Corporate Accounting Manager overseeing financial reporting and compliance for biopharmaceutical company. Lead closing processes and maintain internal controls in a clinical stage organization.
Responsibilities
Play a lead role in the monthly, quarterly, and annual close processes, ensuring timely and accurate financial reporting.
Understands and applies U.S. GAAP, has strong internal control structure understanding and has willingness to challenge current processes or procedures as a trusted business partner.
Prepares / reviews complex journal entries, account reconciliations, and variance analyses with a high degree of accuracy managing the monthly, quarterly, and year-end close processes, ensuring timely and accurate financial reporting in accordance with US GAAP.
Lead the monthly accrual process across research, clinical operations, CMC, G&A, and commercial functions, ensuring expense recognition reflects operational activity.
Partner closely with FP&A, Clinical Operations, CMC, and other cross-functional teams to validate spend and inform accrual estimates.
Develop, maintain, and review clinical accrual models for multiple clinical programs across various phases, ensuring accurate recognition of costs incurred but not yet invoiced.
Serve as a key point of contact for interim and year-end internal and external integrated audits, preparation of schedules, performance / documentation of controls and providing supporting documents.
Analyze and explain variances between actual results, forecasts, and budgets to management and external auditors.
Requirements
Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance or related field
5+ years of progressive accounting experience, typically including a combination of public accounting and biotechnology or life sciences industry experience.
Strong knowledge of US GAAP, Certified Public Accountant (CPA) is preferred
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across functional teams.
Demonstrated ability to work in a dynamic and rapidly changing environment and the flexibility to handle multiple priorities simultaneously.
Experience with ERP systems such as NetSuite and Coupa (preferred). Advanced Excel skills required.
Minimum of 3 years of experience (either as an auditor or in industry) with internal controls under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX). Working knowledge of drug development process within the biotech/pharmaceutical industry, including clinical trial accruals is required.
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