Associate Director, Clinical FP&A

Company Overview:

Dyne Therapeutics is a clinical-stage muscle disease company focused on advancing innovative life-transforming therapeutics for people living with genetically driven diseases. With its proprietary FORCE™ platform, Dyne is developing modern oligonucleotide therapeutics that are designed to overcome limitations in delivery to muscle tissue. Dyne has a broad pipeline for serious muscle diseases, including clinical programs for myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) and Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), and a preclinical program for facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD). For more information, please visit https://www.dyne-tx.com/, and follow us on X, LinkedIn and Facebook. 

Role Summary:

The Finance team is responsible for the coordination and consolidation of the company’s budget, forecasts and long-range plan and the associated reporting and analysis of actual expenses. This position supports the Senior Director, FP&A in all aspects of the budgeting and forecasting processes, planning for corporate items, financial analysis and support and management reporting. You will play a key role in leading financial planning activities for the Clinical Organization as their finance business partner and manage the forecasting of external Clinical Trial expenses.  In this fast-paced and high-exposure role, this role interacts with senior leaders and finance team members throughout the organization to meet goals and objectives including partnering with the Clinical leadership teams, functional heads, and program/project teams to guide the future growth of Dyne.

This role is based in Waltham, MA without the possibility of being a remote role.
 
Primary Responsibilities Include:

• Provide financial and operational leadership for budgeting, forecasting, and strategic planning for the Clinical Organization
• Build and maintain Clinical Trial financial models for all development stage programs
• Act as a strategic financial partner and point of contact for leadership and key stakeholders across the organization
• Drive monthly financial and managerial reporting packages, including analysis of key financial metrics and executive level explanations of variances and trends
• Deliver financial presentations to senior leadership, including annual budget summaries and quarterly financial reports
• Pro-actively engage with program/project teams and functional leaders to manage budgets, challenge assumptions and estimates, identify areas for improvement and/or cost savings, and ensure consistency between departmental financial plans, corporate goals, and program/project timelines
• Manage key internal processes to ensure accuracy and transparency across the finance organization
• Evolve financial planning processes, modeling, and budgeting accuracy for Clinical Trial external vendors

Education and Skills Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or Business
• Advanced degree, CPA or MBA preferred
• Minimum of 8 years of experience in finance, focus on FP&A, in biotechnology or the life science industry
• Knowledge of Clinical Operations and Clinical Trial financial planning required
• Excellent knowledge of US GAAP accounting and SOX requirements
• Detail oriented, solution driven with excellent written and verbal communication analytical, and presentation skills
• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office products (Excel and PowerPoint) is required
• Proficiency with Financial software and ERP systems required; Adaptive Insights or comparable planning tool preferred
• Strong written and verbal communication skills; effective at communicating across all levels in the organization
• Strong organizational skills to meet tight deadlines
• Enjoys a challenging, fast-paced environment
• Strong interpersonal skills; effective on teams as well as individually
• Results driven; adaptable, flexible and creative in developing new improvement ideas and solutions
• Work closely with accounting team to help facilitate month end close process
• Build and manage models for problem solving and business forecasting
• Implement continuous enhancements in support of a quickly growing organization, including standardized reporting, process improvement, and benchmarking analysis
• Perform ad-hoc analysis and assist with special projects, as required

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The statements contained herein reflect general details as necessary to describe the principles functions for this job, the level of knowledge and skill typically required, and the scope of responsibility, but should not be considered an all-inclusive listing of work requirements.  Individuals may perform other duties as assigned, including work in other functional areas to cover absences or relief, to equalize peak work periods or otherwise balance workload.

This description is not intended to be constructed as an exhaustive list of duties, responsibilities, or requirements for the position. This position may change or assume additional duties at any time.  The employee may be requested to perform different or additional duties as assigned. All Employees are expected to adhere to all company policies and act as a role model for company values.

Dyne Therapeutics is an equal opportunity employer and will not discriminate against any employee or applicant on the basis of age, color, disability, gender, national origin, race, religion, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any classification protected by federal, state, or local law.