FP&A Manager

We are seeking a FP&A Manager to help grow the Freenome Finance team. The FP&A Manager will support planning for key business processes and requires strong financial reporting, forecasting, planning and modeling skills and excellent communication and collaboration skills and business judgment. The ideal candidate is both technically sound and can be a proactive internal consultant, beyond their analytical prowess through their understanding of secondary data, industry knowledge, and track record of innovative and impactful decision support. You will be a strategic architect of our financial future, moving beyond static reporting to provide the actionable insights that drive our commercial scale.

The role reports to the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and is a critical and high visibility position interacting heavily with the business.

You are passionate about Finance and desire to have a significant impact on the continued growth of an organization dedicated to changing the entire landscape of cancer.

Strategic Business Partnering:

• →Serve as the dedicated financial advisor to department heads (R&D, Commercial, Operations), translating complex financial data into a narrative that drives decision-making.
• →Identify financial opportunities by deeply understanding the drivers of our diagnostic platform and product offerings.

Proactive Budget Management:

• →Drive corporate planning processes through rigorous oversight of departmental budgets and forecasts, ensuring alignment with Freenome’s strategic priorities.
• →Empower budget owners with self-service tools while providing the “guardrails” necessary for a public company environment.

Actionable Analysis and Reporting:

• →Deliver effective monthly and quarterly reporting that drives accountability, scaled by leveraging technology.
• →Establish, track, and report Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) specific to a commercial-stage diagnostic company, such as test volume, ASP, and COGS per test.
• →Ensure resources are aligned with strategic and operating priorities and clear financial controls are maintained.
• →Identify key business issues that impact short-term and long-range market forecasts; clearly and proactively surface these issues.
• →Influence key decisions by delivering high value financial analysis that highlight root causes of variance, trends, and identify actionable opportunities to invest, reduce costs, and mitigate risks.

Systems Innovation and AI Integration:

• →Build and refine the forecasting tools, short-term and long-term forecasts models.
• →Support the implementation, buildout and continuous improvement of key financial systems, such as ERP, planning and budgeting systems and business Intelligence tools.
• →Apply AI and machine learning tools to automate routine reporting and enhance predictive accuracy in our forecasting models.
• →Collaborate with the broader organization to drive process and systematic improvements across the Company.

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting/Finance/Business.
• Minimum of 8 years of progressive Accounting and Finance experience with at least 6 in FP&A and/or business partnering in a fast-paced, high-growth biotech, diagnostic, medical device environment.
• Willingness to roll up your sleeves, handle large amounts of data and build complex financial models.
• Excellent organizational and analytical skills with the ability to creatively solve problems with a data-driven approach.
• Ability to articulate complex financial concepts in understandable terms to non-finance professionals.
• Demonstrated ability to think strategically while maintaining a command of the details.
• Demonstrated ability to develop client group business acumen and provide actionable insights and recommendations to improve KPIs.
• Mastery of Excel and ERP systems (e.g. Netsuite) and proven experience implementing or optimizing FP&A software and a demonstrated interest in AI-driven analytics.
• Passion for automation and continuous improvement to reduce human error and dependency on spreadsheets.
• Proven experience building financial management processes, management reporting, and establishing the financial discipline required in a scaling organization.
• Well-versed in the requirements of a public company and adherence to all applicable laws, rules, and regulations.

• MBA/CPA or CFA a plus.
• Experience as a FP&A professional for single-site labs (FDA/CLIA diagnostics business) and/or reagent manufacturing environments.
• Knowledge of clinical diagnostics development, operations, portfolio management and commercial GTM planning.