Associate Director, Financial Planning & Analysis (Development Finance Business Partner)

Position Overview
Bicara Therapeutics is seeking an Associate Director of FP&A to lead full P&L consolidation and reporting. Additionally, this role will serve as a finance business partner to the Development team, providing critical financial support to R&D pipeline activities and global manufacturing/CMC/supply chain operations. This role is based in our Boston office and follows a hybrid schedule, with three in-office days each week.

Responsibilities
Full P&L Consolidation and Reporting
Serve as system administrator of financial planning & analysis software (Adaptive Insights - Workday), including managing consolidations of operating expenses for budget, reforecast, and actuals
Lead and continuously enhance the monthly budget-to-actuals process company wide, providing meaningful analysis and insights to business leaders.

Serve as a proactive finance partner to identify performance trends, challenge assumptions, and drive cross-functional initiatives that improve forecasting, resource allocation, and operational efficiency
Lead preparation of full P&L budget to actual reporting for executive team, Audit Committee, and Board of Directors
Manage timelines, templates, and tools for FP&A month-end close and company-wide budgeting and reforecasting processes
Lead preparation of cash flow forecast to support cash runway planning
Identify and implement opportunities to streamline and automate planning processes and reporting, including system enhancements within Adaptive Insights
Financial Business Partner for Development (Clinical Operations, Technical Operations, Supply Chain, Quality, Regulatory & Program Management)
Partner with functional leaders to build budgets, reforecasts, and long-range plan inputs
Support timely analytics and reporting to drive budget accuracy/accountability and identify key drivers of variances to budget, highlighting potential risks and opportunities to estimates
Ensure consistency between functional planning assumptions and financial projections
Translate complex clinical & manufacturing/supply chain concepts and related financial impact to senior management level narratives
Qualifications
BS in Finance/Accounting
6+ years relevant experience with at least 2+ years as a finance business partner
FP&A experience in a commercial biotechnology or pharmaceutical company preferred
Strong financial modeling & reporting experience
Demonstrated experience as a collaborative and effective business partner working with senior leaders
Ability to distill complex operational and financial topics to management-level narratives
Strong attention to detail and ability to effectively communicate financial concepts to operational team members
Team player who will offer optimal solutions to intricate issues
Can work individually, within a multi-disciplinary team and with external partners/vendors
Ability to shift priorities rapidly in dynamic biotech environment
Experience with financial planning software (e.g.

Adaptive Planning)
Expert in Excel, Word and Powerpoint
Alignment with Bicara core values
Company Overview
Bicara Therapeutics is a clinical-stage biotech company pioneering bifunctional antibodies for targeted tumor modulation. Founded in 2020, we've built a global team of over 100 employees headquartered in Boston, with a clear focus on advancing our lead asset, ficerafusp alfa, or FICERA - a potentially first-in-class bifunctional EGFR-directed antibody combined with a TGF-β ligand trap.

Our innovative approach combines tumor-targeting with tumor modulation, where one arm localizes to the tumor while the other serves as a modulator, designed to deliver superior efficacy, improved safety, and enhanced durability directly at the tumor site. FICERA specifically addresses a key challenge in solid tumor treatment by enabling immune cell penetration into tumors, reducing fibrosis and immunosuppression while reversing TGF-β-driven resistance mechanisms - ultimately designed to drive the deep, durable responses that may translate into better outcomes and survival for patients.

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