FP&A Manager

Thank you for your interest in a career at Senti Biosciences. Our mission is to create a new generation of smarter medicines that outmaneuver complex diseases in ways previously inconceivable. We are passionate about designing gene circuits to improve the “intelligence” of cell and gene therapies in order to enhance their therapeutic effectiveness against a broad range of diseases that conventional medicines are unable to address.
 
At Senti, we find purpose and meaning knowing that our efforts have the potential to improve the lives of patients and their families with more effective and safer treatment options. With science as our foundation and empathy as our key guiding principle, colleagues become friends, managers become mentors, and with time, cancer becomes history.

Summary: We are looking for an experienced Manager to work in our finance team to help support and partner with the business. The Manager/Sr Manager FP&A position will be heavily involved with financial and operational activities and will collaborate with a wide array of functions including R&D, Technical Operations/Manufacturing, and G&A. The position will support budgeting forecasting, long-range planning, variance analysis, and other ad-hoc reports. This is a great opportunity to influence and implement business processes that can scale as the company grows. This role will be a key part of the Finance team and report to the Associate Director FP&A and Special Projects.
Responsibilities:

• Assist with financial budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning for functional departments
• Manage processes related to month-end close including variance analysis and timely and accurate management reporting
• Meet regularly with business partners to understand their current and planned activities to support month end close and forecast cycles
• Enhance Budget v Actual reporting packages and support department leads with in-depth analysis
• Review contract and capital expenditure requests to ensure they fall within the budget guidelines
• Support/enhance processes and structure for budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning
• Ad-hoc analysis and other projects as assigned

Qualifications:

• A BS or BA is required
• 3-5 years experiences in a similar role required. Prior experience in the biotechnology industry preferred
• Superior Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint skills required
• Sound understanding of accounting principles and finance
• Experience with Business Intelligence, Planning and ERP (SAP) systems is preferred
• Demonstrated ability to thrive in a dynamic and fast-paced environment
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to communicate technical information clearly to a non-technical audience
• Well organized and strong attention to detail

Salary and Benefits:

• Base pay and stock options to be determined based on application qualifications with the aim of being competitive with similar roles in the area
• Significant growth opportunity as the company expands
• Empathetic, supportive, and collaborative colleagues and work environment

Senti Bio is a publicly traded (Nasdaq: SNTI) gene circuit company headquartered in South San Francisco. Our mission is to create a new generation of smarter medicines that outmaneuver complex diseases using novel and unprecedented approaches.

We are committed to an inclusive and diverse Senti Bio. We believe that different perspectives lead to better ideas, and better ideas allow us to better understand the needs and interests of our diverse Senti Team. We welcome people of different backgrounds, experiences, abilities and perspectives and are an equal opportunity employer.