Financial Planning and Analysis Specialist

3 weeks ago


Redwood City, California, United States Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Full time

The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative is seeking a highly motivated and experienced Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) professional to join our Central Operations & Partners team. As a key member of our Finance team, you will play a critical role in providing finance partnership to leaders across all CZI initiatives and functions.

Key Responsibilities
  • Support the Annual Planning and mid-year reforecast process in partnership with the Science Initiative
  • Closely manage and track spending against budget for grants, headcount, and Opex. Identify risks and communicate, as appropriate
  • Provide insightful, high-quality financial reporting to Science Initiative monthly, including budget vs actuals analysis
  • Support the monthly close for the Science Initiative, including calculating accruals for opex spend and partnering with the Accounting team on adjustments
  • Perform financial due diligence on Science grants
  • Manage the financial aspect of the large Science Grants portfolio
  • Build and continually improve the financial planning processes and tools
  • Help optimize resourcing through data-driven financial analysis
  • Participate in cross-functional company teams on various projects, including system implementation, process improvements, and internal controls
Requirements
  • 10+ years of Finance/Accounting experience, including 5+ years of progressive experience in an FP&A role, ideally within a tech or biotech company or growth-stage start-up
  • Superior relationship-building and influence management skills in interactions with senior leaders, peers, and business partners
  • Exceptional analytical, modeling, and problem-solving skills, Thinks critically
  • Strong results orientation and bias to action
  • Self-starter who demonstrates initiative, flexibility, and maturity under pressure and anticipates and resolves problems before they develop
  • Ability to work in a dynamic environment and juggle competing priorities
  • Ideal to know Adaptive Planning. If not, need experience with comparable forecasting software (i.e. Cognos TM1, Hyperion Essbase, etc)
  • Ideal to know Workday Financials. If not, need experience with a comparable ERP system
  • Strong MS Excel skills
  • Google Suite skills a plus (Sheets, Docs, Slides)
  • Desire to build for scale using technology solutions
  • Willingness to ask the tough questions and challenge the status quo
What We Offer
  • A competitive salary range of $135,000 - $203,000, depending on location and experience
  • A comprehensive benefits package, including a generous employer match on employee 401(k) contributions, annual benefit for employees, CZI Life of Service Gifts, paid time off to volunteer, and funding for select family-forming benefits
  • A dynamic and inclusive work environment, with opportunities to work on a wide range of projects and collaborate with a talented team of professionals


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