Associate Director/Director, FP&A

Iambic Therapeutics, Inc•San Diego, CA

5d•$156,000 - $225,000

About The Position

Iambic is hiring an Associate Director / Director, FP&A to join its Finance Team. This high-ownership role on a lean, fast-paced team helps build and scale the Finance organization at a growing public biotech. The position reports to the Sr Director, FP&A & Investor Relations and is based at Iambic’s San Diego headquarters, with remote work possible for outstanding candidates. The role owns and supports budgeting and planning, the consolidated financial model, long-range planning, and cash runway scenarios. It partners with leaders across the organization and supports resource allocation, strategic decisions, business development, public-company operations, and the development of scalable FP&A processes. The role also leads day-to-day FP&A operations and mentors and guides colleagues across the FP&A team.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, or a related discipline preferred; equivalent work experience will be considered.
At least 8 years of professional experience in FP&A within biotech, pharma, or life sciences, and/or investment banking, consulting, or corporate development with a healthcare or life sciences focus.
Demonstrated expertise building and running complex three-statement, multi-scenario financial models.
Several years of finance business partnering experience in an operating company, ideally in biotech or life sciences, with demonstrated ability to collaborate with executives and department heads, including scientific leaders, on budgets, tradeoffs, and resource allocation.
Experience managing and developing finance professionals, including hiring.
Experience leading recurring planning and reporting cycles on tight timelines in close partnership with Accounting.

Nice To Haves

MBA or CFA.
Familiarity with drug development economics, including program-level costs, development stages, and partnership structures.
Public-company experience, such as earnings preparation, SEC filing support, or investor materials.
Experience with Adaptive Planning or a similar planning tool and NetSuite or a similar ERP.

Responsibilities

Serve as a finance business partner to Group leaders across Computational, Discovery & Experimental, Clinical, and G&A, as well as project leaders for partnership programs.
Lead the annual budgeting process, supporting Executive and Group leaders in establishing near-term Group budgets and a long-range plan across internal Pipeline assets, Partnership programs, and Platform initiatives.
Collaborate with Discovery R&D and Clinical Finance on quarterly reporting, providing Group leaders with budget-versus-actual analyses and updating budget templates with current strategic and operational assumptions.
Manage consolidated three-statement financial models supporting goal-based planning, resource allocation, and strategic decision-making.
Maintain stage-based cost models tied to portfolio timelines and develop long-range plans across multiple scenarios.
Create detailed analyses and executive- and Board-ready materials covering financial performance and future outlook.
Support Business Development with program economics and partnership deal modeling.
Collaborate with Accounting on month-end close activities and financial reporting, and with Procurement on purchase order approvals and expense controls.
Support the development of scalable FP&A tools, systems, and processes.
Identify and recommend FP&A process improvements and efficiency enhancements.
Lead day-to-day FP&A operations, including planning and reporting timelines.
Mentor and guide FP&A colleagues; experience managing and developing finance professionals, including hiring, is required.