Flagship Pioneering is a bioplatform innovation company that invents and builds platform companies that change the world. We bring together the greatest scientific minds with entrepreneurial company builders and assemble the capital to allow them to take courageous leaps. Those big leaps in human health and sustainability exponentially accelerate scientific progress in areas ranging from cancer detection and treatment to nature-positive agriculture.   

 What sets Flagship apart is our ability to advance biotechnology by uniting life science innovation, company creation, and capital investment under one roof in a way that is largely without precedent. Our scientific founders, entrepreneurial leaders, and professional capital managers are each aligned around an institutionalized process that enables us to innovate and transform for the benefit of people and planet. 

Many of the companies Flagship has founded have addressed humanity’s most urgent challenges: vaccinating billions of people against COVID-19, curing intractable diseases, improving human health, preempting illness, and feeding the world by improving the resiliency and sustainability of agriculture.  

Flagship has been recognized twice on FORTUNE’s “Change the World” list, an annual ranking of companies that have made a positive social and environmental impact through activities that are part of their core business strategies, and has been twice named to Fast Company’s annual list of the World’s Most Innovative Companies. 

Position Summary:

Flagship Pioneering is looking for a Senior FP&A Analyst to join our dynamic FP&A Team within the larger Flagship Labs Finance Team. We are looking for an individual who will thrive in a fast-paced exciting environment. The role will be responsible for managing the budget to actuals, ad hoc analysis, monthly reporting, purchase request process, and provide analytical support to enable these key support groups to deliver on corporate goals. The position provides an opportunity for professional growth and well-rounded finance operations exposure as Flagship continues to evolve. 

Key Responsibilities:

• Review and track PO/Contract requests for assigned departments to ensure adequate financial control, proper accounting, and budget compliance.
• Lease review and accounting 
• Provide detailed variance analysis of actual vs. budget/forecast to help budget owners manage spending. 
• Collaborate with functional leaders in developing the Annual Budget, and financial forecasts, etc.
• Prepare presentations and analyses for the leadership team.
• Contribute to FP&A monthly reporting and commentary as needed. 
• Support management with ad-hoc reporting and analysis.
• Provide analytical support and modeling for business cases of new investments, as needed.
• Create financial and operational dashboards.
• Contribute to Flagship’s finance systems projects as needed.
• Other ad hoc requests and projects.

Qualifications:

• Motivated, well organized, and goal-oriented collaborator with ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment.
• Adaptive person and problem solver, with great mindfulness and accuracy. 
• Experience building relationships with all stakeholders.
• Strong analytical, excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, and experience with ERP and financial planning & budgeting software required.
• Specific business partnering experience with Global IT and/or Real Estate operations is a plus.
• A minimum 3-5 years’ experience in an FP&A role/Finance operations role, preferably in the biotech/pharmaceutical industry.
• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance. 
• Strong knowledge of accounting and finance operations required.
• MBA or CPA preferred.

Flagship Pioneering and our ecosystem companies are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status.

Recruitment & Staffing Agencies: Flagship Pioneering and its affiliated Flagship Lab companies (collectively, “FSP”) do not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than candidates. The submission of unsolicited resumes by recruitment or staffing agencies to FSP or its employees is strictly prohibited unless contacted directly by Flagship Pioneering’s internal Talent Acquisition team. Any resume submitted by an agency in the absence of a signed agreement will automatically become the property of FSP, and FSP will not owe any referral or other fees with respect thereto.

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