Director, Strategic Finance
Illumina
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: San Diego • California • United States
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Salary
💰 $170,600 - $255,800 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Lead enterprise-level financial support for inorganic and strategic growth initiatives
- Direct complex financial modeling, valuation, business case development, and scenario analyses
- Partner closely with the Head of Strategic Finance and senior Finance leadership to evaluate, recommend, and help structure transactions
- Provide strategic insight on capital-intensive initiatives and enterprise investment decisions
- Serve as a trusted advisor to executive stakeholders by synthesizing financial, operational, and market information into clear recommendations
- Lead or coordinate financial diligence workstreams for potential transactions
- Drive routine assessment, governance, and reporting of active and completed strategic transactions
- Oversee, prioritize, and manage the active deal pipeline for the Strategic Finance team
- Partner with Finance leadership to ensure clear line-of-sight to the enterprise, functional, and accounting implications
- Support transaction structuring considerations by providing financial input on key terms, valuation approaches, funding implications, accounting considerations, and potential deal mechanics
- Develop and improve strategic finance tools, templates, reporting mechanisms, and analytical frameworks
- Monitor relevant market, competitive, healthcare, life sciences, and diagnostics trends
- Lead the preparation of materials for senior Finance leaders and Executive Leadership
Requirements
- Typically requires a Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, or a related field
- Minimum of 18 years of related experience
- 10+ years of management experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience
- Significant experience in strategic finance, corporate finance, investment banking, management consulting, corporate development, business development, or another closely related field
- Demonstrated experience leading complex financial analyses, valuation work, business case development, and transaction-related activities
- Proven ability to operate effectively in a highly matrixed global environment and influence outcomes across senior stakeholders and cross-functional teams
- Strong communication, interpersonal, and presentation skills with the ability to tailor messaging for technical, business, and executive audiences
- Demonstrated ability to manage multiple complex priorities, exercise sound judgment, and deliver high-quality work under tight timelines.
Benefits
- access to genomics sequencing
- family planning
- health/dental/vision
- retirement benefits
- paid time off
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard Skills & Tools
financial modelingvaluationbusiness case developmentscenario analysestransaction structuringfinancial diligencestrategic finance toolsanalytical frameworkscapital-intensive initiativesenterprise investment decisions
Soft Skills
communication skillsinterpersonal skillspresentation skillsinfluencing outcomesmanaging multiple prioritiessound judgmentdelivering high-quality worksynthesizing informationtailoring messagingtrusted advisor
Certifications
Bachelor’s degree in FinanceBachelor’s degree in AccountingBachelor’s degree in EconomicsBachelor’s degree in Business