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Director, Finance Operations Digital Enablement

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals
paid time off
United States, Massachusetts, Cambridge
675 West Kendall Street (Show on map)
Sep 30, 2025
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.

U.S. Pay Range

$188,700.00 - $255,300.00

The pay range reflects the full-time base salary range we expect to pay for this role at the time of posting. Base pay will be determined based on a number of factors including, but not limited to, relevant experience, skills, and education. This role is eligible for an annual short-term incentive award (e.g., bonus or sales incentive) and an annual long-term incentive award (e.g., equity).

Alnylam's robust Total Rewards package is designed to support your overall health and well-being. We offer comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, and vision coverage, life and disability insurance, a lifestyle reimbursement program, flexible spending and health savings accounts and a 401(k)with a generous company match. Eligible employees enjoy paid time off, wellness days, holidays, and two company-wide recharge breaks. We also offer generous family resources and leave. Our commitment to your well-being reflects our belief that caring for our people fuels the impact we create together.

Learn more about these and additional benefits offered by Alnylam by visiting the Benefits section of the Careers website: https://www.alnylam.com/careers

AboutAlnylam

We are the leader in RNAi therapeutics- a revolutionaryapproach with the potential to transform the lives of people with rare and common diseases. Built on Nobel Prize-winning science, Alnylam has delivered the breakthroughs that made RNAi therapeutics possibleand are just at the beginning of what's possible. Our deep pipeline, late-stage programs, and bold vision reflect our core values: fierce innovation, passion for excellence, purposeful urgency, open culture and commitment to people. We're proud to be a globally recognized top employer, wherean authentic, inclusive culture and breakthrough thinkingfuel one another.

At Alnylam, we commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equal employment opportunity. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their sex, gender or gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, religion, creed, physical or mental disability, pregnancy status or related conditions, genetic information, veteran or military status, marital or familial status, political affiliation, age, or any other factor protected by federal, state, or local law. Alnylam is an E-Verify Employer.

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