Director, Financial Reporting

Responsibilities

Financial Statement Preparation

• Own preparation of annual US GAAP financial statements, including footnotes, disclosures, supporting workpapers, calculations, and tie-outs.
• Own the financial reporting process and coordinate cross-functional stakeholders.
• Prepare supporting analysis for board reporting and investor and data room financial information requests.

Financial Close and Consolidations

• Prepare and review manual, non-routine, and period-end journal entries.
• Determine and document non-routine and judgmental accounting transactions, including accruals and stock-based compensation.
• Lead complex consolidations and entries, including application of ASC 810.
• Review complex account reconciliations and close documentation.
• Translate new business activity and accounting conclusions into operational close processes.
• Lead year-end general ledger preparation for audit.

Technical Accounting Implementation

• Prepare technical accounting analyses and memoranda for complex transactions and accounting matters.
• Convert accounting conclusions into calculations, workpapers, journal entries, disclosures, and recurring processes.
• Maintain accounting for financial instruments, equity issuances, share-based compensation, noncontrolling interests, ASC 810 matters, leases, licensing transactions, and business development transactions.
• Prepare and maintain the accounting policy manual.

External Audit

• Serve as the day-to-day contact for external auditors.
• Coordinate audit requests and manage information flow and support.
• Respond to audit inquiries and escalate significant or technical matters.
• Assemble audit-ready workpapers and support packages.
• Support resolution and remediation of audit findings.

Fund Reporting and Audit

• Support reporting and accounting for special-purpose financial statements serviced by a third-party fund administrator.
• Support capital call and capital transaction accounting.
• Establish and document policies for special-purpose financial statements.
• Coordinate with the fund administrator and review fund financial statements.
• Reconcile administrator reporting to internal records.
• Support coordination of the fund’s annual audit.

Controls and Documentation

• Establish and maintain controls around complex and non-routine transactions.
• Improve internal controls and documentation for significant accounting and reporting processes.
• Drive audit-ready documentation practices.

Business Partnership

• Execute complex, ongoing accounting processes arising from business development and other non-routine transactions.
• Partner with Legal, Business Development, R&D, and Clinical Operations to accurately reflect contracts, arrangements, and study activity in accounting records.
• Build capabilities and provide training across the Finance team.

Requirements

• CPA.
• 10 or more years of progressive accounting experience, including responsibility for audited US GAAP financial statements, footnotes, and external audit support.
• Technical accounting experience, preferably in an in-house corporate accounting group.
• Experience translating complex accounting guidance into calculations, journal entries, disclosures, and repeatable processes.
• Experience with consolidations, including VIEs, noncontrolling interests, ASC 810, financial instruments, liability and equity accounting, share-based compensation, revenue recognition, ASC 820 fair value, licensing and collaboration arrangements, leases, capitalized software, and R&D accounting.
• Experience consolidating a complex organizational structure.
• Ability to prepare clear technical accounting memoranda, organized audit-ready workpapers, and financial statement support.
• Ability to manage multiple reporting and audit workstreams independently at detailed and strategic levels.
• NetSuite or comparable ERP experience and strong spreadsheet skills.

Nice-to-Haves

• Big Four or comparable public accounting experience.
• Biotechnology, pharmaceutical, or broader life sciences experience.

Compensation and Benefits

• Total compensation range: $185,500 - $232,000.
• Compensation may vary based on role scope, geographic location, skills, and experience.
• Includes equity, comprehensive benefits, and generous perks.