Responsibilities
- Configure and support SAP FICO (GL, AR, AP, AA, PS, CO-CCA, CO-PCA, COPA, etc.) and Project Systems (Enable project-based cost tracking, WBS structures, and capital planning) for GMP and R&D initiatives
- Design and implement finance processes in SAP aligned with GMP and GxP standards
- Ensure SAP PS integration with FICO and fixed asset management modules for end-to-end visibility and financial compliance
- Support compliance and audit readiness in alignment with SOX, GxP, and FDA financial regulations
- Collaborate with adjacent functions including EWM, PTP, and Pharma Labeling to ensure accurate financial integration
- Contribute to a Clean Core approach by minimizing customizations and leveraging SAP BTP for extensibility
- Participate in fit-gap analysis, blueprint workshops, solution design, and stakeholder approvals
- Support monthly/quarterly close, internal controls, intercompany processes, and asset accounting
- Create and maintain documentation including functional specs, SOPs, test scripts, and training materials
- Provide ongoing support, training, and change management for users
- Support process harmonization and compliant financial practices across global and local reporting structures
Requirements
- 5+ years of hands-on experience in SAP FICO and Project Systems including S/4HANA
- 2+ full lifecycle implementations in SAP FICO with strong US localization knowledge
- Prior experience in a life sciences, pharma, or biotech environment
- Demonstrated understanding of US GAAP, tax processing, and cost center structures specific to regulated industries
- Experience working in cross-regional models involving Offshore teams
- Solid grasp of Clean Core principles, and exposure to Fiori-based solutions
- Exceptional communication, documentation, and client-facing skills
- Must be based in or willing to relocate to the San Francisco Bay Area
- Experience implementing SAP FICO solutions in biotech or advanced therapy environments
- Strong ability to translate financial compliance (SOX, GxP) into scalable system configurations and controls
- Knowledge of clinical trial accounting, transfer pricing, and intercompany billing
- Exposure to SAP Central Finance, SAP Group Reporting, or SAP BTP extensions
- Experience working with labeling and supply chain integration in a pharma setting
- CPA or MBA in Finance is a plus
- Self-awareness, integrity, authenticity, and a growth/entrepreneurial mindset
Top Skills
What We Do
Cellares is revolutionizing cell therapy manufacturing. We are developing a one-of-a-kind solution, The Cell Shuttle, to overcome the challenges associated with manufacturing so these life-saving therapies are affordable and widely available to patients who can benefit.
The clinical impact of cell therapy in treating cancer has been proven, but this therapeutic approach has several limitations, especially in manufacturing, leaving extremely sick patients waiting for treatment and desperate for hope.
Since cell therapy is currently produced for a single patient at a time, it is expensive to manufacture, requiring significant time and resources, and is difficult to scale.
Preclinical and clinical scientists, as well as commercial cell therapy manufacturers also lack the options to fully automate their manufacturing process quickly, safely, cost-effectively and at the scale they need.
The Cell Shuttle is an automated and closed end-to-end manufacturing solution that is flexible and scalable, enabling customers to run exact processes specified for their cell therapy. Compared with the current manual manufacturing processes for cell therapy, the Cell Shuttle’s next-generation automated manufacturing solution has 10 times the scalability (meaning 10 times more patient doses can be produced simultaneously), enables a three-fold reduction in process failure rates and will reduce the per-patient manufacturing cost by up to 70 percent for most processes.
