Director, Financial Planning & Analysis, R&D

Join our Mission to Protect Humankind! Vaxcyte is a clinical-stage vaccine innovation company engineering high-fidelity vaccines to protect humankind from the consequences of bacterial diseases, which have serious and costly health consequences when left unchecked. Working to eradicate or treat bacterial infections such as invasive pneumococcal disease, Group A Strep, and Shigella is just the beginning. Our path to success is clear and well-defined, and Vaxcyte is set up to go the distance. WHAT we do is every bit as important as HOW we do it! Our work together is guided by four enduring core values: *RETHINK CONVENTION: We bring creative and intellectual diversity to every facet of the work we do in order to innovate and re-innovate the way vaccines are delivered. *AIM HIGH: We embody our collectively audacious goal to courageously make the most complex biologics ever attempted to protect humankind. *LEAD WITH HEART: Everyone leads at Vaxcyte with a kindness-first, inclusive approach to collaboration and vigorous debate that advances our business objectives. *MODEL EXCELLENCE: The magnitude of our challenge requires our shared commitment to demonstrating integrity, accountability, equality and clarity across communications and decision making. Summary: This is an exciting opportunity to serve as a strategic finance business partner to Vaxcyte’s R&D organization, with a focus on clinical studies. The role will support Clinical Operations and the Immunoassay and Non-Clinical teams, with responsibility for clinical trial and serology financial oversight, while flexing to support broader R&D as business needs evolve. This individual will partner closely with Clinical Operations and Serology on planning, forecasting, accruals, financial reporting, and decision support across multiple development programs. Essential Functions: Lead and provide strategic oversight for clinical outsourcing, partnering with Clinical Operations, Clinical Development, Finance, and Legal to assess the best fit for Vaxcyte’s pipeline and outsourced scope of work. Lead the financial and commercial aspects of the RFP process, vendor selection, and budget management for the Clinical organization Manage clinical trials financial updates and support the annual planning process, including analysis of actuals versus forecast, risk and opportunity assessment, and clear reporting to Finance and business leadership Support contract and budget negotiations, bid evaluations, and vendor recommendations across a range of clinical service providers, including CROs, central laboratories, study supply vendors, oversight vendors, and patient recruitment partners Assist functional and department managers in the procurement process, including reviewing and validating invoices, supporting financial controls, and ensuring accurate visibility into vendor spend Partner with Clinical Operations, Clinical Development, Accounting, Procurement, Legal, and other stakeholders to align operational assumptions, vendor spend, timelines, and financial plans Manage the clinical accrual process, including review of applicable CRO and other clinical ancillary vendor contracts. Collaborate with key stakeholders to gather and analyze relevant information to ensure all accruals are complete, accurately computed, documented, and recorded Support program and project teams in identifying cost-saving opportunities, improving efficiencies, and optimizing the financial performance of clinical programs Implement new forecasting and analytics tools, enabling standardized metrics, scenario modeling, portfolio insights, greater transparency, and strategic decision support with an initial focus on clinical trials and serology Understand and maintain Sarbanes-Oxley (“SOX”) documentation and requirements for assigned area Lead other ad hoc analysis to support business partnering as needs evolve Team Leadership This is an individual contributor role that requires collaboration with Procurement, Clinical Oper