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Director, Cost & Inventory Accounting (Menlo Park, CA) #4177

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We are a healthcare company, pioneering new technologies to advance early cancer detection. We have built a multi-disciplinary organization of scientists, engineers, and physicians and we are using the power of next-generation sequencing (NGS), population-scale clinical studies, and state-of-the-art computer science and data science to overcome one of medicine’s greatest challenges.

GRAIL is headquartered in Menlo Park, California, with locations in Washington, D.C., North Carolina, and the United Kingdom. It is supported by leading global investors and pharmaceutical, technology, and healthcare companies.

For more information, please visit grail.com.

The Director, Cost & Inventory Accounting is a key contributor to the Finance organization and will lead efforts to scale the cost accounting function at GRAIL. This role is ideal for an experienced accounting professional who has worked in a fast-paced public or private company and has demonstrated success in scaling and optimizing cost accounting to support a growing and evolving business.

This is a hybrid role and requires you to be onsite 2 days a week in Menlo Park, Ca.

Responsibilities:

  • Scale the cost accounting processes and develop the cost accounting team to support GRAIL’s commercial growth
  • Lead cross-functional discussions, diving deep into lab and ancillary processes to provide technical accounting guidance in compliance with US GAAP, ensure consistent application of cost accounting principles, and identify cost savings opportunities
  • Collaborate with stakeholders across Revenue, FP&A, Operations, and Software to build reporting packages and executive-level dashboards
  • Own all relevant aspects of the period-end financial close process, including reviewing work, enhancing controls, and improving scalability
  • Develop an actionable, prioritized roadmap and lead implementation and scaling projects within Netsuite and Tableau
  • Lead quarterly reviews and annual audits related to cost accounting areas
  • Lead product costing and related financial analyses
  • Manage special projects and support ad hoc financial analysis
  • Maintain and enhance internal controls and ensure SOX-compliant documentation

Preferred Requirements:

  • 15+ years of total work experience
  • Experience in a diagnostics, genomics, or life sciences company (preferred)
  • 3+ years of experience leading a cost accounting team, including mentoring and staff development
  • 3+ years of public accounting experience; CPA preferred
  • Advanced analytical, project management, and spreadsheet skills (Google Sheets preferred)
  • Hands-on experience with Netsuite (required)
  • Demonstrated sense of urgency and ability to remain flexible in a dynamic, fast-paced environment
  • Excellent professional written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills

Expected full time annual base pay scale for this position is $187K-$249K. Actual base pay will consider skills, experience and location.

Based on the role, colleagues may be eligible to participate in an annual bonus plan tied to company and individual performance, or an incentive plan. We also offer a long-term incentive plan to align company and colleague success over time.

In addition, GRAIL offers a progressive benefit package, including flexible time-off, a 401k with a company match, and alongside our medical, dental, vision plans, carefully selected mindfulness offerings.

GRAIL is an Equal Employment Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status. We will reasonably accommodate all individuals with disabilities so that they can participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation. GRAIL maintains a drug-free workplace.

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GRAIL Menlo Park, California, USA Office

GRAIL is headquartered in Menlo Park, California, with locations in Washington, D.C., North Carolina, and the United Kingdom. We also have a number of employees who are working remotely. Our bay area office has a employees working in our labs, software engineering, clinical development and more.

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