Executive Director, Finance

Kyverna Therapeutics is a clinical-stage cell therapy company with the mission of engineering a new class of therapies for autoimmune diseases. The Kyverna therapeutic platform combines advanced T cell engineering and synthetic biology technologies to suppress and eliminate the autoreactive immune cells at the origin of autoimmune and inflammatory diseases. Be at the forefront of cell therapy innovation by joining scientists, industry veterans and healthcare visionaries and help transform how autoimmune diseases are treated.

Kyverna is seeking a highly motivated Executive Director, Finance to join our team and help advance its mission to free patients from the siege of autoimmune disease. The ideal candidate will contribute to our goals of navigating what’s next in autoimmunity while living our core values: Elevate Each Other, and Stay True To Why.

Responsibilities:

• Lead Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) for a fast-growing biotech company.
• Lead budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning for the company, inclusive of the latest estimate (LE) planning to refine expectations for the year.
• Provide strategic analysis and deliver business insights that drive optimized financial decision-making for the organization.
• Contribute to the development and reporting of KPIs and other financial metrics.
• Lead FP&A month-end close activity, including variance analysis, trial balance review, identification of potential adjustments, and variance commentary for management.
• Improve and optimize the company’s reporting, analytics, and financial planning capabilities.
• Build models to forecast cash and financing scenarios.
• Ability to translate data into concrete recommendations and actions.
• Support analysis and content preparation for investor and BOD presentations.
• Work closely with the Kyverna Leadership Team & Program Management.
• This is a highly visible role that will interact with the full range of functions within our rapidly growing company, requiring a combination of analytical, financial, and interpersonal skills.
• Manage a growing team of FP&A professionals.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in related field. MBA or CPA preferred.
• Minimum 15 years of experience in finance, strategic consulting, or equivalent experience and at least 5 years of financial planning experience with exposure to R&D.
• Experience working in small to medium sized biotech strongly preferred, with proven ability to impact company culture and demonstrated flexibility in fast paced environment.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, ability to develop relationships with key stakeholders.
• Advanced knowledge of Excel and PowerPoint, experience with cloud-based financial planning tools.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.

Kyverna is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind. Kyverna is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identify, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status or any other legally protected status. EOE/AA/Vets