Associate Director, IT Finance (FP&A) - Foster City, CA

About the role

The Associate Director, IT Finance will serve as the primary business partner to the VP of IT, leading all financial planning, forecasting, and decision support activities. This individual will work cross-functionally to provide strategic financial insights, support business priorities, and drive effective resource allocation.

Success in this role requires building strong partnerships across both IT and Finance, along with exceptional communication, influencing, and strategic thinking skills. The successful candidate will help ensure technology investments deliver maximum business value and align with the organization's strategic objectives.

As a Associate Director, IT Finance at Gilead, you will...

Responsibilities include

• Lead the three-year strategic planning, annual operating plan (Budget), and ongoing forecast processes for several areas in IT. Provide actionable, business-driven insights and scenario analyses to inform leadership decision-making.
• Partner with IT to evaluate and support investment decisions requiring both Capital and OpEx funding, ensuring alignment with strategic priorities and financial objectives.
• Oversee the monthly and quarterly close processes, including expense accruals, management reporting, and budget-to-actual variance analysis. Communicate results and key drivers to IT leadership as well as senior Finance executives.
• Collaborate closely with Controllership to assess and align on accounting treatment for complex and strategic initiatives, including AI programs, Business direct investment projects, and other infrastructure-related projects.
• Proactively identify and implement process improvements to enhance the efficiency, accuracy, and effectiveness of financial reporting, forecasting, and analysis.
• Provide ad-hoc financial analyses and project support to executive leadership, supporting critical business decisions and strategic initiatives including value realization (ROI) for IT investments

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree and Ten Years' Experience
• OR
• Masters' Degree and Eight Years' Experience

Preferred Qualifications

• The preferred candidate will possess a minimum of 10+ years' experience with a BA/BS, 8+ with an MBA, having held positions of increasing scope and responsibility, including at least 2-4 years' experience as a senior finance leader and business partner.
• Prior experience in bio-tech or pharma is strongly preferred.
• In-depth proficiency in aspects of accounting and finance and knowledge of US GAAP is required.
• In depth knowledge of IT, Business Intelligence, Planning and ERP systems is required with proficiency in Microsoft tools.
• Experience in high-growth, multi-national organization a plus.

Key Competencies

• Excellent interpersonal skills: an inquisitive mind, and the ability to work effectively with multiple functions are required.
• Ability to quickly establish credibility with diverse audiences and be perceived as a leader is required.
• Business Savvy and Financial Acumen: The candidate will possess technical knowledge on analytics, business foresight, and problem-solving skills.
• Results Orientation: The ideal candidate will be results-driven and must thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment. You must have the ability to deliver results and possess a strong drive to meet and exceed goals and is willing to take ownership of problems and make sound decisions.
• Team Leadership: Demonstrates ability to align and motivate a team to achieve objectives including financial results, timely and accurate reporting, transparency, and controls. You will lead, attract, train & develop a team of highly capable skilled finance professionals to support the Commercial business.
• Change Leadership: The candidate will be an independent self-starter and a proactive leader with a drive to strive for continuous improvement and consistently challenging the status quo. Will be viewed by business partners and Finance colleagues as a thought leader with strong, influencing capabilities, who can also maintain open and transparent communication channels.

People Leader Accountabilities

*Create Inclusion - knowing the business value of diverse teams, modeling inclusion, and embedding the value of diversity in the way they manage their teams.

*Develop Talent - understand the skills, experience, aspirations and potential of their employees and coach them on current performance and future potential. They ensure employees are receiving the feedback and insight needed to grow, develop and realize their purpose.

*Empower Teams - connect the team to the organization by aligning goals, purpose, and organizational objectives, and holding them to account. They provide the support needed to remove barriers and connect their team to the broader ecosystem.

Pay and benefits

The salary range for this position is: $182,070.00 - $235,620.00. Gilead considers a variety of factors when determining base compensation, including experience, qualifications, and geographic location. These considerations mean actual compensation will vary. This position may also be eligible for a discretionary annual bonus, discretionary stock-based long-term incentives (eligibility may vary based on role), paid time off, and a benefits package. Benefits include company-sponsored medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans*.

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• Eligible employees may participate in benefit plans, subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable plans.

Your Rights Under the Family and Medical Leave Act

Gilead Sciences will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant.

However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, (c) consistent with the legal duty to furnish information; or (d) otherwise protected by law.

• Our environment respects individual differences and recognizes each employee as an integral member of our company. Our workforce reflects these values and celebrates the individuals who make up our growing team.
• Gilead provides a work environment free of harassment and prohibited conduct. We promote and support individual differences and diversity of thoughts and opinion.

For Current Gilead Employees and Contractors

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