Schrodinger

Director of Financial Planning & Analysis

Schrodinger • $180K — $270K *
Pharmaceuticals & Biotech
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, or related field (MBA, CPA, or CFA preferred)
  • Minimum of ten years of experience in FP&A, strategic finance, corporate finance, or divisional finance leadership
  • Experience managing and developing finance professionals
  • Strong proficiency in spreadsheets and familiarity with planning, reporting, and business intelligence tools
  • Experience in a biotech, pharmaceutical, life sciences, healthcare, or innovation-driven industry is preferred

Responsibilities

  • Develop an integrated vision for STG's financial outlook including revenue and expenses
  • Lead monthly and quarterly performance reviews and identify key variance drivers
  • Prepare concise, executive-ready analysis and presentations for STG leadership
  • Build financial models for resource allocation and product decisions
  • Establish and monitor financial and operational KPIs that align with strategy
  • Collaborate with stakeholders, particularly with Accounting during financial closes
  • Enhance forecast accuracy, cost transparency, and accountability among business leaders
  • Improve FP&A tools and processes, focusing on automation and AI adoption

Benefits

  • Comprehensive healthcare coverage, including dental and vision
  • 401k retirement plan
  • Pre-tax commuter benefits
  • Flexible work schedule with hybrid work options
  • Generous parental leave program
  • Relaxed yet engaged company culture
  • Over a month of paid vacation time
Full Job Description
As a leader of our Finance team, you'll partner with the Schrödinger Therapeutics Group (STG), owning that division's annual plan, forecasts, long-range planning, management reporting, strategic analysis, translating complex financial and operational information into recommendations and actions. You'll also manage and develop two reports.

Who will love this job:
  • A strategic thinker who can connect financial performance, operating priorities, and long-term business objectives
  • A credible, collaborative business partner who can use their high standards of integrity, accuracy, ownership, and attention to detail to build trust with executives, functional leaders, and finance colleagues
  • An exceptional verbal and written communicator who enjoys synthesizing complex analysis into concise, executive-ready insights
  • A hands-on leader who moves comfortably between high-level strategy and detailed financial analysis
  • A commercially-minded problem-solver who anticipates business needs, challenges assumptions, and recommends practical solutions
  • A people manager who's committed to developing talent, raising team capabilities, and creating accountability

What you'll do:
  • Develop an integrated vision for STG's financial outlook, including revenue, gross margin, operating expenses, headcount, and key business drivers
  • Lead monthly and quarterly performance reviews, identifying underlying variance drivers, emerging risks and opportunities, and delivery requirements for financial commitments
  • Prepare clear, concise, and executive-ready analysis and presentations for STG leadership
  • Build models to support portfolio prioritization, resource allocation, and product decisions
  • Establish and monitor meaningful financial and operational KPIs that connect strategy with execution
  • Collaborate with stakeholders across the company, especially Accounting during the monthly and quarterly close process
  • Strengthen forecast accuracy, cost transparency, and financial accountability among business leaders and budget owners
  • Improve FP&A tools, reporting, data quality, planning processes, automation, and AI adoption
  • Represent STG within the broader Finance organization

What you should have:
  • Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, or a related discipline (MBA, CPA, or CFA preferred)
  • At least ten years of progressive experience in FP&A, strategic finance, corporate finance, or divisional finance leadership
  • Substantial experience with the cultivation of finance professionals, including direct people management
  • Robust proficiency with spreadsheets and experience with enterprise planning, reporting, and business intelligence tools

We'd prefer to hire someone who has:
  • Experience in biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, life sciences, healthcare, or another research- or innovation-driven industry
  • Familiarity with the financial and operational dynamics of scientific R&D, product development, commercialization, licensing, partnerships, or portfolio investment
  • A background in public-company, global, or matrixed environments

Pay and perks:

Schrödinger understands it's people that make a company great. Because of this, we're prepared to offer a competitive salary, equity-based compensation, and a wide range of benefits that include healthcare (with dental and vision), a 401k, pre-tax commuter benefits, a flexible work schedule with hybrid workweeks, and a parental leave program. We have a company culture that is relaxed but engaged, and over a month of paid vacation time. New York is home to our largest office, but we have teams all over the world.

Estimated base salary range: $180,000 - $270,000. Actual compensation package is dependent on a number of factors, including, for example, experience, education, degrees held, market data, and business needs. If you have any questions regarding the compensation for this role, do not hesitate to reach out to a member of our Strategic Growth team.

Sound exciting? Apply today and join us!

About Schrodinger

Schrodinger is a leading provider of software solutions for the life sciences and materials science industries. The company was founded in 1990 and has grown to become a major player in the industry, with a focus on developing cutting-edge technologies that enable scientists to accelerate their research and development efforts. Schrodinger's products are used by a wide range of customers, including pharmaceutical companies, biotech firms, and academic research institutions. The company is committed to innovation and has developed a number of groundbreaking technologies, such as its FEP+ software, which is used to predict the binding affinity of small molecules to proteins. Schrodinger is also committed to sustainability and has implemented a number of initiatives to reduce its environmental impact, including the use of renewable energy sources and the promotion of recycling and waste reduction.
Learn more about Schrodinger
Size
664 employees
Market Cap
$1.3 billion
Industry
Net Income
-$24.4 million
Founded
1990
Revenue
$108 million
NASDAQ

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