Senior Director, Financial Planning & Analysis, R&D; Hybrid

Position: Senior Director, Financial Planning & Analysis, R&D (Hybrid)
Location: Acton
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REQ-Insulet Corporation is seeking an experienced and driven Sr. Director to join our expanding FP&A team, providing strategic financial leadership to the SVP of Research & Development (R&D) and their leadership teams. In this highly visible role, you will act as the principal financial thought partner to R&D, collaborating with key leaders to identify and implement strategic initiatives that deliver measurable value and drive organizational excellence.

You will be responsible for establishing and executing comprehensive financial planning, reporting, and analysis for these groups, including the creation of advanced project reporting tools and dashboards for granular tracking of R&D costs, resource allocation, and milestone progress across all initiatives.

This position will design and institutionalize robust frameworks for scoping new R&D projects, encompassing demand and capacity management, project prioritization, and alignment with broader business strategies and cross-functional requirements. You will lead the development and oversight of resource planning processes to optimize team allocation, support timely project delivery, and inform strategic workforce decisions. Additionally, you will drive the creation and enhancement of systems to track actual work performed on R&D projects, integrating time accounting, cost categorization, and real-time status updates to ensure data accuracy and reporting efficiency.

As a key leader, you will 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. You will spearhead ROI analysis for major R&D investments, utilizing advanced financial modeling and scenario planning to provide actionable insights for executive decision-making. Overseeing the consolidation and reporting of total company R&D spend, you will partner with finance, accounting, and business unit leaders to ensure accuracy, transparency, and compliance.

This role also involves close partnership with the Controllership group to ensure precise expense classification (e.g., Capex vs. Opex) and the development of financial plans and reporting that serve as a roadmap for achieving functional financial goals, while ensuring that total operating expenses align with expectations. You will work collaboratively with functional teams to identify opportunities to reduce operating costs and improve operating margin, providing financial support to drive and execute cost-saving initiatives.

The ideal candidate will champion accurate reporting of actual performance, focusing on key operating metrics and analyses that enhance forecast accuracy, drive accountability, and propose actions for continuous improvement of financial results.

Your responsibilities will include leading forecasting processes—such as the annual budget and long-range planning—analyzing results, and partnering with other finance and executive team members to ensure that financial objectives for the current period are met. Through insightful financial analysis, you will help guide executive decision-making on critical investments and strategic priorities. The Sr. Director may be entrusted with various confidential projects, requiring impeccable discretion and professionalism while collaborating across commercial, regional, and functional areas.

This position reports directly to the Vice President of Corporate & COO FP&A.
** 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…