Director, Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A)
Description
Cosette Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a U.S.-based, fully integrated pharmaceutical company with capabilities in product development, manufacturing, and commercial operations. Cosette has a fast-growing portfolio of branded pharmaceuticals in the cardiology, women’s health, and migraine markets. Cosette has a long history of quality manufacturing of complex dosage forms—including topical creams, ointments, oral liquids/solutions, and suppositories—which has led to consistent supply to customers and commercialization success. Cosette has corporate and manufacturing facilities in New Jersey and North Carolina and is supported by more than 300 dedicated employees across all functional areas.
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Position Summary
The Director of FP&A leads the financial cadence for budget planning, forecasting, and management reporting, delivering clear insights and decision support to the CFO, Executive Leadership Team (ELT), and Board of Directors (BOD). The Director partners closely with functional leaders to drive accountability, evaluate investments, and support value creation through rigorous analytics, financial modeling, and scenario planning. This role is also responsible for elevating FP&A capabilities, reporting, and analytics to be commensurate with the size, scale and complexity of Cosette, with a focus on scalable processes, executive and board-ready reporting, dashboard analytics, and forward-looking risk identification. The Director of FP&A reports to the Senior Director of FP&A and works closely with the CFO to deliver high-quality planning, reporting, decision support, and technology-enabled finance capabilities, including practical application of automation and AI-driven tools to improve insight generation and planning effectiveness.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Financial Planning, Forecasting & Strategic Support
- Lead the annual operating plan, quarterly forecasts, and long-range plan for the full P&L (revenue, COGS, operating costs, and OI&E).
- Partner with functional leaders (Commercial Operations, Tech Ops, R&D, and G&A) to translate operational plans into financial plans and drive accountability to targets.
- Own and continuously improve the Long-Range Strategic plan process, ensuring alignment between strategic priorities, operational plans, and financial outcomes through clear assumptions, scenario analysis, and actionable recommendations.
Board, Executive & Management Reporting
- Prepare monthly reporting packages for the CFO, including KPI dashboards, price/volume and variance analyses, and key risks and opportunities.
- Create and maintain Board of Directors materials (board slides), including financial summaries, outlook updates, KPI trends, dashboard analytics, and supporting narrative that clearly articulates performance, risks, opportunities, and key business implications.
- Standardize reporting definitions, metrics, policies, and procedures to ensure a single source of truth across functions and strengthen a forward-looking FP&A and BOD reporting posture.
Decision Support, Business Analysis & Value Creation
- Deliver ad hoc and recurring analytics to support decision-making, including profitability, mix, and price volume impact.
- Identify performance drivers and root causes; recommend actions and quantify financial impact.
- Support Business Development by reviewing and challenging deal NPV models (assumptions, inputs, risk adjustments, and scenario/sensitivity analyses), and clearly articulate the financial and organizational impact of opportunities as they come to the business.
- Partner with leaders to define targets, track initiatives, and measure realized savings/benefits versus plan.
Systems, Data & Team Leadership
- Own the FP&A calendar, planning tools, and core planning processes; continuously improve templates, workflows, and data flows to reduce cycle times, strengthen insight quality, and scale with business complexity.
- Ensure strong data governance across actuals, plan, and forecast; reconcile key metrics and assumptions across systems (SAP ERP and Oracle Hyperion Planning).
- Develop KPI dashboards, executive reporting, and self-service analytics, leveraging PowerBI, Excel, and PowerPoint as appropriate to provide timely visibility into performance, trends, risks, and opportunities.
- Serve as the system owner for Oracle Hyperion Planning, including model design, data governance, integration of actuals, and reporting standards.
- Identify and implement practical opportunities to use automation, advanced analytics, and AI-enabled tools to improve forecasting, reporting efficiency, insight generation, and overall FP&A effectiveness, while promoting strong AI literacy within the finance function.
- Lead, coach, and develop two direct-report FP&A talent; set clear priorities and ensure high-quality outputs under tight timelines.
- Serve as a strategic thought partner to the CFO on performance management cadence, communications, and board/investor readiness.
Qualifications and Education Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, or related field required; MBA and/or CPA strongly preferred.
- 10+ years of progressive finance experience, including significant FP&A leadership in Pharma preferred (budgeting, forecasting, management reporting, and executive/board communication).
- Advanced financial modeling and analytical skills, including scenario/sensitivity analysis and investment evaluation.
- Demonstrated ability to influence senior leaders through clear storytelling, executive-ready outputs, and strong business partnership.
- Advanced Excel and PowerPoint required; experience with ERP systems and planning/BI tools (e.g., SAP, Hyperion, Power BI) strongly preferred.
- Demonstrated technology fluency, including experience with dashboard reporting, business intelligence tools, automation, and practical application of AI-enabled tools in FP&A or related finance environments.
- Experience translating financial and operational data into executive-ready and board-ready reporting, with strong judgment around materiality, risk, and business implications.
- Strong people leadership, project management, and ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced environment with competing deadlines.
Personal Attributes
- Strong analytical skills coupled with a solid understanding of business dynamics.
- Self-starter who is highly motivated, proactive, and able to work independently while maintaining strong ownership and accountability.
- Ability to see the bigger picture, connect analysis to enterprise and BOD perspectives, and anticipate issues and vulnerabilities before they arise.
- Ability to establish and execute policies and procedures, drive process discipline, and bring a forward-looking mindset toward technology, analytics, and continuous improvement.
- Ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing; strong grammar, spelling, and editing skills; and the ability to foster communication with stakeholders at all levels of the organization.
- Ability to prioritize workload; highly organized and detail-oriented; able to manage multiple tasks simultaneously and work independently within limited time constraints with little or no supervision.
- Ability to maintain confidentiality and interact effectively and diplomatically.
- Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to interface with management and cross-functional teams, including Finance.
- Customer-centric mindset.
- Attention to detail and accuracy.
Salary Range
The expected base salary for this Bridgewater, NJ-based position is $165,000–$200,000. In addition, you may be eligible for a discretionary bonus if you are an active employee on the payment date.
Benefits
Hired applicants may be eligible for benefits, including but not limited to medical, dental, and vision coverage; life insurance; short-term disability; long-term disability; 401(k) match; flexible spending accounts; health savings account; employee assistance program; tuition reimbursement program; parental leave; wellness program; paid time off; volunteer time; and holidays.
Physical Requirements
This role follows a hybrid work schedule, requiring three (3) on-site days per week at our Bridgewater, NJ office.
Equal Opportunity Employment
Providing “equal employment opportunity” is one of the most important people policies of Cosette Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Our goal is to do all that we realistically can to provide genuine equal employment opportunity to applicants and employees in all phases of our operation. It is the policy of this Company that there shall be no discrimination with respect to employment, or any of the terms and conditions of employment, because of an individual’s race, creed, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, ancestry, age, gender identity or expression, affectional or sexual orientation, marital status, domestic partnership, familial status, atypical hereditary cellular or blood trait, disability (including AIDS and HIV infection), genetic information, liability for service in the United States armed forces or any other legally protected status. The Company is dedicated to ensuring that all employment decisions are in accordance with these principles of equal employment opportunity.