Senior Financial Analyst

14 hours ago

Waltham, United States Vistera Inc. Full time

Summary

The Sr. Financial Analyst will be a key business partner within the organization, determining progress against strategic plan, budget, and forecasts, as well as advising leadership on financial results. In this role, you will actively interpret and review financial results with the business leaders, assisting in identifying trends, risks, opportunities, to drive actionable responses. This dynamic candidate will work independently in a fast-paced business environment. This role is an in-office position.

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with functional leaders in developing the Annual Budget, semi-annual re-forecasts, and periodic long-range plans.
  • Own monthly/quarterly forecasting and reporting processes.
  • Analyze financial results and variances, provide insightful commentary, and generate content for monthly and quarterly corporate deliverables to our Otsuka parent and internal Visterra stakeholders.
  • Partner with Visterra leadership to understand operational drivers, ensure execution of financial commitments, identify and communicate risks, opportunities, and actions for mitigation.
  • Develop and prepare clear, actionable reporting for each functional group.
  • Enhance forecasting processes through increased visibility into financial metrics and performance.
  • Support automation of KPI reporting to improve data accessibility, reliability, and time-to-reporting.
  • Drive automation and process improvement of Visterra's planning system, Adaptive Planning.
  • Update financial models supporting the Company short-term, long-range, and various strategic scenario plans.
  • Prepare ad-hoc presentations and analyses to present to management.
  • Ability to effectively communicate financial concepts to non-financial stakeholders.
  • Effectively prioritizes business problems based on urgency and relevance.
  • Selects the right tools and analytic techniques for a given business problem.
  • Experience with Adaptive Planning software a plus.
Requirements
  • Bachelor's degree 3+ years of progressive experience in finance, preferably in a Corporate FP&A capacity, preferably in the biotech/pharmaceutical industry.
  • Attention to detail and proven ability to create insightful, accurate reporting and slide content for C-level leadership and Board of Director audiences.
  • Advanced user of Microsoft Excel (pivots, macros, nested formulas) required; experience with data visualization tools, e.g., Tableau and/or Microsoft PowerBI is a plus.
  • Ability to regularly handle confidential and proprietary information with the utmost discretion.
  • Demonstrated ability to anticipate needs and issues before they arise, proactively identify solutions, and work independently and collaboratively to problem-solve.
  • Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance.
  • Strong knowledge of accounting and finance operations required.
  • MBA or CPA preferred.


Company

Visterra is a clinical stage biotechnology company committed to developing innovative antibody-based therapies for the treatment of patients with kidney diseases and other hard-to-treat diseases. Our proprietary technology platform enables the design and engineering of precision antibody-based product candidates that specifically bind to, and modulate, key disease targets. Applying this technology to disease targets that are not adequately addressed by traditional therapeutic approaches, we are developing a robust pipeline of novel therapies for patients with unmet needs.

Visterra is a wholly owned subsidiary of Otsuka America, Inc., which is a U.S. holding company and a wholly owned subsidiary of Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. of Japan. Visterra has approximately 125 employees and is located in Waltham, Massachusetts.

Visterra provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

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