Senior Financial Analyst, Enterprise FP&A

Flagship Pioneering is a bioplatform innovation company that invents and builds platform companies that change the world. We bring together the greatest scientific minds with entrepreneurial company builders and assemble the capital to allow them to take courageous leaps. Those big leaps in human health and sustainability exponentially accelerate scientific progress in areas ranging from cancer detection and treatment to nature-positive agriculture.   

 What sets Flagship apart is our ability to advance biotechnology by uniting life science innovation, company creation, and capital investment under one roof in a way that is largely without precedent. Our scientific founders, entrepreneurial leaders, and professional capital managers are each aligned around an institutionalized process that enables us to innovate and transform for the benefit of people and planet. 

Many of the companies Flagship has founded have addressed humanity’s most urgent challenges: vaccinating billions of people against COVID-19, curing intractable diseases, improving human health, preempting illness, and feeding the world by improving the resiliency and sustainability of agriculture.  

Flagship has been recognized twice on FORTUNE’s “Change the World” list, an annual ranking of companies that have made a positive social and environmental impact through activities that are part of their core business strategies, and has been twice named to Fast Company’s annual list of the World’s Most Innovative Companies. 

Why Flagship?
At Flagship Pioneering, YOU get: inspiring leadership, great company culture, competitive compensation packages, best in class benefits, generous PTO, beautiful office space stocked with unlimited snacks and free lunch delivered daily, and impactful work with endless career growth.

Position Summary:

Flagship Pioneering is looking for a Senior FP&A Finance Analyst to join our dynamic FP&A Team within the larger Flagship Labs Finance Team. In this role, you will help companies deliver their financial plans, with a focus on ProtoCos and NewCos. You will also support the Pioneering Business Units (PBUs), i.e., the origination teams who have founded these companies. You will contribute to short- and long-term financial projection for these teams, including in the critical fund-raising stages. The position provides an opportunity for professional growth and well-rounded finance operations exposure as Flagship continues to evolve. 

Key Responsibilities:

• Maintain and improve financial and operational dashboards for the ProtoCos and NewCos, and for the origination teams: cash position, cash burn, future investment and headcount
• Collaborate with PBU Finance teams to monitor companies’ cash runway vs. scientific progress, develop the financial forecasts, evaluate scenarios and assess fund-raising options 
• Provide analytical support to Long-Range Planning and valuation efforts
• Provide detailed variance analysis of actual vs. budget/forecast for the PBU departments
• Support management with ad-hoc reporting and analysis

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in accounting or finance. MBA or CPA is a plus
• At least 3 to 5 years of experience in an FP&A role/Finance operations role, preferably in the biotech/pharmaceutical industry
• Result-oriented individual with ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment
• Data-driven with great attention to accuracy and to details
• Experience building relationships with all stakeholders and working with senior leaders
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills
• Experience with accounting and planning & budgeting tools is a plus (E.g., NetSuite, NSPB)
• Experience with data manipulation and visualization tools is a plus (E.g., Microsoft Power BI)

Flagship Pioneering and our ecosystem companies are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status.

At Flagship, we recognize there is no perfect candidate. If you have some of the experience listed above but not all, please apply anyway. Experience comes in many forms, skills are transferable, and passion goes a long way. We are dedicated to building diverse and inclusive teams and look forward to learning more about your unique background.

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