Insulet Corporation · 3 hours ago
Senior Director, Financial Planning & Analysis, R&D (Hybrid)
California, United States
Full-time
Hybrid
Director/Executive
$188K/yr - $281K/yr
15+ years expInsulet Corporation is an innovative medical device company dedicated to simplifying life for people with diabetes. They are seeking a Senior Director to provide strategic financial leadership to the R&D team, focusing on financial planning, reporting, and analysis to drive organizational excellence and support key decision-making processes.
Health CareMedicalMedical Device
Responsibilities
Set strategic vision for financial processes associated with R&D organization and lead team to develop tracking and reporting metrics to drive improvements in R&D efficiency, removing process bottlenecks, and keeping team accountable to budget and timelines. Act as lead financial thought partner to R&D to identify and help implement key strategic initiatives that drive value across the organization
Create New Capability for R&D Project Reporting: Lead the design and implementation of advanced project reporting tools and dashboards, enabling granular tracking of R&D costs, resource allocation, and milestone progress across all initiatives
Develop Processes to Scope Work: Establish and institutionalize robust frameworks for scoping new R&D projects, including demand/capacity management and project prioritization, ensuring alignment with business strategy and cross-functional requirements
Resource Planning: Develop and oversee comprehensive resource planning processes to optimize team allocation, support project delivery, and inform strategic workforce decisions
System to Track Actual Work: Create or enhance systems for tracking actual work performed on R&D projects, integrating time accounting, cost categorization, and real-time status updates to improve data accuracy and reporting efficiency
End-to-End Reporting from Proforma to Actuals: Architect and deploy end-to-end financial reporting solutions that connect proforma business cases to actual results, ensuring full traceability and comprehensive oversight from project inception through execution and close
ROI Analysis: Lead ROI analysis for major R&D investments, leveraging advanced financial modeling and scenario planning to provide actionable insights for executive decision-making
Consolidation for Total Company R&D Spend: Oversee the consolidation and reporting of total company R&D spend, partnering with finance, accounting, and business unit leaders to ensure accuracy, transparency, and compliance
Work with various functional leaders as their trusted thought partner to ensure they have a deep level of visibility into their financials in order to hit long term and short-term expectations and provide thoughtful insights on how to better manage their costs
Drive all Forecasting, Budget and long-range planning by partnering with functional leaders and their respective teams
Ensure actual results are aligned to expectations through detailed variance analysis
Establish a strong collaborative culture with peers and other functions while promoting a culture of success, pride, performance, discipline and creativity
Oversee all close related activities to support R&D organization
Manage the company’s critical technology costs which help drive the commercialization of our products
Manage the company’s R&D costs to help inform project spend, ROI and assist in resource assessments and allocations
Oversee weekly / biweekly Latest estimate updates for respective functions ensuring commentary is fully updated
Establish consistent project reporting across both IT and R&D to ensure we have the right level of detail for forecast and actuals tracking
Create Operating Expense fluxes and other key analysis to leverage for MFR reporting and other deliverables
Ensure Capital Expenditures vs. Operating Expense controls are established
Develop and implement sustainable workforce planning strategies for R&D, integrating strategic workforce planning principles to ensure the right capabilities, talent mix, and cost structure for future growth
Assist in IFRS reporting and analysis
Assist in Tax reporting and various requests
Support Quarterly Business Reviews (QBRs), Investment committee and key inputs into product business plans
Design and implement processes and procedures to streamline data gathering and reporting in support of R&D expenses
Oversee monthly financial reporting and close related activities as it relates to the respective Function’s Operating Expenses
Implement new and improved Capital Policy and Process and maintain as new circumstances occur
Play a critical role in the FP&A module of the SAP implementation as this role will be a heavy contributor for project reporting/analysis and CAPEX subject matter expert
Work on specific unique projects which may call for reporting and analysis skills, including continuous improvement activities
The person in this role should work well with the various team members in the department and the broader Insulet community
Perform other duties as assigned
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in finance or accounting
15+ years of financial planning and analysis experience in a global growth-oriented, publicly-traded company
Broad finance background that includes financial planning and analysis, accounting, finance, internal management reporting systems, budgeting, acquisitions and investment analysis and financial modeling
Proven track record as an effective financial business partner with a strong internal customer service focus
Proven ability to learn new accounting & reporting tools
Proven ability to complete tasks with a high level of accuracy and attention to detail
Preferred
MBA is a plus
Strong communication, presence, and relationship building skills, with the ability to interpret and summarize data to aid management in achieving strategic and operational goals
Analytical thinker with strong business acumen, ability to summarize complex financial data into clear and concise recommendations for strategic decision support
Systems savvy - experience with Planful reporting tools is a plus
Experience with tier-one ERP and Business Performance Management tools required, experience with Host/Planful and or SAP/SAC a plus
Excellent MS Excel and financial modeling skills are required
Able to synthesize and analyze large quantities of data to create useful information and concise analyses
Able to effectively manage projects; results oriented and able to roll-up the sleeves in order to accomplish necessary tasks
Able to work in a fast pace, high-growth environment
Has highest standards of integrity reflected in all external and internal communications
Self-motivated, high energy, respectful, honest, hard-working and loyal team
Company
Insulet Corporation
Insulet Corporation (NASDAQ: PODD), headquartered in Massachusetts, is an innovative medical device company dedicated to simplifying life for people with diabetes and other conditions through its Omnipod product platform.
1001-5000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$629.5MKey Investors
DeerfieldOrbiMedAlta Partners
2025-03-18Post Ipo Debt· $450M
2009-03-16Post Ipo Debt· $60M
2007-05-15IPO
Leadership Team
Ashley McEvoy
President & Chief Executive Officer
Ana Maria Chadwick
Chief Financial Officer
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