Vice President, Finance

Quotient is seeking a hands-on highly experienced Vice President of Finance who has experience working in a private biotech company with both pre-clinical and clinical programs. The ideal candidate will have strong finance expertise experience with technical and operational accounting proven experience as a leader and a demonstrated ability to build innovative finance teams and systems. This individual must be comfortable working independently in a resource-constrained environment while building out the finance function and also providing strategic financial guidance to the executive team.

The Vice President of Finance will be responsible for overseeing all aspects of accounting financial operations and compliance while contributing meaningfully to corporate strategy and long-term planning. This is a key leadership role within the company and is the primary steward of financial strategy discipline systems and governance.

Responsibilities:

• Initially serve as the companys controller overseeing all accounting operations financial reporting and internal controls; ensure compliance with GAAP and all applicable regulations manage monthly quarterly and annual close processes as well as tax and regulatory filings and initiate/lead financial statement audits
• Partner with the CFO and leadership team to develop and refine the companys financial strategy and long term operating plan; provide scenario modeling budgets forecasts long range planning models and capital allocation recommendations and support fundraising activities investor relations and board-level financial reporting
• Implement and maintain innovative and scalable accounting and financial systems processes and tools; oversee cash flow management including tracking of R&D expenses collaboration budgets and operational spend and lead implementation of accounting and finance systems independent from the Flagship ecosystem
• Plan and build out a small internal finance team fostering growth and accountability; develop and oversee launch of finance function independent of Flagship support oversee and coordinate work of external vendors including auditors accounting consultants tax advisors and payroll providers ensuring vendors meet performance expectations budgets and timelines

Qualifications:

Essential

• 15 years of progressive finance and accounting experience including senior leadership roles
• Proven track record in a private life sciences/biotech company with both clinical and pre-clinical programs
• Strong understanding of GAAP and biotech-specific accounting issues including R&D accruals and clinical trial accounting
• Experience leading budgeting financial reporting and long range planning processes
• Experience building teams and system transitions/implementations
• Experience managing direct reports and external vendors
• Demonstrated ability to work independently in a fast-paced entrepreneurial environment

Desirable

• CPA or MBA strongly preferred
• Experience supporting fundraising activities (venture capital crossover IPO readiness)
• Understanding of and interest in utilizing AI and automation for finance
• Familiarity with biopharma collaboration accounting and reporting as well as cost modeling for clinical development and pre-clinical programs

Values and Behaviors:

• Encourage respectful disagreement and cultivate open-minded ego-free interactions to continuously push each other towards excellence
• Seek out diverse perspectives; practice active listening and genuine curiosity to ensure all contributions are valued regardless of source
• Recognize the impact of your behavior language and attitudes and strive for balanced meaningful exchanges that enhance mutual growth and understanding in all interactions
• Use a company-first mindset to guide decision-making; prioritize team over individual success
• Take calculated risks and challenge convention in the quest for exceptional outcomes

About Quotient:

Quotient Therapeutics is a privately-held early stage company developing breakthrough medicines informed by natural somatic genetic diversity present in patients. Through our work in somatic genomics we are forging a new status quo for biopharma research and development across a broad pipeline of internal and partnered programs.

The company was founded by Flagship Pioneering an innovative enterprise that conceives creates resources and grows first-in-category life sciences companies. Flagship Pioneering has created over 100 groundbreaking companies over the past twenty years all of which are pioneering novel and proprietary biological industrial and engineering approaches to solve major needs in human health and sustainability. These companies include Moderna (MRNA) Generate Biomedicines Sana Biotechnology (SANA) Tessera Therapeutics Evelo Biosciences (EVLO) Indigo Agriculture Seres Therapeutics (MCRB) and Syros Pharmaceuticals (SYRS).

Quotient Therapeutics and Flagship Pioneering are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race color ancestry religion sex national origin sexual orientation age citizenship marital status disability gender identity or Veteran status.

Recruitment & Staffing Agencies:

Quotient Therapeutics (Quotient) and Flagship Pioneering (FSP) do not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than candidates. The submission of unsolicited resumes by recruitment or staffing agencies to Quotient FSP or their employees is strictly prohibited unless contacted directly by Flagship Pioneerings internal Talent Acquisition team. Any resume submitted by an agency in the absence of a signed agreement will automatically become the property of FSP and FSP will not owe any referral or other fees with respect thereto.

The salary range for this role is $250000 - $350000. Compensation for the role will depend on a number of factors including a candidates qualifications skills competencies and experience. Quotient Therapeutics Inc. currently offers healthcare coverage annual incentive program retirement benefits and a broad range of other benefits. Compensation and benefits information is based on Quotient Therapeutics Inc.s good faith estimate as of the date of publication and may be modified in the future.

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