About Lykos Therapeutics
At Lykos Therapeutics, we are committed to making an impact on people’s lives. We envision a world where there are more tools available for the treatment of mental health and where conversations about mental health are destigmatized. We aspire to challenge the status quo through the development of novel therapies and therapeutic approaches to treat mental health conditions. Our initial focus is developing investigational MDMA-assisted therapy for adults living with PTSD. If approved by the FDA, MDMA-assisted therapy could be a potential new approach to treating PTSD, a condition that hasn’t had a new treatment option in decades.
MDMA-assisted therapy has been designated a Breakthrough Therapy by the FDA and the results of our two pivotal Phase 3 clinical trials were published in Nature Medicine. MDMA-assisted therapy has not been approved by any regulatory agency. The safety and efficacy of MDMA-assisted therapy have not been established for the treatment of PTSD.
Lykos is a public benefit corporation (PBC), with a dual mandate to generate shareholder value and public benefit. As a PBC, we consider the impact of our decisions on society just as we think about financial implications. We balance the interests of our many stakeholders including our employees, healthcare providers, therapists, investors and others. This means that we look through a public benefit lens with all that we do.
Why work for Lykos Therapeutics?
With 30+ years of experience researching psychedelic-assisted therapies, we remain committed to the rigorous pursuit of evidence-based development of novel approaches. We value impact, integrity, care, and openness and hold public benefit at the center of everything we do. We believe in diversity and inclusion of people of all backgrounds, genders, races, ethnicities, sexual orientations, educational backgrounds, arrest or conviction record, military and veteran status, religions, abilities, and perspectives and are committed to building a supportive, equitable, and accessible workplace.
Lykos has a distributed workforce that uses technology and periodic in-person gatherings to stay connected. We look for people who believe in our mission, are comfortable with and skilled at remote work and collaboration, and ready to step into a dynamic and fast-paced work environment.
Position Summary
Reporting to the Director of Financial Planning & Analysis, the FP&A Manager - Clinical will be responsible for development of quarterly, bi-annual financial and long-term strategic plans for our rapidly growing pharmaceutical company specifically in clinical study development, regulatory, and medical affairs functions.
The FP&A Manager - Clinical will also be responsible for analyzing and reporting on business performance, recommending changes to improve performance, and partnering with clinical and operations leadership in designing terms for CRO and clinical trial site contracts, as well as developing business cases for new investments and programs.
The ideal candidate must have strong communication skills, cross-functional team experience and be results-focused with minimal direct supervision. Must be able to effectively interact, collaborate and communicate across multiple functions in the organization and cooperate and build consensus to drive results. The position will plan, prioritize and manage workload in an environment of competing priorities to support and guide timely and sound decision-making. The role will provide opportunities to deal with operational complexities and support strategic decisions. The successful candidate should be a strategic partner to all departments, anticipate departmental over/under-spends and work with relevant stakeholders to proactively communicate and resolve budget concerns.
Resposibilities
- Develop and maintain study budget forecasting and scenarios
- Partner with clinical development, regulatory, pharmacovigilance, and medical affairs department analytics, including budgets and forecasts.
- Track, analyze and report on business performance.
- Develop and utilize BI tools to deliver meaningful insights into business performance
- Provide detailed analysis and commentary on monthly financial results to senior management.
- Review operations and recommend new productivity, revenue generation & cost saving initiatives.
- Prepare business cases to support new investments and/or strategic initiatives.
- Build out of function when growth is needed including hiring a financial analyst.
- Work closely with the Sr. leadership team to formulate long term financial and strategic plan.
- Identify and bring forward issues and areas of opportunity to provide visibility to trends on a proactive basis and leading analysis driving improvements.
- Establish and enhance tracking models to provide visibility to spending objectives
- Facilitate monthly accrual reconciliations with individual functions.
- Additional ad hoc duties as required.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s and/or Master’s degree in accounting, finance or economics
- 5+ years’ experience in the financial planning & analysis / clinical finance function in the pharmaceutical industry
- Demonstrated experience working as an FP&A/clinical finance leader
- Advanced Excel modeling and/or reporting skills
- High proficiency in building financial models for business cases and clinical arrangements
- Experience working in a multi-company and multi-currency environment
- Impeccable spreadsheet and power point proficiency, organization, problem-solving skills and excellent use of logic
- Excellent clinical finance knowledge with proven application in complex corporate environments
- Strong leadership skills, big picture approach to tasks and the ability to communicate complex topics in concise explanations
- Must be detail oriented with strong organizational and analytical skills
- Ability to work well with others in fast paced, dynamic environment
- Ability to be respectful, approachable and team oriented while building strong working relationships and a positive work environment
- Experience creating dashboards with business intelligence software
- Proven track record working in cross-functional teams
- Ability to develop data-oriented stories and communicate with executive management
- Analysis, forecasting, budgeting experience
- Ad-hoc analysis, modeling and other as assigned
Competitive benefit package includes:
Paid Time Off (PTO)
Sick Time
Holiday Pay
Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance
Employer funded mental health HRA
401k
FSA
Pet Insurance
Home Office Stipend