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Senior Director, Finance

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States · On-site

Senior$34M raised

Job Summary Reporting to the COO, the Senior Director, Finance serves as the senior leader responsible for the Company's finance operations, accounting oversight, financial reporting, compliance, procurement processes, c…

Skills: Finance Operations, Accounting Oversight, Financial Reporting, Compliance, Procurement

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Senior Director, Finance

GEMMA Biotherapeutics

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States • On-site

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  • Full-time
  • bachelor degree, postgraduate degree
  • Posted 19d ago
  • ~40 hrs/week

Responsibilities

The Senior Director of Finance leads the company's finance operations, accounting oversight, and financial reporting while ensuring strong internal controls and compliance. This role partners with the leadership team to manage cash, procurement, and budget administration to support organizational objectives.

Requirements

Requires a bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or Business with 7-10 years of experience in finance operations and accounting oversight. Proficiency in ERP systems, specifically NetSuite, and experience in the life sciences or healthcare industry is preferred.

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Job Summary

Reporting to the COO, the Senior Director, Finance serves as the senior leader responsible for the Company's finance operations, accounting oversight, financial reporting, compliance, procurement processes, cash management, and financial systems. This role partners closely with the COO and Leadership Team to provide reliable financial information, scalable processes, and strong financial controls in support of organizational objectives. This role does not have primary responsibility for investor relations, fundraising, capital markets transactions, or advanced FP&A modeling but will work closely with Business Development to support these activities. 

  • Oversee all finance staff and accounting operations, monthly close coordination, financial reporting packages, and compliance with established budget and reporting processes.
  • Lead finance operations, including accounts payable, purchasing, corporate card and expense processes, vendor onboarding, and payment controls.
  • Manage cash management, treasury administration, short-term cash reporting, banking relationships, and related operating controls.
  • Partner with the COO, CEO, and functional leaders to support annual budget development and administration, variance review, and practical financial decision support without requiring advanced FP&A ownership.
  • Develop, document, and improve financial policies, SOPs, workflows, approval matrices, and internal controls that scale with the organization.
  • Coordinate external accounting, audit, tax, insurance, banking, and other finance service provider relationships.
  • Serve as operational finance leader for finance systems and data integrity.

Qualifications

  • Demonstrated experience leading finance operations, accounting oversight, monthly close coordination, financial reporting, and audit/tax coordination.
  • Bachelor's degree required; degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or a related field preferred. MBA a plus. 7-10 years of experience. 
  • Strong working knowledge of accounting principles, internal controls, budget administration, cash management, procurement, AP, vendor onboarding, corporate card/expense management, and finance policy development.
  • Experience managing outsourced accounting providers, auditors, tax advisors, insurance brokers, banking partners, and other external finance service providers.
  • Hands-on experience with ERP and finance operations systems; NetSuite experience strongly preferred.
  • Proven ability to design, document, and improve scalable finance processes, SOPs, approval workflows, and control environments.
  • Strong analytical skills and ability to translate financial information into clear operating insights for executives and functional leaders.
  • Effective people manager and cross-functional partner with the judgment to operate independently in a growing life sciences organization.
  • Life sciences, biotechnology, healthcare experience preferred.

Related keywords

Finance OperationsAccountingFinancial ReportingComplianceProcurementCash ManagementTreasuryBudgetingInternal ControlsSOPsNetSuiteERPAuditTaxLife SciencesBiotechnology

About GEMMA Biotherapeutics

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Advancing gene therapy research and delivering life-changing therapeutics to patients around the world

Industry
Biotechnology Research
Company size
51-200 employees
Founded
2024
Headquarters
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
LinkedIn followers
5,403
Total funding
$34M

GEMMABio, a new therapeutics company, will serve as the research and innovation arm to speed the research of and global access to life-changing advanced therapies for those living with rare diseases. Alongside Franklin Biolabs, GEMMABio will advance gene therapy research and deliver therapeutics to patients around the world significantly faster.

Offices: 3025 John F Kennedy Blvd, Suite 220, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, US

Gene Therapy Rare DiseaseQuality AssuranceGXP operationsRegulatory affairsClinical developmentDiscovery researchTranslational researchVector researchBiomedical research
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About GEMMA Biotherapeutics

LinkedInVisit site

Advancing gene therapy research and delivering life-changing therapeutics to patients around the world

Industry
Biotechnology Research
Company size
51-200 employees
Founded
2024
Headquarters
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
LinkedIn followers
5,403
Total funding
$34M

GEMMABio, a new therapeutics company, will serve as the research and innovation arm to speed the research of and global access to life-changing advanced therapies for those living with rare diseases. Alongside Franklin Biolabs, GEMMABio will advance gene therapy research and deliver therapeutics to patients around the world significantly faster.

Offices: 3025 John F Kennedy Blvd, Suite 220, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, US

Gene Therapy Rare DiseaseQuality AssuranceGXP operationsRegulatory affairsClinical developmentDiscovery researchTranslational researchVector researchBiomedical research
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