Senior Analyst, Financial Planning & Analysis

The posting, as Helix wrote it

Who We Are & What We Do
At Helix, our mission is simple: to help everyone improve their lives through their DNA.

Ready to make a real-world impact with your skills? At Helix, we're transforming healthcare by making genomics a standard of care. We partner with health systems and life science companies to accelerate the integration of genomic data into clinical practice. Join us in building a future where healthcare is personalized, proactive, and powered by genomics.

What is special about this role?
As a Senior FP&A Analyst at Helix, you'll own operating expense planning, reporting, and forecasting for the Finance team.
Your work will shape strategic decisions and optimize how we spend across the company.
Beyond traditional FP&A, you'll design and support the systems behind our numbers, including NetSuite, our procurement platform, and our CRM.

AI is now core to how our Finance team works, not an add-on. We're looking for someone who already treats it as a real part of their toolkit and wants to grow further against Helix's Finance AI Fluency framework.

You'll thrive in our fast-paced startup environment, where autonomy and ambition directly shape our mission.

As a Senior FP&A Analyst, you will

• Financial Modeling & Forecasting:
• Own the operating expense planning, reporting, and forecasting process, working closely with budget owners across the organization.
• Own comprehensive budget and forecast models, collaborating closely with internal stakeholders to set and achieve financial targets.
• Support the monthly closing process, including actual-to-budget bridge analysis and specific deep dives of other key accounts.
• Use AI to produce first-draft variance commentary and bridge analysis, grounded in our specific GL data and accounting policies.
• Communicate financial results and actionable insights to budget owners and leadership, driving informed decision-making.
• Ensure compliance with our finance and accounting policies, and understand legal and GAAP business requirements.
• System Architecture & Data Management:
• Design and support our core business systems, including NetSuite (ERP), our procurement system (Ramp), and our CRM system (Hubspot), ensuring seamless operation and data flow.
• Partner with key stakeholders throughout the organization to maintain and improve data integrity across all systems, ensuring accuracy of actuals and forecasts for both financial and operational reporting.
• Develop scalable processes and procedures within these systems to support Helix's fast-growing business lines.
• Reporting & Insights:
• Create, maintain, and enhance reporting decks and dashboards, including those for Board-level and investor presentations.
• Transform complex data into clear, concise, and actionable insights, effectively telling the story behind the numbers.
• Build and maintain reusable AI workflows and skills for recurring reporting tasks, so good practices scale across the team.
• Cross-Functional Collab

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edicated, passionate, down-to-earth, curious, warm, and thoughtful people, we also provide great benefits:

• Comprehensive Health Insurance with Date of Hire eligibility
• Above average employer paid premium coverage
• 12 weeks Helix Paid Parental Leave option
• 401(k) with employer matching of up to 3% and 100% Vesting on the Date of Hire
• Comprehensive Well-Being Benefits
• Flexible PTO
• Remote options for many roles and a home office stipend

What To Expect During Your First 90 days

• First 30 days: you’ll spend time learning the Helix way, completing training and onboarding for your roles, and getting introduced to your team and relevant stakeholders. You’ll also gain a deeper understanding of our customers, our products, the impact we make in the lives of our communities, and how to thrive at Helix through participation in Helix U.
• Day 30 - 60: you’ll spend time contributing to projects, deeply familiarizing yourself with team and company processes, and developing a deeper understanding of Helix’s products, services and capabilities.
• Day 60 - 90: you’ll build your OKRs with your manager, start to take ownership of projects and initiatives on your team, and begin to demonstrate your impact on the Helix mission.

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Compensation
The base pay range for this role is $108,000 – $148,000 per year.