Senior Manager, FP&A

Aera Therapeutics

$120K — $145K *
US-AnywhereRemote in United States
Pharmaceuticals & Biotech
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field; MBA, CPA, or CFA preferred.
  • 7-10+ years of FP&A experience in a high-growth biotech, pharmaceutical, or life-sciences company.
  • Experience with corporate consolidation and management-level reporting packages.
  • Advanced Excel modeling skills and familiarity with planning tools like Adaptive or Anaplan.
  • Hands-on experience in budgeting, forecasting, headcount planning, and variance analysis.
  • Strong business partnering skills with proven influence across functions.
  • Excellent communication skills to translate complex data into concise insights.

Responsibilities

  • Support annual operating plans and quarterly reforecasts for G&A and headcount planning.
  • Lead headcount forecasting and align planning with opex and cash implications.
  • Drive improvements in corporate consolidation and management reporting processes.
  • Collaborate with Accounting to ensure accurate forecast inputs and variance analysis.
  • Provide flexible financial support across clinical trial finance and technical operations.
  • Enhance FP&A processes and tools for better scalability and efficiency.
  • Prepare insightful analyses and presentations for leadership decision-making.

Benefits

  • Highly competitive salaries with annual performance reviews and bonuses.
  • Equity options available for employees.
  • Fully remote work environment with unlimited flexible time off.
  • Comprehensive healthcare coverage with PPO and HDHP options.
  • 401K retirement plan with 100% company match up to 4%.
  • Company-paid life and disability insurance coverage.
  • Unique benefits including pet care and legal assistance options.
Full Job Description
About the role

We are hiring a Senior Manager of FP&A to partner closely with the Director, Financial Planning & Analysis in leading the day-to-day operations of the function. This role will take primary ownership of corporate, G&A, and enterprise headcount planning and forecasting processes while providing flexible analytical capacity across commercial, clinical, technical operations, and strategic initiatives. You will help professionalize and scale core FP&A processes so the Director, Financial Planning & Analysis can effectively run the operational side of the organization as the company transitions toward commercial launch. This is a high-visibility individual-contributor role with significant influence on how the FP&A function supports rapid growth and decision-making.

Essential Functions
  • Support Director, Financial Planning & Analysis for the annual operating plan, quarterly reforecasts, and monthly variance analysis for G&A functions and overall company headcount planning.
  • Lead headcount forecasting, scenario modeling, and cross-functional alignment with HR and functional leaders; clearly link headcount plans to opex and cash-runway impacts.
  • Drive continuous improvement in corporate consolidation, management reporting packages, and performance commentary for leadership reviews using both Excel and planning software.
  • Partner with Accounting on month-end processes, accruals, and data quality to ensure reliable forecast inputs and variance analysis.
  • Provide flexible support to clinical trial finance, technical operations/CMC (outsourced manufacturing model), and Commercial analyses as directed by the Director, Financial Planning & Analysis operations.
  • Strengthen FP&A processes, planning calendars, templates, documentation, and tools to increase scalability, consistency, and efficiency.
  • Prepare clear, insightful analyses and presentations that support the Director, Financial Planning & Analysis and senior stakeholders.
  • Collaborate cross-functionally to embed driver-based planning and financial discipline across the organization.
  • Contribute to ad-hoc strategic projects and long-range planning inputs as needed.

Qualifications
  • Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field. MBA, CPA, or CFA preferred.
  • Seven to ten plus (7-10+) years of progressive FP&A experience, ideally including time in a high-growth biotech, pharmaceutical, or life-sciences company.
  • Experience with corporate consolidation and preparation of management or board-level reporting packages.
  • Advanced Excel modeling skills; experience with enterprise planning tools (Adaptive, Anaplan, or similar) strongly preferred.
  • Experience supporting organizational scaling preferred.
  • Demonstrated hands-on ownership of budgeting, forecasting, headcount planning, and variance analysis.
  • Strong business partnering skills and ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders in a fast-moving environment.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to translate complex data into concise insights.
  • Proven ability to improve processes and operate effectively amid ambiguity and rapid change.

Work Authorization: Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time.

Please note that CG Oncology does not accept unsolicited information and/or resumes from search firms or agencies for our job postings. Any resumes or client information submitted to our careers page or any employee of CG Oncology by any search firm or agency without an applicable contract in place will become the property of CG Oncology and no fee(s) will be paid.

Total Rewards

CG Oncology offers very competitive and comprehensive Total Rewards, helping to support and reward our global team of high-performing employees focused on developing bladder-saving therapeutics for patients afflicted with bladder cancer.
  • HIGHLY COMPETITIVE SALARIES
  • ANNUAL PERFORMANCE/MERIT REVIEWS
  • ANNUAL PERFORMANCE BONUSES
  • EQUITY
  • SPECIAL RECOGNITION

Well-Being Benefits

In addition to our Total Rewards, CG Oncology offers a variety of Well-Being Benefits to meet the majority of the needs of our unique and growing workforce. These benefits are designed to support our team to achieve a healthy balance between work and their personal lives to remain refreshed, engaged, and creating an environment where each person can find a deeper meaning and purpose in their work.

Well-Being Benefits eligibility begins the 1st of the month after hire. While a majority of these benefits are for our US-based workforce, we continue to assess comparable levels of benefits for our international team members that are aligned with country-specific regulations and their national programs offered.
  • FULLY REMOTE WORK ENVIRONMENT
  • REST AND RECHARGE BENEFITS - Unlimited Flexible Time Off
  • HOLIDAYS -In 2026 we will observe 14 holidays
  • RETIREMENT - 401K with 100% company Safe Harbor match up to 4% of base salary
  • HEALTH (MEDICAL, DENTAL, VISION) - PPO & HDHP - Cigna/Principal
  • HEALTH SPENDING ACCOUNTS - HSA (with Annual Company Contribution), FSA, FSA-DC
  • ILLNESS & DISABILITY PROTECTION - Company Paid LTD Coverage + Voluntary Plans
  • LIFE INSURANCE - Company Paid 2 x base salary + Voluntary Plans
  • ADDITIONAL EXCLUSIVE BENEFITS - Voluntary Legal, Pet, Plus More

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