versus plan, forecast, and prior year.
• Assist with the consolidation of financial results for the company’s quarterly results, annual plans, forecasts, and long-range plans to senior management and Board of Directors.
• Execute ad-hoc analytic requests, database queries, and report generation as needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, Accounting, Business or another quantitative field
• 15+ years of experience in FP&A with a focus in complex manufacturing.
• Oracle ERP, BI, or comparable experience
• Good understanding of financial statements
• Experience working with large data sets
• Proficient knowledge with Microsoft Office products, including advanced skills in Excel and PowerPoint
• Self-starter who is Detail-oriented, efficient, and organized with an exceptional ability to establish priorities and objectives under tight deadlines
• Excellent presentation and communication skills along with the ability to communicate effectively across all levels of the organization
• Able to establish and maintain effective, collaborative work relationships with diverse individuals, internally and externally
• Dedicated learner with a natural curiosity for consistent growth
• Exhibits comfort, ease, and flexibility working in an extremely fast-paced ever-changing, deadline-driven environment
• Cooperative team player with an upbeat, positive, “can-do” attitude!

At August Bioservices, Our Credo is our culture. Everything we do, we do with great care. We believe in the promise of discovery and the power of science to transform lives. We assert that excellence is not a static destination, but a standard, and an every-day measuring stick of our advancement. We aspire to unlock the potential in every person, every process and every molecule – from start to finish. We are committed to doing the right thing the first time and every time, meeting or exceeding all regulatory requirements. We strive to be exceptional, preferred and indispensable partners for our customers; responsible and engaged citizens within our communities; and active, mindful stewards of our environment.

We are August Bioservices. We are pointing the way forward. If this sounds like your kind of working environment, we want you on our team!

August Bioservices is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity. All aspects of employment including the decision to hire, promote, discipline, or discharge, will be based on merit, competence, performance, and business needs. August Bioservices does not discriminate on the basis of any status protected under federal, state, or local law.

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses and identifying potential inconsistencies or verification signals in application materials based on available information. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.