Sr. Financial Analyst - R&D

Position: Sr. Financial Analyst I - R&D
Location: Klamath

GROW WITH US:
Tandem Diabetes Care creates new possibilities for people living with diabetes, their loved ones, and their healthcare providers through a positively different experience. We'd love for you to team up with us to "innovate every day," put "people first," and take the "no-shortcuts" approach that has propelled us to become a leader in the diabetes technology industry.

STAY AWESOME:
Tandem Diabetes Care is proud to manufacture and sell the Tandem Mobi system and t:slim X2 insulin pump with Control-IQ+ technology - an advanced predictive algorithm that automates insulin delivery. But we're so much more than that. Our company's human-centered approach to design, development, and support delivers innovative products and services for people who use insulin. Because many of our own team members live with diabetes, or have a loved one impacted by diabetes, the work is personal, and we are committed to the cause.

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A DAY IN THE LIFE:

This Sr. Financial Analyst I is a key member of the Financial Planning & Analysis team supporting the Research & Development function, responsible for developing and maintaining effective financial planning, reporting, and analysis processes. The role generates meaningful analytics and communicates insights that enable strong financial decision-making across the R&D organization. Key responsibilities include managing periodic results, evaluating new development opportunities, and partnering with R&D teams across the full product development lifecycle, from ideation through post-market surveillance.

The role requires the ability to operate effectively in ambiguity, developing long-range, risk-adjusted financial views that account for technical, regulatory, and timing variability inherent in R&D programs.

Sr. Financial Analysts at Tandem also:

• Partner with R&D teams throughout the development lifecycle and stage gates, from ideation through post market surveillance, providing relevant metrics to R&D leadership at each stage.

• Develop and maintain long-range financial forecasts for R&D programs, incorporating technical, regulatory, and market uncertainty through scenario analysis and risk-adjusted assumptions to support disciplined, long-term investment decisions

• Partner with the R&D function to lead and support budgeting, forecasting, and reporting process including headcount, operating expenses and capital expenditures.

• Serve as a strategic finance partner to R&D Executive leadership, influencing decisions through KPI development and financial insights, balancing short-term company needs against longer-term innovation.

• Forecast and track cost-to-complete by program and workstream, updating outlooks dynamically as technical assumptions evolve.

• Translate complex scientific, engineering, and regulatory concepts into clear, financially relevant language and insights for non-R&D finance stakeholders, enabling shared understanding and informed decision-making across the organization

• Partner with R&D business leaders and Human Resources to determine the appropriate headcount and staffing by project, manage the headcount approval process, and maintain a long-term view on resource requirements over the life of the project.

• Support the production of monthly and quarterly presentations for the Board of Directors and senior management including the CEO, CFO, EVPs and Vice Presidents.

• Assist with developing deliverables in support of Tandem's annual strategic planning process.

• Ensure data accuracy and integrity within BI systems and train R&D business partners on how to effectively interpret and utilize financial dashboards and reports.

• Drive continuous improvement in forecasting, reporting deliverables and processes.

• Collaborate with Accounting to ensure GAAP compliance and adherence to Company policies and procedures.

WHEN & WHERE YOU'LL WORK:

This role will be a mix of in-office work at our corporate headquarters in Del Mar, CA (or replace with appropriate office address) and remote work. This position is expected to be in office 2 days per week but may vary depending on business demands.

WHAT YOU'LL NEED:

• Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, information systems or equivalent combination of education and applicable job experience.

• 4-6 years' previous experience in a financial planning and analysis role, business partnering or other finance area.

• Experience supporting multi-year R&D programs with long development timelines and evolving technical and regulatory assumptions. Preference for experience in medical device industry.

• Deep understanding of R&D-driven financial planning, including long development cycles and probabilistic outcomes.

• Understanding of regulatory and clinical drivers (FDA submissions, human factors, clinical studies) and their financial implications.

• Experience building long-range forecasts and business cases for development programs, incorporating scenario analysis, probability weighting, and optionality.

• Experience partnering cross-functionally with engineering, program…