Associate Director, FP&A

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Associate Director, FP&A – Clinical Research Group (PPD)

Reporting to the Executive Director of Finance, the Associate Director, FP&A is a strategic and detail-oriented finance leader who partners closely with the Executive Director and senior business stakeholders across the Clinical Research Group (CRG). This role owns key areas including study and project authorization portfolio management and advanced analytics and insights related to authorizations and other critical CRG performance metrics, with scope expected to expand over time.

In this role, you will provide financial governance over study and project authorizations while delivering actionable insights to support strategic and operational decision-making in a fast-paced, complex environment. The Associate Director will work in close partnership with operational, commercial, and functional leaders to drive financial rigor, transparency, and alignment with business objectives, while contributing to the ongoing development of the FP&A organization.

• Partner with operational and project delivery teams to ensure accurate, timely, and compliant study-level financial approvals.

• Drive and support policy updates and enhancements, partnering with business leaders and the commercial operations team on items outside established policy.

• Ensure compliance with financial and accounting policies in partnership with an established Center of Excellence (CoE).

• Establish and enforce financial controls related to RPO, budget change authorizations, and scope amendments.

• Manage alignment across Statements of Work (SOWs), budgets, and authorization forecasts to ensure financial integrity and visibility.

• Translate complex financial and operational data into clear, actionable insights for senior leadership and key stakeholders.

• Develop solutions to new and complex analytical problem statements while enhancing existing analyses to drive insights across financial, operational, and authorization performance.

• Identify trends, risks, and opportunities to inform decision-making and continuous improvement.

• Function as a trusted finance business partner to leaders, providing balanced challenge and support through sound financial guidance and strategic insights.

• Proactively identify issues and recommend corrective actions to improve business outcomes.

• Prepare and present analyses during key strategic business cycles, including STRAP, AOP, Forecasts, MBRs, and QBRs, supporting leadership in defining actions to improve performance.

• Provide day-to-day leadership, coaching, and development for 1–2 FP&A team members, fostering a high-performance and continuous improvement culture.

• Set clear priorities and expectations, ensuring timely, accurate, and value-added delivery of analyses and insights.

• Review, challenge, and elevate analytical outputs to ensure consistency, quality, and relevance for senior stakeholders.

• Support team members’ professional growth through regular feedback, performance management, and increasing responsibility over time.

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent and relevant formal academic / vocational qualification (MBA preferred)

• Previous finance FP&A experience that provides the knowledge, skills, and…