Financial Planning & Analysis Lead

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The Manager, R&D Innovation Finance serves as a Finance Business Partner supporting Solta's Innovation organization, including Research & Development (R&D Engineering), Clinical & Medical Affairs, Regulatory Affairs, and Product Management. The role provides financial planning support, analysis, reporting, and decision support for innovation-related budgets, product development projects, maintenance of business initiatives, clinical and regulatory programs, and product portfolio activities.

Working within established finance processes and policies, this position partners with functional leaders and project teams to support budgeting, forecasting, resource tracking, financial analysis, and management reporting. The role is expected to identify issues, evaluate options, and make recommendations that improve transparency, execution discipline, and operating efficiency.

The Manager also supports Solta's Product Development Program (PDP) Core Team model by providing project-level financial analysis, business case support, spend tracking, and forecast updates. The role works with Program Leads, Program Managers, Product Management, R&D, Regulatory, Clinical & Medical Affairs, Quality, and Supply Chain partners to help ensure project assumptions, investment needs, risks, and financial implications are clearly understood before decisions are made.

The successful candidate will combine strong FP&A fundamentals with practical business partnering skills, supporting innovation leaders with timely analysis, clear reporting, and sound recommendations while operating within the scope, guidance, and priorities established by Finance and business leadership.

Responsibilities

1. R&D Innovation Finance Business Partnering

• Serve as the Finance Business Partner for R&D, Clinical & Medical Affairs, Regulatory Affairs, and Product Management. Develop strong working relationships with functional teams and provide financial guidance to support approved priorities, operational execution, and effective resource planning
• Provide financial analysis and recommendations on investment proposals, headcount planning, operating expense management, and resource needs. Translate financial performance and project requirements into clear insights that support informed business decisions
• Partner with innovation leaders to evaluate project needs, identify financial risks and opportunities, assess resource requirements, and support alignment between functional plans and approved financial commitments
• Support project and portfolio financial reporting, including dashboards or trackers that summarize spend, forecast, business case assumptions, risks, and financial implications for active NPI and MOB initiatives
• Partner with Accounting and controllership teams as needed to support close-related analysis, accrual visibility, project cost classification, and forecast-to-actual transparency for innovation-related spend

1. Planning, Forecasting & Long-Range Planning

• Support planning, budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning activities for innovation-related functions. Ensure plans are supported by clear assumptions, appropriate documentation, and alignment with approved priorities
• Coordinate forecast submissions and planning activities across R&D, Clinical & Medical Affairs, Regulatory Affairs, and Product Management to ensure consistency, transparency, and accountability. Support leadership in understanding key assumptions, drivers, risks, and opportunities impacting future performance
• Prepare forward-looking analyses to support project decisions, resource planning recommendations, and portfolio prioritization analysis. Assist leadership in evaluating alternative scenarios and understanding the financial impact of key decisions

1. Product Development & Core Team Finance Support

• Serve as the Finance representative on assigned Product Development Core Teams supporting Solta's stage-gate product development process. Partner with Program Leads and Program Managers to support financial planning, business case tracking, and visibility throughout the product development lifecycle
• Provide Finance input, validation, and recommendations for project budgets, business cases, stage-gate materials, and revenue, ROI, and NPV assumptions while operating within the decision rights established by the PDP Core Team governance model
• Validate financial assumptions supporting product business cases, including project costs, revenue forecasts, margin expectations, ROI, NPV, launch economics, return expectations, and sensitivity scenarios. Assist teams in identifying financial trade-offs related to scope, timing, regulatory requirements, and execution risks
• Prepare financial analyses supporting Stage Gate Reviews, Product Strategy Reviews (PSRs), and portfolio governance discussions. Help ensure financial assumptions, risks, and implications are clearly summarized for leadership review
• Monitor project spending, investment performance, and business case assumptions throughout program execution. Escalate significant risks, opportunities, or deviations from approved plans and support development of mitigation strategies as needed

1. Product Portfolio & Lifecycle Finance

• Support financial management of Solta's product portfolio across both New Product Introduction (NPI) and Maintenance of Business (MOB) initiatives
• Partner with innovation leaders to evaluate portfolio priorities, lifecycle investments, and resource allocation needs. Support analysis of product enhancements, sustaining engineering initiatives, remediation efforts, manufacturing improvements, and compliance-related investments
• Support evaluation of product profitability, lifecycle economics, launch investments, and portfolio value. Provide analyses that inform product enhancement, resource deployment, and lifecycle management decisions
• Monitor financial performance of approved initiatives and ensure projected benefits, investment assumptions, and approved project outcomes remain visible throughout execution

1. Medical Affairs, Regulatory & Clinical Program Finance

• Support Medical Affairs and Regulatory Affairs organizations through financial planning, investment evaluation, and financial tracking, reporting, and variance analysis
• Provide financial guidance related to clinical studies, post-market evidence generation, regulatory submissions, compliance initiatives, and approved medical programs. Assist business leaders in evaluating investment alternatives, funding requirements, and resource allocation needs
• Develop analyses supporting clinical and regulatory investment prioritization while ensuring alignment with approved objectives, launch requirements, and portfolio priorities
• Monitor financial performance of approved programs and identify risks, opportunities, and actions required to support achievement of business objectives

Qualifications

• Minimum of a bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field. MBA or CPA preferred 
• Minimum 6 years of progressive FP&A, business partnering, or related financial planning and analysis experience
• Demonstrated experience supporting budgeting, forecasting, long-range planning, financial analysis, and performance management processes, strong financial modeling, business case development, and investment evaluation capabilities
• Experience partnering with business leaders and supporting decisions through data-driven analysis, excellent analytical, communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills
• Advanced proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint, and financial planning systems, ability to manage multiple priorities in a dynamic, cross-functional environment

• Experience supporting Research & Development, Medical Affairs, Regulatory Affairs, Program Management, Engineering, or Innovation organizations, experience within medical device, healthcare, life sciences, biotechnology, pharmaceutical, or other regulated industries

The range of starting base pay for this role is 114-157.  Actual starting pay will be based on a wide range of factors including, but not limited to, relevant skills, experience, qualifications, education and location. In addition to base pay, this position is eligible for participation in either (i) our annual bonus program or (ii) a sales incentive plan.

Benefits package includes a comprehensive Medical (includes Prescription Drug), Dental, Vision, Flexible Spending Accounts, 401(k) with matching company contribution, discretionary time off, paid sick time, stock purchase plan, tuition reimbursement, parental leave, short-term and long-term disability, life insurance, accidental death & dismemberment insurance, paid holidays, employee referral bonuses and employee discounts.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. EOE Disability/Veteran. We are committed to building diverse teams, representative of the patients and communities we serve, and we strive to create an inclusive workplace that cultivates collaboration.