Associate Director, FP&A

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 European, Clinical & Medical organizations. A strong candidate will have an ability to 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.

GRAIL FP&A supports the Company mission to detect cancer early, when it can be cured, by providing financial and operational insights to support decision-making and accomplishment of Goals of the company.

Reporting directly to the Director of FP&A, the Associate Director will be the FP&A business partner to the Chief Medical Officer, and President of Europe, and all associated functional leaders.

The ideal candidate will have a deep background in financial management and analysis, preferably with a public company, and demonstrated experience managing teams and guiding internal and external partners based on budgets and forecasts prepared by the team.
You will:

• Develop and present strategic insights about the business to make recommendations for financial forecasts
• Lead Annual Operating Planning and Long Range Planning, Analytics & Reporting for the Clinical, Medical and European business units
• Evaluation & decision support to senior Finance leadership on investment/ project decisions
• 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 managerial leadership and guidance to direct reports. Build a highly capable team through the attraction, training and development of professionals to meet business needs
• Provide ad-hoc analyses and project support for the executive leadership teams

Your background should include:

• 8+ 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
• High energy 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)

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.

Following extensive monitoring, research, consideration of business implications, and advice from internal and external experts, GRAIL has made the decision to require all U.S. employees receive the COVID-19 vaccines as a condition of employment. “Full vaccination” is defined as two weeks after both doses of a two-dose vaccine or two weeks since a single-dose vaccine has been administered. Anyone unable to be vaccinated, either because of a sincerely held religious belief or a medical condition or disability that prevents them from being vaccinated, can request a reasonable accommodation.