Executive Director, Corporate FP&A
Legend Biotech
August 25, 2026
On-site
Bridgewater, NJ
Corporate Functions
Role Overview
The Corporate FP&A Executive Director reports to the Chief Financial Officer and leads the company’s global FP&A agenda, including long-range planning, annual budgeting, forecasting, performance management, strategic decision support, management reporting, and enterprise performance monitoring.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead long-range planning, annual budgeting, forecasting, and scenario planning; ensure alignment of strategic, operational, and financial plans.
- Anticipate in-year decisions; identify risks/opportunities; evaluate trade-offs and support dynamic resource reallocation.
- Provide strategic decision support to CFO, executive leadership, and Board on profitability, cash flow, capital allocation, investment prioritization, strategic planning, M&A support, and enterprise performance.
- Develop management reporting, KPI frameworks, dashboards, driver-based analysis, and business review materials.
- Champion predictive analytics, AI-enabled forecasting, scenario modeling, cost analytics, profitability improvement, and data-driven insights.
- Lead FP&A technology roadmap; partner with Finance/IT/business to scale decision-support tools and analytics products.
- Build, mentor, and develop a global FP&A team.
- Establish governance over planning assumptions, data quality, analytics outputs, and recurring decision-support processes.
- Partner cross-functionally to monitor leading indicators and drive corrective actions.
- Provide specialist R&D finance support (pipeline strategy through therapeutic area investment decisions), including evaluating portfolio cost/value/risk/return.
- Ensure disciplined cost management, compliance with finance standards, and adherence to SOX and FCF control requirements.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree required (Finance/Econ/Business/Accounting or related quantitative); MBA/CFA/CPA preferred; Lean/Ag preferred.
- 10–15 years progressive finance/FP&A, including leading/managing teams; strategic decision support to CFO/C-suite; long-range planning, profitability improvement, capital efficiency, investment evaluation, feasibility studies, M&A support.
- Advanced enterprise financial systems proficiency (ERP, BI, advanced FP&A systems); strong knowledge of predictive analytics, AI/ML forecasting, scenario modeling, data visualization; ability to translate digital tech into finance process improvements.
- English required.
Benefits
- Base pay range: $294,483–$386,511 USD.
- Performance-based bonus and/or equity (eligible roles).
- Medical/dental/vision; 401(k) match vesting fully on day one; 8 weeks paid parental leave after 3 months; paid time off (vacation, personal, sick, floating holidays) and 11 company holidays; additional voluntary benefits including FSAs/HSAs, life/AD&D, short/long-term disability, legal assistance, and supplemental insurance; voluntary commuter benefits, family planning/care resources, well-being initiatives, and peer-to-peer recognition.
Application instructions
- Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States; E-Verify participation and Form I-9 completion required if selected.
The Corporate FP&A Executive Director reports to the Chief Financial Officer and leads the company’s global FP&A agenda, including long-range planning, annual budgeting, forecasting, performance management, strategic decision support, management reporting, and enterprise performance monitoring.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead long-range planning, annual budgeting, forecasting, and scenario planning; ensure alignment of strategic, operational, and financial plans.
- Anticipate in-year decisions; identify risks/opportunities; evaluate trade-offs and support dynamic resource reallocation.
- Provide strategic decision support to CFO, executive leadership, and Board on profitability, cash flow, capital allocation, investment prioritization, strategic planning, M&A support, and enterprise performance.
- Develop management reporting, KPI frameworks, dashboards, driver-based analysis, and business review materials.
- Champion predictive analytics, AI-enabled forecasting, scenario modeling, cost analytics, profitability improvement, and data-driven insights.
- Lead FP&A technology roadmap; partner with Finance/IT/business to scale decision-support tools and analytics products.
- Build, mentor, and develop a global FP&A team.
- Establish governance over planning assumptions, data quality, analytics outputs, and recurring decision-support processes.
- Partner cross-functionally to monitor leading indicators and drive corrective actions.
- Provide specialist R&D finance support (pipeline strategy through therapeutic area investment decisions), including evaluating portfolio cost/value/risk/return.
- Ensure disciplined cost management, compliance with finance standards, and adherence to SOX and FCF control requirements.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree required (Finance/Econ/Business/Accounting or related quantitative); MBA/CFA/CPA preferred; Lean/Ag preferred.
- 10–15 years progressive finance/FP&A, including leading/managing teams; strategic decision support to CFO/C-suite; long-range planning, profitability improvement, capital efficiency, investment evaluation, feasibility studies, M&A support.
- Advanced enterprise financial systems proficiency (ERP, BI, advanced FP&A systems); strong knowledge of predictive analytics, AI/ML forecasting, scenario modeling, data visualization; ability to translate digital tech into finance process improvements.
- English required.
Benefits
- Base pay range: $294,483–$386,511 USD.
- Performance-based bonus and/or equity (eligible roles).
- Medical/dental/vision; 401(k) match vesting fully on day one; 8 weeks paid parental leave after 3 months; paid time off (vacation, personal, sick, floating holidays) and 11 company holidays; additional voluntary benefits including FSAs/HSAs, life/AD&D, short/long-term disability, legal assistance, and supplemental insurance; voluntary commuter benefits, family planning/care resources, well-being initiatives, and peer-to-peer recognition.
Application instructions
- Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States; E-Verify participation and Form I-9 completion required if selected.