Associate Director, FP&A

Day to Day Responsibilities: 

• Partnering with business executives to forecast business opportunities, coordinating the annual budget and monthly outlooks, and providing business support for strategic plan development at both the product line and the corporate levels.
• You will work closely with business leaders by providing financial expertise in interpreting key drivers of operational performance, developing business case financial support for new products and business opportunities. 
• Your role will include providing variance analysis of bookings, revenues, expenses, and capital expenditures, clearly explaining the business reasons for variances and adjusting the outlook models to reflect operational adjustments. Other ad hoc financial support includes sensitivity analysis to measure ROI with a focus on understanding customer and product profitability, pricing sensitivity, and resource deployment. 
• Assisting in the development and implementation of tools, systems, and processes to support strategic business initiatives, defining KPIs and establishing processes for their measurement, review, and improvement.
• Ability to apply financial measure and analytical tools such as NPV, IRR, and CAGR.
• Automate tools and models for reporting and measurement of company performance. 

Other Responsibilities: 

• Provide financial support for departments within G&A and Business Development 
• Participate in business planning process, and work with department/project managers to prepare periodic reviews/reports 
• Prepare departmental budgets and forecasts 
• Prepare presentations for Executive Management 
• Complete variance analysis of budget vs. actual for company and projects 
• Update and maintain monthly dashboard reports 
• Work closely with the accounting group and project managers during month-end, quarter-end and year-end close processes 
• Implement business process improvements and appropriate tools
• Ensure compliance with company policies and procedures 

Requirements: 

• 7 years financial analysis experience in a life science, high growth environment 
• Undergraduate Degree in Finance or Accounting, MBA preferred 
• Analytical background working directly in an FP&A environment modeling Bookings, Revenue, COGS, Inventory, Manufacturing Costs and General Expenses 
• Solid understanding of accounting rules including revenue recognition and manufacturing forecasting
• Leader with strong organizational and interpersonal skills 
• Possess a positive attitude, strong attention to detail, excellent communication, and analytical skills 
• Ability to learn quickly, think independently and meet critical deadlines 
• Flexible to changes and able to adapt quickly to organizational changes 
• Very proactive and result oriented 
• Ability to work in a team environment and be an effective team player

Location:  South San Francisco, CA or Remote