Senior Vice President, Global Corporate Controller

Role Summary

The Senior Vice President, Global Corporate Controller’s primary responsibility is the effective leadership and management of the Company’s global accounting team, including accounting, tax, stock administration, Payroll, SEC Reporting, Revenue Recognition and financial reporting. The Senior Vice President, Global Corporate Controller is also responsible for developing and overseeing accounting policies, accounting practices and procedures, and ensuring that the related corporate goals are attained. Additionally, the Senior Vice President, Global Corporate Controller will partner with non-finance executives and managers to engage and gather information on Company initiatives and activities. Of critical importance will be this leader’s ability to establish credible working relationships with the Company’s executive leadership team, functional leaders throughout the Company and the independent auditors.

Responsibilities

• Provides strategic accounting, tax and investment leadership
• Manages and develops a high performing finance team to ensure effective operation of the function in carrying out needed initiatives
• Leads the Company’s financial close process, including preparation of financial statements and management reporting metrics and analysis in a timely manner
• Continually evaluates opportunities to drive greater efficiencies and effectiveness in the monthly and quarterly accounting close process while ensuring a balanced workload within the organization
• Responsible for external financial reporting process
• Evaluate current accounting practices, systems and policies to ensure practices and financial reporting are continuously improving, and meet current and future requirements
• Responsible for financial audits and provides recommendations for procedural improvements
• Ensure compliance with all SEC, GAAP, FASB rules and regulations in addition to state, local and corporate policies, regulations and laws
• Liaison with external independent auditors
• Responsible for Sarbanes-Oxley compliance
• Responsible for tax planning, analysis and compliance
• Responsible for Treasury functions including investments within policy while ensuring highest possible return on investment and liquidity for near term operations
• Collaborate closely with the legal team in regard to the Company’s governance processes, including leading the disclosure committee process
• Direct and manage all aspects the Company’s tax reporting function ensuring timely and accurate regulatory filings globally as well as ensuring an appropriate tax provision
• Ensures compliance with local, state, and federal budgetary and pricing reporting requirements, including Sunshine Act reporting
• Provides accounting and business expertise to corporate development transactions, including collaboration agreements
• Must adhere to Iovance Biotherapeutics’ core values, policies, procedures, and business ethics.
• Perform miscellaneous duties as assigned.

Travel

• The role will require some travel, particularly as we grow outside the U.S.

Qualifications

• Required: BA/BS in Accounting/Finance.
• Required: Minimum 15 years related financial accounting experience.
• Required: CPA with “big four” experience.
• Required: Experience in public companies facing rapid growth while maintaining the highest standards in accounting practices.
• Required: Proven ability to thoughtfully evaluate processes, identify opportunities for improvement and successfully execute on those plans.
• Required: Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Required: Experience operating within a Sarbanes-Oxley control environment.
• Required: Prior experience effectively managing external service providers to meet objectives and budgets.
• Required: Ability to deal with business issues collaboratively with other department.
• Required: Strong people management skills: reputation as a positive, highly motivated leader with a track record of recruiting and developing strong talent who have grown into senior managerial roles.
• Required: Must be ‘hands-on’ and able to work cross-functionally in a collaborative manner.
• Required: Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate effectively with people in diverse and different settings, including presentations to upper management.
• Required: Personal presence, energetic, flexible team player and hands-on leader with the ability to manage in a dynamic environment.
• Required: Strong attention to details.
• Required: Time management and organizational skills.
• Required: Ability to multi-task and effectively prioritize
• Preferred: Public commercial-stage biotechnology or biopharmaceutical company experience highly preferred.

Physical Demands

• Must be able to remain in a stationary position standing or sitting for prolonged periods of time.
• Must be able to move about inside an office and exert up to 10 pounds of force occasionally or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull, or otherwise move objects.
• Must have visual acuity to perform activities such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures, viewing a computer screen, and extensive reading.
• This position requires repetitive motion, substantial movements (motions) of the wrist, hands, and/or fingers.
• Must be able to communicate with others to exchange information.

Work Environment

This job operates in a professional or remote office environment and requires operating standard office equipment and keyboards.