Finance Manager; FP&A)

Sanford Burnham Prebys

Sanford Burnham Prebys is much more than a research facility and hub for innovation; it’s a vibrant global community of talented scientists and researchers from over 30 countries. This worldwide representation enriches our perspectives and enhances our creative approach to solving complex scientific challenges.

We strive to be leaders not only in biomedical research but also in creating an environment where excellence thrives through collaboration across cultures and backgrounds. Our mission is to advance the biomedical sciences by cultivating the next generation of scientific leaders, providing meaningful opportunities for researchers of all backgrounds to learn, innovate, and make breakthrough discoveries that improve human health.

Together, we translate science into health.

The duties and responsibilities contained in the job description are intended to be examples of the accountabilities for which the person in the position will demonstrate competency through performance. The job description is not intended to be an all-inclusive list. Duties and responsibilities are subject to change and other duties may be assigned as necessary.

The Finance Manager is a highly motivated, detail-oriented, and collaborative finance professional reporting to the Sr. Director of Financial Planning & Analysis. This role assists in managing financial planning, reporting, forecasting, and performance analysis activities that support transparent decision-making across the organization.

The Finance Manager serves as a finance business partner and Workday subject matter expert responsible for leveraging Workday Financials and Adaptive Planning to support budgeting, forecasting, reporting, analytics, and continuous process improvement initiatives. This role assists the Sr. Director of Financial Planning & Analysis with the development, maintenance, and optimization of Workday-based financial reports, dashboards, recurring management reporting packages, and planning solutions while ensuring data integrity, reporting accuracy, and scalable reporting practices.

This position also supports enterprise-wide Workday initiatives, including implementations, enhancements, upgrades, testing, documentation, and process optimization efforts. Workday implementation support may extend broadly across Finance, Accounting, Payroll, Human Resources, Procurement, and other functional areas beyond FP&A to improve financial visibility, operational efficiency, and organizational decision support.

• Manage the preparation, consolidation, and review of monthly, quarterly, and annual financial report packages for leadership and management review.
• Assist in leading budget analysis, forecast development, variance analysis, financial projections, accounting research, and coordination of financial data with operating departments.
• Serve as Finance lead and subject matter expert for Workday Financials and Adaptive Planning reporting, analytics, forecasting, budgeting, and financial planning processes.
• Develop, maintain, and optimize Workday Financials and Adaptive Planning reports, dashboards, scorecards, and recurring management reporting packages to support operational and strategic decision-making.
• Partner with Finance, Accounting, Human Resources, Payroll, Procurement, and other business units to define reporting requirements and deliver cross-functional Workday reporting and planning solutions.
• Support Workday implementation projects, upgrades, enhancements, and process improvement initiatives across multiple functional areas beyond FP&A by participating in requirements gathering, business process design, system testing, user acceptance testing (UAT), data validation, documentation, and deployment activities.
• Collaborate with stakeholders across the organization to improve Workday functionality, report efficiency, data quality, internal controls, and business processes.
• Build and maintain financial models to support budgeting, forecasting, scenario planning, variance analysis, and business case evaluation.
• Maintain monthly indirect operating expense forecast versus plan reports and identify trends, risks, and opportunities for leadership review.
• Track financial trends, KPIs, and emerging metrics while creating new reporting views as business needs evolve.
• Develop and maintain reporting documentation, training materials, and governance standards to ensure consistency and sustainability of Workday reporting and…