Financial Manager

Who Is Certara?

Certara accelerates medicines using proprietary biosimulation software, technology and services to transform traditional drug discovery and development. Its clients include more than 2,000 biopharmaceutical companies, academic institutions and regulatory agencies across 62 countries. Certara touches more than 80% of all drugs that are approved by the FDA and is constantly working to efficiently and effectively guide its customers through drug approval.

The Role:

The Finance Manager plays a critical role in supporting commercial performance, revenue/bookings/ARR forecasting, and financial planning.  The role will report to the Director of Commercial Finance. This position leads key analytical processes, partners closely with Finance, Marketing, and Commercial leadership, and provides insights that directly influence revenue growth, sales effectiveness, and strategic decision‑making.

Key Responsibilities Will Include:

• Provide analytical insights on key GTM KPIs and triangulate revenue, ARR, and bookings performance
• Coordinate software revenue and bookings forecast with BU stakeholders
• Prepare and own the existing ARR model
• Provide monthly executive ARR reporting while enhancing existing visualizations
• Manage the Commercial and Marketing forecasting process including variance analysis
• Participate in the annual planning process, contributing financial models and ARR/Booking forecasts that support long‑term strategic objectives.
• Support the sales quota‑setting process.
• Collaborate cross‑functionally to improve financial processes, enhance reporting tools, and strengthen data‑driven decision‑making across the organization.
• Provide high‑quality financial support to senior leaders, maintaining strong relationships with Finance, Business Unit, and Commercial leadership teams.
• Build ad-hoc financial frameworks to assist with strategic decision making within the commercial organization

Education, Experience, Training, and Knowledge:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field required
• 5-7 years of professional relevant experience in accounting, corporate finance, or strategic finance business partnership
• High proficiency in excel/PowerPoint and other MS products
• Experience with Netsuite and Salesforce a plus

Certara bases all employment-related decision on merit, taking into consideration qualifications, skills, achievement, and performance. We treat all applicants and employees without regard to personal characteristics such as race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, nationality, marital status, pregnancy, physical or mental condition, genetic information, military service, or other characteristic protected by law.