Senior Finance Business Partner (Drug Design and Development)

Official title: Senior Finance Business Partner (Drug Design and Development), London, UK

Location: London | Employment information: Hybrid working; office attendance three days a week. Other contract details are not disclosed by the employer.

Its core purpose is to provide both strategic and operational financial support across research programmes and assets. The postholder will contribute financial thought leadership for stakeholders as the company develops its drug portfolio, using detailed financial management, modelling, planning and reporting to help teams understand choices and maintain sound financial processes.

Responsibilities

• Act as the primary finance partner for the Drug Design and Development team and provide strategic support for portfolio objectives.
• Manage financial activity associated with drug development from discovery through preclinical testing.
• Lead the end-to-end budgeting, forecasting and resource-planning process for the relevant work.
• Provide financial decision support to the Portfolio Steering Team for programme and asset choices.
• Build project-level net present value and risk-adjusted valuation models to inform pipeline prioritisation.
• Work with Business Development on the economics of biopharma partnerships, licensing arrangements, research collaborations and milestones.
• Partner with External Research and Procurement during RFP activity to evaluate, benchmark and negotiate vendor budgets.
• Deliver variance analysis, improve financial reporting workflows and oversee efficient accrual processes as the portfolio develops.

Qualifications

• Direct experience managing R&D or drug-development finance and FP&A or business partnering within biotechnology, pharmaceuticals or life sciences.
• Substantial experience building and maintaining financial models used for portfolio prioritisation and project net present value analysis.
• A degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics or another quantitative discipline.
• A professional accounting qualification such as ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CPA or an equivalent qualification is desirable.
• Life-sciences background or experience is highly desirable.
• Experience with Google Workspace, including Sheets and Slides, is desirable.
• Experience implementing or managing finance systems, such as ERP or procurement systems, is desirable.

Skills and Competencies

• Communicate at executive level with both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Maintain close attention to detail while handling competing priorities across budgets, forecasts and reporting.
• Build trusted relationships across levels and act as a strategic bridge between scientific and finance perspectives.
• Influence senior leadership through effective business partnership and stakeholder management.
• Approach issues proactively and pragmatically while seeking ways to improve processes.
• Use LLMs and other artificial-intelligence tools to improve efficiency, as stated in the advertised skills profile.

Benefits and Employment Information

• The vacancy describes a hybrid arrangement requiring attendance in the office three days each week.
• The employer’s general careers information lists pension contributions among its benefits.
• The employer’s general careers information lists health and wellness benefits and enhanced parental support.
• The employer’s general careers information identifies development opportunities as a benefit.
• No numeric salary range or further contract type has been published for this vacancy.
• The vacancy states that applicants who need accommodation for a disability or additional need can discuss this with the Talent team.

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