Senior Vice President, Global Corporate Controller

Role Summary

The Senior Vice President, Global Corporate Controller will lead and manage the Company’s global accounting team across accounting, tax, stock administration, payroll, SEC reporting, revenue recognition, and financial reporting. This role will develop and oversee accounting policies and practices, ensure alignment with corporate goals, and partner with non-finance executives to drive Company initiatives. A key focus is establishing credible relationships with the executive leadership team, functional leaders, and 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 core values, policies, procedures, and business ethics
• Perform miscellaneous duties as assigned

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 with a track record of recruiting and developing talent
• 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 diverse audiences, including upper management
• Required: Energetic, flexible team player and hands-on leader with the ability to manage in a dynamic environment
• Required: Strong attention to detail
• Required: Time management and organizational skills
• Required: Ability to multi-task and effectively prioritize
• Preferred: Public commercial-stage biotechnology or biopharmaceutical company experience

Skills

• Strategic leadership in accounting, tax and finance
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Cross-functional collaboration
• Change management and process improvement
• People development and team-building

Education

• BA/BS in Accounting/Finance
• CPA (required) with “big four” experience

Additional Requirements

• Travel: The role will require some travel, particularly as operations expand outside the U.S.
• Physical Demands and Activities Required: Must be able to remain in a stationary position for extended periods; ability to move about an office and exert light physical effort; visual acuity for data analysis and reading; repetitive hand/wrist movements; ability to communicate effectively.
• Mental: Ability to think clearly and critically, exercise sound judgment, manage multiple priorities, and meet deadlines.
• Work Environment: Professional or remote office environment; standard office equipment and keyboards.