Join Aprio’s Client Accounting Services as Senior Manager, Accounting Operations. Overseeing operations and managing client relationships in a high - growth CPA firm.
About the role
- 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.
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits
- Competitive compensation packages
- Flexible work environment
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