VICE PRESIDENT, FINANCE (FP&A) SUMMARY: The Vice President, Finance (FP&A) will serve as a member of the senior management team reporting to the CFO. This role requires a forward-thinking, innovative, and strategic leader with a sense of urgency to contribute to the development and execution of Ionis' current and future financial strategy. S/he will be responsible for developing meaningful financial and operational analyses and metrics that will help drive decision-making across the company, while demonstrating the highest caliber of professional and personal integrity and ethical decision-making. The Vice President, Finance will successfully implement strategic financial planning, budgeting, forecasting and business decision support analyses while exhibiting a hands-on approach in all aspects of the job. S/he will be responsible for implementing best-in-class financial processes and systems to support continued growth and expansion, in particular pertaining to Ionis' transition to a commercial stage fully integrated biopharmaceutical company. Initially, s/he will lead a team of 12 people and oversee numerous outside consultants. S/he will lead the development of, or play a key role in, establishing cross-functional capabilities and processes required as a fully integrated company. The Vice President, Finance is expected to have a hands-on approach in all aspects of the job and demonstrate the highest caliber of professional and personal integrity and ethical decision-making. RESPONSIBILITIES: Leadership Oversees the FP&A organization; partners with the management team to provide insights into the business and establish, implement, and contribute to the achievement of corporate objectives Provides financial team leadership, including capability and talent management, team development, coaching, motivation, and retention of staff while actively mentoring team members at all levels as Ionis evolves its business model Fosters a team environment of problem solving, efficiency, pro-activity, and improved business practices that helps attract and retain superior talent Spearheads pro-active communications within the team and cross-functionally, at all levels, to ensure broad-based understanding of financial objectives and processes relevant to an evolving commercial organization Provides critical input and operates as an enterprise leader to drive decision making in cross-functional teams as Ionis establishes new capabilities, processes and systems Drives the company's long-range strategic financial planning process to inform the company's strategic vision and to ensure its expanding business is on track to deliver its financial objectives Leads continuous improvement of financial tools, business decision support, financial planning, and processes that can scale with the company's growth Leads business analyses supporting commercial opportunity of potential new products (i.e. NPV analyses) working closely with new product commercial strategy team Contributes to the establishment of new partnerships through business decision analyses and contract review Serves as a financial advisor and partner to the senior management team, including providing analyses of budgets and financial trends Provides strategic guidance aligned with Ionis' financial health and long-range vision during cross-functional capability build efforts Technical Develops processes that enhance senior management's financial stewardship in support of the company's transition to sustained and growing positive cashflow Develops robust, efficient, and effective budgeting and forecasting processes that reflect the complex multinational structure of the company Leads the financial planning and analysis team in preparing analyses, commentary, and presentations that ensure strategic messages are effectively and appropriately communicated to other members of senior management, board members, and other constituents, as needed Provides proactive recommendations to enhance financial performance Provides support for corporate partnering transactions, acquisitions, spin-offs, and other projects Supports the company's investor relations team and outreach efforts through analyst modeling analyses, insights and developing financial messaging for investor events (i.e., earnings, investor conferences, webcasts) REQUIREMENTS: BS/BA in Accounting, Finance, or related field; MBA strongly preferred 15+ years in progressively responsible financial leadership roles, in publicly traded life science and/or biotech companies; Vice President experience preferred 10+ years of team management and leadership skills with experience in developing, motivating, coaching, and retaining talent through organizational change and growth Experience in long-range financial planning, budgeting, and forecasting within an evolving commercial organization with global locations ERP experience to support growing organization, including cross-functional project team leadership, training, and communication Excellent communication and presentation skills, both oral and written, including PowerPoint, with a demonstrated competency in crafting the financial story and clearly communicating complex data to non-financial stakeholders Proven ability to build strong partnerships across the organization, influence others, and work collaboratively within a non-hierarchical team-oriented environment Able to effectively coordinate efforts across the organization (both internally and externally) to achieve key objectives; demonstrated ability to work effectively in a highly matrixed organization Sound understanding of GAAP and ability to apply accounting principles as required to support financial planning activities #J-18808-Ljbffr