FP&A Associate Director- Software & IT #3365

GRAIL is a healthcare company whose mission is to detect cancer early, when it can be cured. GRAIL is focused on alleviating the global burden of cancer by developing pioneering technology to detect and identify multiple deadly cancer types early. The company is using the power of next-generation sequencing, population-scale clinical studies, and state-of-the-art computer science and data science to enhance the scientific understanding of cancer biology, and to develop its multi-cancer early detection blood test. GRAIL is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA with locations in Washington, D.C., North Carolina, and the United Kingdom. GRAIL, LLC is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ:ILMN). For more information, please visit www.grail.com.
GRAIL is seeking an Associate Director, Financial Planning & Analysis who will be a key strategic business partner for our Software and IT organizations. This role reports to the Director, FP&A, and will build professional relationships with key leaders and decision-makers throughout the organization. The role requires clear communication and cross-functional collaboration to ensure the accuracy of our financial forecasting and successful execution of our Financial Close & Consolidation, Annual Operating Plan, & Long-Range Plan workstreams. 
The ideal candidate will have a strong background and experience in Financial Planning and Analysis, with an understanding of how to distill complex projects into business case proposals, how a program progresses through the product development lifecycle, and how Software development aligns to and supports company initiatives. 

You will:

• Serve as the day-to-day face of FP&A for the Software & IT organizations
• Lead the Long Range Planning and Annual Operating Planning process for these orgs
• Understand the GRAIL’s product development pipeline and their resourcing requirements to support portfolio trade off analyses
• Understand GRAIL’s SaaS environment and cloud infrastructure to partner with Software and IT to drive efficiencies in our software stack
• Build financial models to support resource and capital expenditure decision-making, including capacity analyses, cash flow projections and investment planning
• Provide recommendations around budget and spend to optimize cash runway and enhance a return-on-investment mentality
• Partner in creating a center of excellence and instilling Finance best practices across the organization
• Provide ad-hoc analyses and project support for the executive leadership teams

Your background should include:

• 12+ years experience in Finance or Business Analysis, in a management role within a Finance organization
• Experience in Diagnostic or Life Science industries preferred
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to build relationships and influence decision making
• Ability to thrive in fast-paced, complex and ambiguous environments
• Passion and enthusiasm required to elevate the team and partner with multiple stakeholders
• Client focused with the tenacity to resolve issues and conflicts
• Experience with a financial planning system preferred (team currently uses Adaptive Insights)

The expected, full-time, annual base pay scale for this position is $154,000.00 - $193,000.00.  Actual base pay will consider skills, experience, and location.
Based on the role, colleagues may be eligible to participate in an annual bonus plan tied to company and individual performance, or an incentive plan. We also offer a long-term incentive plan to align company and colleague success over time.
In addition, GRAIL offers a progressive benefit package, including flexible time-off, a 401k with a company match, and alongside our medical, dental, vision plans, carefully selected mindfulness offerings.
GRAIL is an Equal Employment Office and Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status. We will reasonably accommodate all individuals with disabilities so that they can participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation. GRAIL maintains a drug-free workplace.