Director, Finance Operations Digital Enablement (Cambridge, MA, US, 02142) at Alnylam Pharmaceuticals

 This role is considered Hybrid.

Position Summary:

The Director of Finance Ops Digital Enablement will provide critical leadership in embedding an automation and data-driven culture within Finance operations. This role will identify, drive, and scale automation and analytics initiatives, partnering closely with IT and ensure effective utilization of enabling technologies. The successful candidate will lead the journey towards insightful, efficient, and high-performing financial operations.

Key Responsibilities:

• Foster a strong culture of data-driven decision-making, emphasizing clear definition and consistent tracking of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and operational metrics.
• Define, curate, and govern the Gold Layer, ensuring availability of business-ready data views, trusted KPI definitions, and calculations essential for decision making.
• Design and embed KPI dashboards, clearly articulating leading and lagging indicators along with performance targets in Power BI and operational reviews.
• Collaborate closely with IT, clearly delineating responsibilities: Finance ops Digital enablement leader leads process analysis and Gold Layer definitions, while IT maintains and optimizes Bronze & Silver pipelines, manages data quality/lake, ensures security, and maintains platform performance.
• Leverage and enhance reporting from existing enabling technologies such as Ariba, Concur, and others, driving actionable insights through effective and efficient reporting practices.
• Establish and nurture an Automation culture within Finance operations, promoting continuous improvement through practical and measurable automation initiatives.
• Act as a strategic partner with IT, ensuring seamless collaboration and alignment of automation objectives and data strategies to achieve broader business goals.
• Lead time studies and motion analysis to accurately identify where most time and effort is expended within finance operations, enabling focused automation opportunities.

Minimum Requirements/Qualifications:

• 15+ years progressive experience in finance processes, automation, and digital enabling technologies, with a minimum of 5 years of working within a shared services environment.
• Solid understanding of accounting operations, particularly within P2P and R2R processes.
• Strong ability to influence, collaborate, and communicate effectively across diverse stakeholders, including senior management.
• Demonstrated experience in working with automation tools and technologies (UiPath, Automation Anywhere, Blue Prism, Power Automate).
• Proficiency with data analytics, visualization tools (Power BI), and strong understanding of SQL and ETL processes.
• Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills, translating complex data into clear, actionable insights.
• Bachelor’s degree required.

About Alnylam: Alnylam Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq: ALNY) has led the translation of RNA interference (RNAi) into a whole new class of innovative medicines with the potential to transform the lives of people afflicted with rare and more prevalent diseases. Based on Nobel Prize-winning science, RNAi therapeutics represent a powerful, clinically validated approach to treating diseases at their genetic source by “interfering” with mRNA that cause or contribute to disease. Since our founding in 2002, Alnylam has led the RNAi Revolution and continues to turn scientific possibility into reality.

Our culture: Our people-first culture is guided by our core values: fiercely innovative, open culture, purposeful urgency, passion for excellence, and commitment to people, and these values influence how we work and the business decisions we make. Thanks to feedback from our employees over the years, we’ve been fortunate to be named a top employer around the world. Alnylam is extremely proud to have been recognized as the #1 Large Employer by Boston Globe Top Places to Work in 2023 for the third consecutive year, one of Science Magazine’s Top Biopharma Employers, one of America's Most Responsible Companies for 2024 by Newsweek, a Fast Company Best Workplace for Innovators, and a Great Place to Work in Canada, France, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, and UK – among others.

At Alnylam, we commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equal employment opportunity. We are dedicated to building an environment where employees can feel that they belong, can bring their authentic selves to work, and achieve to their full potential. By empowering employees to embrace their unique differences at work, our business grows stronger with advanced and original thinking, allowing us to bring groundbreaking medicines to patients. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, ethnicity, marital status, protected veteran status, disability, or any other characteristics prohibited by law.