Associate Director, Fp&A And Financial Reporting

Our mission is to make biology easier to engineer. Ginkgo is constructing, editing, and redesigning the living world in order to answer the globe's growing challenges in health, energy, food, materials, and more. Our bioengineers make use of an in-house automated foundry for designing and building new organisms.
As we enter a phase where demand for Ginkgo's services has never been higher, there is a growing need to mature processes related to cost assignment, accounting, and reporting. Reporting to the VP of FP&A, the Associate DirectorFP&A and Financial Reporting will be responsible for working alongside internal and external resources to develop and implement a new-to-Ginkgo cost accounting framework.
Responsibilities:

• FP&A Business Partnership: Own divisional resource allocation, investment, financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, and reporting processes for our platform teams. Continuously drive improvements in clarity, accuracy, and efficiency.

• Consolidation and Reporting: Proficiency in financial consolidation processes is essential. The candidate should have experience in leading the consolidation of financial statements across different business units or subsidiaries, ensuring accuracy and compliance with relevant accounting standards. Strong expertise in preparing consolidated financial reports for management and external stakeholders is required.

• Financial Planning and Budgeting: The candidate should have a strong background in financial planning and budgeting processes. This involves collaborating with various departments to develop detailed budgets, forecasts, and Financial projections aligned with the company's strategic goals. The candidate should also monitor actual performance against these plans and provide variance analysis.

• Financial Reporting Expertise: The candidate should possess an in-depth understanding of Financial Reporting standards (GAAP), as well as industry-specific regulations relevant to the synthetic biotech sector. They should have experience preparing and reviewing complex financial statements, footnotes, and disclosures to ensure accuracy, transparency, and compliance with reporting requirements.

• Special Projects: Lead ad hoc initiatives as new risks and opportunities are presented to the business. As Ginkgo Bioworks is in growth mode, we work cross-functionally to support all areas of the business - even when projects fall outside of our direct expertise or functional boundary.

Minimum Experience & Education:

• Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance
• 7+ years of relevant financial planning and analysis experience
• Excellent verbal/written communication skills and attention to detail, with the ability to efficiently organize information, analyze large datasets, and present data in a clear and impactful manner
• Ability to define and build processes and new operating models from the ground up

Preferred Capabilities and Experience:

• Biotechnology, bioprocessing and/or life sciences experience is a plus, but not required
• Strong financial modeling skills and proven ability to build processes and systems
• CPA is a plus, but not required
• Excellent project management skills, with demonstrated ability to drive cross-functional projects to completion
• Ability to build strong relationships and influence technical, business, and operational decisions
• Comfortable in a fast-paced, growth-oriented environment with minimal direction and able to adjust workload based upon changing priorities
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills, with a history of good business judgment

Total compensation for this role is market driven, with a starting salary of $ 150K + , as well as company stock awards. Base pay is ultimately determined based on a candidate's skills, expertise, and experience. We also offer a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental & vision coverage, health spending accounts, voluntary benefits, leave of absence policies, Employee Assistance Program, 401(k) program with employer contribution, 8 paid holidays in addition to a full-week winter shutdown and unlimited Paid Time Off policy.
To learn more about Ginkgo, visit www.ginkgobioworks.com/press/ or check out some curated press below:

• What is it really like to take your company public via a SPAC? One Boston biotech shares its journey (Fortune)
• Ginkgo Bioworks resizes the definition of going big in biotech, raising $2.5B in a record SPAC deal that weighs in with a whopping $15B-plus valuation (Endpoints News)
• Ginkgo Bioworks CEO on scaling up Covid-19 testing: 'If we try, we can win' (CNBC)
• Ginkgo raises $70 million to ramp up COVID-19 testing for employers, universities (Boston G lobe)
• Ginkgo Bioworks Redirects Its Biotech Platform to Coronavirus (Wall Street Journal)
• Ginkgo Bioworks Provides Support on Process Optimization to Moderna for COVID-19 Response (PRNewswire)
• The Life Factory: Synthetic Organisms From This $1.4 Billion Startup Will Revolutionize Manufacturing (Forbes)
• Synthetic Bio Pioneer Ginkgo Raises $290 Million in New Funding (Bloomberg)
• Ginkgo Bioworks raises $350 million fund for biotech spinouts (Reuters)
• Can This Company Convince You to Love GMOs? (The Atlantic)

We also feel that it's important to point out the obvious here - there's a serious lack of diversity in our industry, and that needs to change. Our goal is to help drive that change. Ginkgo is deeply committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion in all of its practices, especially when it comes to growing our team. Our culture promotes inclusion and embraces how rewarding it is to work with people from all walks of life.
We're developing a powerful biological engineering platform, so we must remain mindful of the many ways our technology can - and will - impact people around the world. We care about how our platform is used, and having a diverse team to build it gives us the best chance that it's something we'll be proud of as it continues to grow. Therefore, it's critical that we incorporate the diverse voices and visions of all those who play a role in the future of biology.
It is the policy of Ginkgo Bioworks to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees, employment applicants, and EOE disability/vet.
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