About Stoke:
Stoke Therapeutics (Nasdaq: STOK), is a biotechnology company dedicated to addressing the underlying cause of severe diseases. The company is pursuing an entirely new approach to treating severe diseases. We are initially focused on diseases of the central nervous system and the eye, with an emphasis on haploinsufficiencies, which are diseases caused by a loss of about half of the normal protein levels. Rather than replace, repair or edit faulty genes, we aim to increase – or stoke – protein output from healthy genes to restore functional protein levels using our proprietary TANGO (Targeted Augmentation of Nuclear Gene Output) platform. In all, Stoke has identified ~6500 genes with a TANGO signature, representing broad potential for our approach to help people with severe diseases.
We recently announced landmark data that support the potential for STK-001 to be the first disease-modifying medicine for Dravet syndrome, a severe and progressive genetic epilepsy that is characterized by frequent, prolonged and refractory seizures, beginning within the first year of life. The disease is classified as a developmental and epileptic encephalopathy due to the developmental delays and cognitive impairment associated with the disease.
Stoke is also advancing STK-002, a potential treatment for autosomal dominant optic atrophy (ADOA), the most common inherited optic nerve disorder. Currently there are no approved treatments for ADOA. Clinical studies of STK-002 are anticipated to start in 2024. The company is pursuing potential new medicines for three additional neurodevelopmental disorders, including Syngap1 and Rett syndrome, in collaboration with Acadia Pharmaceuticals.
Position Purpose:
The Vice President, FP&A, should have a passion for collaboration and strategic problem solving. They will partner with ELT and other management team members to develop and maintain the company budget and strategic plans that ensure Stoke achieve its long-term strategic and financial goals. The VP will lead and execute Stoke’s financial budgeting and planning processes. They will be responsible for all management reporting and budgetary analyses (e.g., recuring budget-to-actuals), as well as oversee all corporate finance work (e.g., company model, valuation). This position will report into the Chief Financial Officer.
Key Responsibilities:
- Develop and own the annual budgeting process and quarterly rolling forecast
- Provide regularly recurring reports that summarize operational results and forecasts, including department performance against financial, strategic and operational targets, with timely communication of opportunities and risks to relevant stakeholders.
- Routinely communicate business, financial, and operational performance trends, historical and forecasted, using appropriate metrics.
- Identify, interpret and explain budget and expense variances: analyze cost variances, actual vs. plan/forecast and actual vs. prior period, review with departments.
- Execute as lead financial reporting preparation of annual, quarterly, monthly management reporting dashboards at corporate, functional, program, and account levels.
- Partner with BD team to analyze and help evaluate financial aspects of potential partnerships and alliances.
- Collaborate with the VP, Finance, to ensure adherence to tight timelines and controls as required by SOX guidelines; support accounting in the monthly close process/accruals.
- Oversee development of company financial models for valuation and other purposes.
- Lead the creation of all financial presentations for executive leadership and board meetings.
- Oversee scalable financial systems and drive adoption of efficient processes and standards across the company in partnership with internal stakeholders.
Required Skills & Experience:
- Strong work ethic and a team player.
- Solutions oriented and passionate about problem solving and efficiency
- A. or B.S. degree in Business, Accounting, or Finance, MBA, CPA, CFA preferred.
- 12+ years of FP&A and/or other finance/accounting experience.
- Experience supporting commercial and late-stage clinical programs.
- Experience with NetSuite and preferably Adaptive Insights; advanced Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint skills required.
Location(s):
Stoke operates sites in Bedford, MA, and Cambridge, MA. This position is a hybrid position with an office setting based in our Bedford, MA location.
Travel:
This position will require little to no travel.
Culture & Values:
At Stoke, we believe that innovation, the ability to successfully advance our ground-breaking science and having fun as a team are enhanced by being together in person, at least periodically. We allow for flexibility in work arrangements that balance individual’s needs and preferences with the needs of our business and our desire to foster a culture of collaboration and innovation.
Our values guide our work to deliver meaningful medicines for people who need them. We are committed to being true to ourselves, to our colleagues, and to the people with severe diseases who are counting on us. We embrace diversity within a unique culture that is defined by our values. Our employee-led Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging Committee (DIB) underscores the importance of DIB to who we are and what we do.
Benefits & Compensation:
At Stoke Therapeutics we are proud to offer comprehensive and competitive employee benefits, including medical, dental and vision insurance; life, long and short-term disability insurance; Paid Parental Leave; a 401K program with company match, unlimited vacation time, and an Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP). Compensation is market competitive for the industry and directly commensurate with experience. All positions are bonus and stock eligible.
Interested candidates: Please visit Stoke’s website to learn more and apply directly to the position listed on our Career Center:
https://www.stoketherapeutics.com/careers/
For more information, visit https://www.stoketherapeutics.com/ or follow the company on Twitter at @StokeTx.
All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, physical or mental disability or protected veteran status.
Stoke participates in E-Verify.
