Senior Financial Analyst

Atum - DNA 2.0•Newark, CA

3d•$150,000 - $170,000

About The Position

ATUM has been a fully integrated biotechnology leader since 2003 providing the highest quality Gene Design & Synthesis, Protein Production, Protein Engineering, and Cell Line Development. With our state-of-the-art machine learning platform, we take you from virtual sequence to Master Cell Bank with a click of the button. About You You are an exceptional Financial Analyst with excellent analytical and advanced financial modeling skills. You possess deep experience in supporting financial planning, financial analysis, and management reporting, underpinned by strong business acumen and solid knowledge of corporate finance concepts. You think strategically and are driven to create scalable, insightful financial models, dashboards, and key performance indicators (KPIs). You are highly collaborative across functions and communicate effectively throughout the organization.

Requirements

10+ years of progressive FP&A or business finance experience, experience in a manufacturing environment preferred.
Proven analytical and advanced financial modeling skills.
Solid understanding of ERP systems/system flows (both implementation and day-to-day usage).
Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or Business Administration.

Nice To Haves

Experience working in start-ups is a plus.

Responsibilities

Develop and execute the multi-year strategic and annual budget planning process.
Drive the work of the finance team to develop a comprehensive multi-year financial projection and the 2026 budget (P&L, B/S, and Cash Flow statements) with details on revenue, growth drivers, and cost of sales by product line families.
Provide monthly budgetary controls and detailed variance analysis.
Develop and implement a quarterly forecast model, focusing on revenue analysis, gross margin, inventory levels, and cash forecasting.
Implement rolling forecasts (12+0, 3+9, 6+6, 9+3) and a process to identify and address deviations versus plan (Business Outlook).
Identify and communicate P&L gaps and opportunities, and collaborate with the leadership team on corrective action plans.
Prepare comprehensive financial reporting for Board of Directors presentations.
Design, maintain, and publish management financial and key performance indicator (KPI) reporting used by the senior management team to drive results.
Provide ad-hoc reporting and analysis to support the decision-making process on key sales deals, manufacturing cost reduction initiatives, or new product development projects.
Ensure that a comprehensive financial model is developed, with an extension to more accurately reflect the profitability of the product lines, with potential historical restatements. Restatements may require working with the accounting team if a change is made in Acumatica (and for audit purposes).
Develop and Implement Revenue Analytics (Top Line P&L Performance):
Revenue by customer
Customer revenue trends/visibility
Month over Month / Quarter over quarter / YoY performance
Analytics on sell-through / upsell of capabilities
Sales funnel review and development of a forecast tool that links revenue projections to the sales funnel with a clear view of revenue data by customer (along with sales funnel/pipeline by customer) over time to help guide commercial/sales strategy.
Assist in Developing and Implementing COGS Analytics (Gross Margin Performance):
Margin by service
Labor and absorption analysis
Identification of levers for operational and cost efficiencies
Develop and Implement Project Costing and Cross Charges: as needed for visibility and accuracy of the profitability by customer service contracts, profitability by product line and product family, and understanding of where the R&D money is spent.
Develop and Implement SG&A Analytics (Operating Expenses Optimization):
SG&A benchmarking
Detailed analysis of the G&A cost drivers for proposal to optimize structure and level of spending.
Recommendation of cost savings to optimize the business for growth and profitability.
Contribute to the design and implementation of an ERP system to integrate accounting and reporting of business transactions.
Lead the implementation of the planning and reporting application.
Drive the implementation of the missing modules of Acumatica (inventory management, procurement, invoice generation vs LIMS or with LIMS).
Provide financial support to the accounting team, contributing to the generation of timely and accurate financial statements in accordance with US Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (US GAAP).