Nearly 37 million Americans are currently affected by Chronic Kidney Disease. 37 million. At Akebia we take that number very seriously and every day we come to work, with the purpose of bettering the lives of each person impacted by kidney disease and the renal community that serves them.  Our tenacious, passionate employees challenge the status quo and work to develop unique therapeutics that have the potential to set new standards of care for people living with kidney disease. This is life-changing work, and we are all in, are you?

Reporting to the Director, Finance, the Senior Manager, CMC Finance will lead all aspects of financial management across all Chemistry, Manufacturing and Controls (CMC), Quality and Finance functions. Specific responsibilities include driving analytical approaches into the organization, driving forecasting and budgeting best practices, and evolving the company’s culture of financial operating discipline. Specific tasks include analyses related to actuals and accruals for monthly and quarterly financial closings, budgeting, forecasting activities as well as internal management reporting and external reporting to strategic partners. This individual will work with the respective functions to ensure appropriate financial management, processes and controls are in place with respect to the Company’s CMC and Quality functions, while ensuring that all the requirements and standards of the Finance group are met. 

Required Skills

• Responsible for all aspects of the CMC FP&A support including leading monthly forecast, annual budget, and long-range plan
• Analyze budget and forecast versus actual results, identify key drivers, explanations, and resolution of variances, communicate insights to Finance and respective functions, and develop methods to enhance the forecast
• Generate financial analysis & materials to present key findings to functional leadership and act as key representative for CMC and Quality in consolidated finance initiatives
• Partner closely with and provide ongoing support to CMC and Quality for all financial activities related to inventory and manufacturing for clinical, commercial, and strategic collaborations
• Manage financial aspects of selected commercial supply agreements and contract manufacturing arrangements
• Act as primary Finance lead for ad hoc scenario analyses for various forecasting and CMC planning requests
• Participate in ad-hoc Strategic Alliance meetings, workstreams, or committees Lead the monthly accounting close process related to inventory, drug manufacturing and external CMC spend, ensuring compliance with US GAAP
• Support all quarterly and annual close & audit procedures related to CMC and Quality functions and support execute responsibilities consistent with SOX controls
• Develop deep understanding of financial planning and ERP systems to enable and build reporting to support forecasting, close and variance to actuals analysis
• Drive process improvements and enhance data transparency across financial planning, specifically related to inventory movement, production schedules and contracts
• Drive financial mindset to inform investment decisions across the respective functions
• Define and anticipate problems/opportunities and propose solutions/plans of action along with relevant information to key decision makers

Required Experience

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree
• 4+ years experience in Finance role
• Extensive experience in financial statement analysis

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Pharma/Biotech experience
• Demonstrated ability to meet deadlines
• Possess excellent analytical, communication, decision making, human relations and organizational skills
• Comprehensive knowledge of Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint
• Strong written & verbal communication skills including with executive leadership
• Desire to work in a rapidly growing organization
• Willing and able to contribute across a variety of areas as business needs evolve
• Thrives in fast-paced, dynamic environment

ARE YOU AN AKEBIAN?

An Akebian is curious, empathetic, and values making connections to people and ideas. Akebian’s aren’t afraid of diving in and owning a process or a problem, because we all want to deliver a great solution. Akebian’s believe that we are better together because we are all working toward a common purpose – to better the life of each person impacted by kidney disease. Want to learn more about what it means to be an Akebian? Visit our website: www.akebia.com

All Akebia new hires will be required to provide documentation that they are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or, if not, that they are legally entitled to an accommodation due to a medical condition or a sincerely held religious belief. Requests for accommodation will be considered on a case-by-case basis, and Akebia will consider, among other things whether a proposed accommodation would create an undue hardship.  

Akebia is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes all job applicants.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other factors prohibited by law.

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• Responsible for all aspects of the CMC FP&A support including leading monthly forecast, annual budget, and long-range plan
• Analyze budget and forecast versus actual results, identify key drivers, explanations, and resolution of variances, communicate insights to Finance and respective functions, and develop methods to enhance the forecast
• Generate financial analysis & materials to present key findings to functional leadership and act as key representative for CMC and Quality in consolidated finance initiatives
• Partner closely with and provide ongoing support to CMC and Quality for all financial activities related to inventory and manufacturing for clinical, commercial, and strategic collaborations
• Manage financial aspects of selected commercial supply agreements and contract manufacturing arrangements
• Act as primary Finance lead for ad hoc scenario analyses for various forecasting and CMC planning requests
• Participate in ad-hoc Strategic Alliance meetings, workstreams, or committees Lead the monthly accounting close process related to inventory, drug manufacturing and external CMC spend, ensuring compliance with US GAAP
• Support all quarterly and annual close & audit procedures related to CMC and Quality functions and support execute responsibilities consistent with SOX controls
• Develop deep understanding of financial planning and ERP systems to enable and build reporting to support forecasting, close and variance to actuals analysis
• Drive process improvements and enhance data transparency across financial planning, specifically related to inventory movement, production schedules and contracts
• Drive financial mindset to inform investment decisions across the respective functions
• Define and anticipate problems/opportunities and propose solutions/plans of action along with relevant information to key decision makers