Vice President, Head of US Finance - Job ID : 1723

Vice President, Head Of Us Finance

Ascendis Pharma is a dynamic, fast-growing global biopharmaceutical company with locations in Denmark, Europe, and the United States. Today, we're advancing programs in Endocrinology Rare Disease and Oncology.

Here at Ascendis, we pride ourselves on exceptional science, visionary leadership, and skilled and passionate colleagues. Guided by our core values of Patients, Science, and Passion, we use our TransCon drug development platform to fulfill our mission of developing new and potentially best-in-class therapies to address unmet medical needs.

This position will be a key member of the US Leadership Team and the Global Finance Leadership Team. As the Head of US Finance, this is a high-visibility, high impact position that will drive and generate critical business and financial decision support and will play an integral role in establishing and driving processes such as in Business Advice, Budgeting / Forecasting, Gross-to-Net Forecasting, Management Reporting, Government Reporting and ad hoc analyses as the US organization grows.

The team is organized in three categories :

• Commercial Finance (Gross to Net and Government Pricing), and
• Business Finance (FP&A)
• This leader will also have dotted line leadership accountability for the US-based Global Finance Operations team, which supports Financial Accounting (e.g., revenue recognition, reporting, US tax liaison).

The role is based in Princeton, New Jersey and will report directly to the EVP, President of US and have dotted line accountability to the SVP Global Finance, based in Copenhagen, Denmark. Close collaboration with the Ascendis Pharma CFO, broader global organization, and the US Leadership Team is expected.

Key Responsibilities