This company is seeking a Sr. Project Finance Manager to play a critical role in enabling that mission. In this strategic leadership position, you will partner closely with cross‑functional teams to drive financial excellence across complex, high‑visibility programs that shape the future of genomics. You will provide analytical rigor, financial stewardship, and business insight to support decision‑making, optimize resource allocation, and ensure the successful execution of Illumina’s most important initiatives. This role is ideal for a proactive, collaborative finance leader who thrives in a fast‑paced, innovation‑driven environment and is motivated by work that has global impact.

Qualifications:

5+ years of relevant project finance management

Experience working with Commercial P&L reporting, including cost center mapping, operating expense allocations, and data validation.

Experience with ERP software, SAP a plus!

Experience with user acceptance testing (UAT) and testing methodologies, including test script preparation and execution.

Job Description

The Sr. Project Finance Manager leads critical commercial finance processes, oversees the sustainment and enhancement of forecasting dashboards and commercial P&L reporting, and drives complex projects in a global SAP environment. This role owns key business processes end-to-end, partners closely with regional and global stakeholders, and ensures high-quality financial insights through robust governance, validation, and continuous improvement of reporting tools and workflows.

Responsibilities

Own and manage the quarterly territory rollover business process, including leading all communications with regional and global stakeholders.Establish, maintain, and communicate the schedule and calendar for quarterly territory rollover activities.Prepare and distribute templates to collect feedback from regions, ensuring timely and accurate data collection.Perform validations on submitted territory data and lead subsequent conversations with regional teams and global support organizations to resolve issues.Review and approve or deny off-cycle account-to-territory change requests from global support organizations, ensuring adherence to governance and policy.Lead the business process for forecast snapshots, aligning with Global Commercial Finance on the approach and timing for dashboard refreshes and subscriptions from quarter end through forecast cycles.Update reporting flags and perform dashboard validations to ensure data accuracy and consistency across forecast snapshots.Provide support and coverage for dashboards, including troubleshooting issues and coordinating with technical teams as needed.Maintain and update the forecast snapshot calendar, including snap timings, and send calendar reminders to support ongoing sustainment.Review and approve or deny Tableau server access requests, ensuring appropriate access governance.Action Tableau workbook-level access requests received through ServiceNow, email, or other channels, including role-based security updates.Support and validate Tahoe publishes, ensuring that extracts and subscriptions function correctly and align with business requirements.Manage extract refresh and subscription settings, including monitoring performance and resolving issues.Communicate with executive leadership and Global Commercial FP&A regarding dashboard pauses, changes, or other impacts to reporting availability.Support quarter-end and SAP release activities by preparing dashboard lists and assisting with execution, validations, and pausing or enabling extracts and subscriptions.Lead the sustainment of the Commercial P&L, including quarterly reviews of cost center changes and coordination with global and regional teams on mapping updates and operating expense allocations.Validate Commercial P&L data between forecast cycles to ensure ongoing accuracy and integrity of financial reporting.Drive commercial projects by coordinating communications and meetings for go-live events, demonstrations, user acceptance tests, and project kick-offs.Prepare clear and compelling PowerPoint presentations to communicate project status, findings, and recommendations to stakeholders.Develop, review, and refine user acceptance test (UAT) scripts to ensure comprehensive testing coverage.Lead or support testing and validation activities for commercial projects, ensuring that dashboards, Commercial P&L, and related tools meet requirements before go-live.Plan and oversee dashboards and Commercial P&L initiatives, acting as overall project manager or project lead where required.Manage the dashboard roadmap and project portfolio, including intake of new requests, prioritization, and assignment of resources.Lead requirements gathering and design sessions for new dashboards, collaborating with stakeholders to define scope, metrics, and visualizations.Provide ongoing support to the development team throughout dashboard development, ensuring alignment with business needs and timelines.Review, validate, and test dashboards and related tools prior to go-live, ensuring quality, usability, and accuracy.Define access groups and row-level security (RLS) for new dashboards to ensure appropriate data access and compliance.Prepare and review project plans for dashboard and reporting initiatives, including timelines, milestones, and resource allocations.Provide miscellaneous user support by responding to ad-hoc questions and requests from business partners regarding dashboards, forecasts, and commercial P&L.Foster strong stakeholder communication and alignment across global and regional teams, ensuring transparency and timely updates on key initiatives.Continuously improve business processes, tools, and reporting by identifying opportunities for optimization and implementing best practices.

Job Type & Location

This is a Contract position based out of San Diego, CA.

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $50.00 - $54.00/hr.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job\n classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be\n subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits\n available for this temporary role may include the following:\n\n
• Medical, dental & vision\n
• Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital\n
• 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available\n
• Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)\n
• Short and long-term disability\n
• Health Spending Account (HSA)\n
• Transportation benefits\n
• Employee Assistance Program\n
• Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

Workplace Type

This is a hybrid position in San Diego,CA.

Application Deadline

This position is anticipated to close on May 22, 2026.

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\nAbout Aston Carter\n\n

Aston Carter provides world-class corporate talent solutions to thousands of clients across the globe. Specialized in accounting, finance, human resources, talent acquisition, procurement, supply chain and select administrative professions, we extend the capabilities of industry-leading companies. We draw on our deep recruiting expertise and expansive network to meet the evolving needs of our clients and talent community with agility and excellence. With offices across the U.S., Canada, Asia Pacific and Europe, Aston Carter serves many of the Fortune 500. We are proud to be a ClearlyRated Best of Staffing® double diamond winner for both client and talent service.

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The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

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If you would like to request a reasonable accommodation, such as the modification or adjustment of the job application process or interviewing process due to a disability, please email astoncarteraccommodation@astoncarter.com for other accommodation options.

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San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance: Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, for all positions located in the city and county of San Francisco, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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Massachusetts Lie Detector: It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.

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Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI): We may use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to support parts of our hiring process, including sourcing, screening, and evaluating candidates. AI helps assess applications and qualifications, but final decisions are made by our hiring team. By applying, you acknowledge and agree that your application may be reviewed using AI tools.

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