What are the responsibilities and job description for the Strategic Finance, Engineering & Product position at Benchling?
ROLE OVERVIEW
We are looking for an experienced Strategic Finance Lead to join our Strategic Finance team, reporting to the Corporate Strategic Finance Leader. You will be an integral part of a small and highly-leveraged team supporting our Build organization (Engineering, Product Management and Strategy) including monthly and quarterly close process, budgeting and forecasting, expense management and analysis, as well as special projects to help support the company’s long-term growth and strategic vision. Additionally, you will be expected to expand beyond typical financial responsibilities and act as a strategic thought partner to the business leaders, including driving ad-hoc analysis and other project work. Expectations also include working cross-functionally and establishing / improving processes to enable Benchling’s continued growth.
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This role will be based in our San Francisco office, requiring in-office presence for 3-4 days per week.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Serve as the key financial thought leader for our Build divisions, partnering directly with our Heads of Engineering, Product and Strategy.
- Provide financial analysis and insights including crafting financial models, scenario analysis and developing KPIs to drive strategic initiatives influencing business decisions and by providing proactive recommendations, backed by data-driven insights and financial analysis.
- Identify and execute innovative projects to drive infrastructure optimization aligned with company growth and customer demands. Familiarity and experience working with infrastructure vendors / providers including AWS, DataDog, Snowflake, etc.
- Support negotiations with key vendors and partners.
- Build and maintain full year budgets and quarterly forecasts for various Build Organizations (Engineering, Product Management and Strategy).
- Deliver monthly / quarterly analyses of financial results including BvA variances to plan, ensuring key issues, risks and business drivers are understood and proactively highlighted.
- Partner closely with cross-functional teams and collaborate with members of the finance organization that include monthly close activities including vendor trend reviews, infrastructure usage trends and R&D capitalization / amortization efforts.
- Develop and continually improve infrastructure including tracking Build operational and financial metrics.
QUALIFICATIONS
SALARY RANGE
Benchling takes a market-based approach to pay. The candidate's starting pay will be determined based on job-related skills, experience, qualifications, interview performance, and work location. For this role, the base salary range is $169,000 to $228,000.
Total Compensation includes the following :
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Salary : $169,000 - $228,000
