Kinnate Biopharma Inc Looking for Finance Manager at San Francisco, CA Full Time

We are a dedicated team of professionals who take our work very seriously, but not ourselves too seriously. We are driven to deliver new medicines to cancer patients who desperately need solutions. We are a collection of individuals with diverse backgrounds and personalities, yet all united by this purpose to ignite the precision medicine revolution by delivering targeted therapies for those battling cancers. We are motivated by a profound sense of urgency and passion to create medicines with life-saving potential. If you enjoy co-elevating your colleagues and want to be part of a team of like-minded individuals united by a relentless pursuit to end cancer, then Kinnate may be the home for you.

Your Impact at Kinnate

We are seeking a Finance Manager to support the company’s operations. Reporting to the VP of Finance, the Finance Manager will be a generalist who can develop and support the company’s financial processes and systems, and who can partner with the R&D team and the company’s leadership to provide guidance and insight.

Kinnate operates under a hybrid model: The majority of your time will be working remotely, with time spent at either our San Diego or San Francisco office.

Responsibilities

• Perform all FP&A functions, including annual budgeting and forecast updates, estimates, and variance analysis for management, departments, and projects while maintaining a high-level understanding of the business’ direction, key changes, needs.
• Review Purchase Orders for completeness, including reviews of contracts, SOWs and change orders.
• Monitor and communicate spend/expense recognition against open purchase orders.
• Help generate research and G&A expense accruals.
• Assist with management reporting.
• Support accounting staff during internal control testing and financial audits.
• Assist with SOX compliance and audits.
• Participate in the implementation and maintenance of accounting and financial planning systems and other technology platforms and improvements.
• Produce insightful reports that can be shared with management.
• Ensure that the respective activities are operated in a highly controlled manner with respect to existing Compliance & Policies procedures.
• Other duties and projects as assigned.

Listed responsibilities are an essential, but not exhaustive, list of the expected initial duties associated with the position. The role will evolve over time and changes to individual responsibilities may occur due to business needs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance or equivalent required; advanced degree or training a plus, (CPA, MBA, Certificates).
• A minimum of 6 years of biotech industry experience
• Intermediate to advanced software skills. (NetSuite; FPA Planning Software, like Adaptive, Planful, Anaplan; Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint)
• Operates with a high level of accuracy and shows strong attention to detail
• Has good organizational skills and the ability to deal well with ambiguity
• Ability to exercise good judgement
• Excellent communication skills and ability to develop relationships within and outside the finance team
• Ability to work remotely and effectively interact with dispersed set of colleagues and consultants
• Ability to build strong relationships with co-workers of various backgrounds and expertise
• Engaged in the mission of Kinnate Biopharma and acting with flexibility and integrity.

Kinnate is a science-driven company. We expect every employee to be vaccinated against the COVID virus, and we require that vaccination to work in the office.

In December 2020, Kinnate Biopharma Inc. closed a $276M initial public offering and are listed on Nasdaq. Prior to that, we closed three significant venture capital financings, including our $98M Series C round in July and August 2020 and our $74.5M Series B round in December 2019. Kinnate has a passionate and seasoned Team, guided by industry leaders in precision medicine and drug discovery, developing a focused portfolio strategy, and leveraging unique team expertise. Our Research and Development team is based primarily in San Diego, California and a portion of our management team is based in San Francisco, California. We are a small but growing precision oncology company with a bright future.

EEO & Employment Eligibility

Kinnate Biopharma Inc. is committed to building a diverse, equitable, and inclusive company. We provide equal opportunity in the terms and conditions of employment for all employees and job applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, gender identity or gender expression, national origin, disability or veteran status. Kinnate Biopharma Inc. also complies with all applicable national, state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment as well as work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements of applicable law.