Isomorphic Labs - Senior Finance Business Partner (Drug Design and Development), London, UK
Requirements
• Essential: • Essential: • Drug Development Finance Expertise: Direct experience managing R&D / drug development finance and FP&A/partnering within biotech, pharma, or life sciences. • Drug Development Finance Expertise: • Finance modeling: Deep experience building and maintaining robust financial models for portfolio prioritisation and project NPV. • Finance modeling: • Education & Analytical Skills: Degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics or other quantitative field. • Communication & Rigor: Clear executive-level communicator for both technical and non-technical audiences. Strong attention to detail and ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment. • Communication & Rigor: • Teamwork and collaboration: Proven track record in business partnering, influencing senior leadership, and excellence in stakeholder management. • Teamwork and collaboration: • AI to drive efficiency: Experience in utilizing LLMs and other AI to drive efficiency • AI to drive efficiency: • Professional accounting qualification (e.g., ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CPA, or equivalent). • Life sciences background/experience highly desirable • Experience using Google Workspace (Sheets, Slides etc) . • Experience implementing or managing financial systems (e.g. ERP, procurement). • Culture and values • Culture and values • We are guided by our shared values. It's not about finding people who think and act in the same way. These values help to guide our work and will continue to strengthen it. • ThoughtfulThoughtful at Iso is about curiosity, creativity and care. It is about good people doing good, rigorous and future-making science every single day. • Thoughtful • BraveBrave at Iso is about fearlessness, but it’s also about initiative and integrity. The scale of the challenge demands nothing less. • Brave • DeterminedDetermined at Iso is the way we pursue our goal. It’s a confidence in our hypothesis, as well as the urgency and agility needed to deliver on it. Because disease won’t wait, so neither should we. • Determined • TogetherTogether at Iso is about connection, collaboration across fields and catalytic relationships. It’s knowing that transformation is a group project, and remembering that what we’re doing will have a real impact on real people everywhere. • Together • Creating an extraordinary company • We believe that to be successful we need a team with a range of skills and talents. We're building an environment where collaboration is fundamental, learning is shared and every employee feels supported and able to thrive. We value unique experiences, knowledge, backgrounds, and perspectives, and harness these qualities to create extraordinary impact. • We are committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of sex, race, religion or belief, ethnic or national origin, disability, age, citizenship, marital, domestic or civil partnership status, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy or related condition (including breastfeeding) or any other basis protected by applicable law. If you have a disability or additional need that requires accommodation, please do not hesitate to let us know. • Hybrid working • Hybrid working • It’s hugely important for us to share knowledge and build strong relationships with each other, and we find it easier to do this if we spend time together in person. This is why we follow a hybrid model, and would require you to be able to come into the office 3 days a week (currently Tuesday, Wednesday, and one other day depending on which team you’re in). If you have additional needs that would prevent you from following this hybrid approach, we’d be happy to talk through these if you’re selected for an initial screening call. • would require you to be able to come into the office 3 days a week • Please note that when you submit an application, your data will be processed in line with our privacy policy. • >> Click to view other open roles at Isomorphic Labs
Responsibilities
• Business & Financial Partnering: Serve as the primary finance partner for the Drug Design and Development team. Provide strategic thought partnership to support delivery of portfolio objectives. • Business & Financial Partnering: • Budgeting and forecasting: Lead end-to-end budgeting, forecasting, and resource planning. • Budgeting and forecasting: • Program and asset economics: • Provide financial decision support for the Portfolio Steering Team. Build project-level NPV and risk-adjusted valuation models for pipeline assets to support portfolio prioritization. • Partner with Business Development to model economics for biopharma partnerships and licensing deals, research collaborations and milestones. • Research Oversight & Advisory: Partner with our External Research team and Procurement during RFP processes to evaluate, benchmark, and negotiate budgets with vendors. • Research Oversight & Advisory: • Reporting & Process Improvement: Deliver regular variance analysis and continuously enhance financial reporting and workflows to support portfolio growth. Oversee robust and efficient accruals processes. • Reporting & Process Improvement:
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