Assistant Manager, Accounts Payable - job 1 of 2

Guardant Health is a leading precision oncology company focused on guarding wellness and giving every person more time free from cancer. Founded in 2012, Guardant is transforming patient care and accelerating new cancer therapies by providing critical insights into what drives disease through its advanced blood and tissue tests, real-world data and AI analytics. Guardant tests help improve outcomes across all stages of care, including screening to find cancer early, monitoring for recurrence in early-stage cancer, and treatment selection for patients with advanced cancer. For more information, visit guardanthealth.com and follow the company on LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and Facebook.

Guardant Health is a fast-moving, publicly traded company with global reach. We rely on strong, detail-oriented teams to keep everything running behind the scenes. We are looking for an Assistant Manager, Accounts Payable who is ready to step into a key role supporting daily AP operations while also contributing to general ledger activities and close support.

In this role, you will help lead a growing AP team, ensure timely and accurate invoice and payment processing, and work closely with internal partners to address issues and fine-tune existing processes. You will also support general ledger activities, including reviewing journal entries, assisting with account reconciliations, and contributing to period-end close. A solid understanding of accounting principles is essential.  Success in this role requires strong problem-solving skills, whether that means troubleshooting an invoice issue, clarifying a payment discrepancy, or guiding the team through day-to-day blockers.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone with a strong AP foundation who has already begun stepping into leadership and wants to grow in both operational and financial scope.  If you are organized, reliable, and eager to build on an established framework, we would love to meet you.

What You’ll Do

• Oversee daily AP activities and ensure invoices and payments are processed accurately and on time
• Support and guide AP team members, helping them stay focused and aligned with priorities
• Review journal entries, account reconciliations, and other AP-related financial reporting
• Collaborate with Procurement, FP&A, and Accounting to resolve issues and maintain workflow continuity
• Maintain and update standard operating procedures to reflect current processes
• Assist with audits and month-end close tasks as needed
• Support consistency and alignment across global AP operations
• Provide coaching and development support to team members
• Participate in special projects or team initiatives that enhance overall AP operations

What We’re Looking For

• Someone who’s already been a team lead, go-to resource, or informal mentor
• A detail-oriented doer who can also guide others and keep work moving
• A clear communicator who is proactive, organized, and solution-minded
• Someone comfortable with structure but eager to improve how things work
• A collaborative teammate who can build relationships across teams

• 5 or more years of relevant experience in accounts payable or accounting, ideally in a public company
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field; CPA or MBA is a plus
• Strong Excel skills and familiarity with ERP systems (Oracle Fusion preferred
• Experience supporting audits, reconciliations, and compliance efforts
• Proven ability to lead, delegate, and follow through with consistency
• Comfortable navigating change and finding ways to work smarter

Hybrid Work Model: At Guardant Health, we have defined days for in-person/onsite collaboration and work-from-home days for individual-focused time. All U.S. employees who live within 50 miles of a Guardant facility will be required to be onsite on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays. We have found aligning our scheduled in-office days allows our teams to do the best work and creates the focused thinking time our innovative work requires. At Guardant, our work model has created flexibility for better work-life balance while keeping teams connected to advance our science for our patients.

For positions based in Palo Alto, CA or Redwood City, CA, the base salary range for this full-time position is $97,600 to $134,200. The range does not include benefits, and if applicable, bonus, commission, or equity.

Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including, but not limited to, job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. If you are selected to move forward, the recruiting team will provide details specific to the factors above.

Employee may be required to lift routine office supplies and use office equipment. Majority of the work is performed in a desk/office environment; however, there may be exposure to high noise levels, fumes, and biohazard material in the laboratory environment. Ability to sit for extended periods of time.

Guardant Health is committed to providing reasonable accommodations in our hiring processes for candidates with disabilities, long-term conditions, mental health conditions, or sincerely held religious beliefs. If you need support, please reach out to [email protected]

Guardant Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

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