Sr. Global Consolidations Manager

COMPANY:

At BioCryst, we share a deep commitment to improving the lives of people living with complement-mediated and other rare diseases. For over three decades we’ve been guided by our passion for not settling for “ordinary” in our quest to develop novel medicines. We leverage our expertise in structure-guided drug design to develop first-in-class or best-in-class oral small-molecule and protein therapeutics, led by the efforts of our team of expert scientists in our Discovery Center of Excellence in Birmingham, Alabama. Our global headquarters is in Durham, North Carolina, our European headquarters is in Dublin, Ireland and our employees span the globe across sites in multiple countries. We are proud of our culture of engagement and accountability that rewards people for innovative thinking and achievement of key objectives. For more information, please visit our website at www.biocryst.com or follow us on LinkedIn and Instagram.

 

JOB SUMMARY:

The Sr. Global Consolidations Manager will be responsible for the accounting and processes of Intercompany and Consolidations for the Global Accounting team. The individual will be an integral part of the global accounting team.

 

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Perform monthly close activities relative to generating consolidated financial statements, involving intercompany transaction creation and eliminations, FX translation
• Prepare monthly and quarterly management financial reporting deliverables
• Prepare account reconciliations related to intercompany GL accounts
• Document intercompany and consolidation processes in SOX narratives and SOPs to ensure knowledge transition and standard work
• Drive continuous improvement of financial tools and financial accounting processes that can scale with the company
• Ensure all global entries, transactions and accounts are accurately and properly consolidated in the Company’s financial statements, including the balance sheets, income statements, cash flows and shareholder’s equity.
• Collaborates with the Controllership team on various initiatives to transform our monthly close process and to further enhance our global policies and procedures.

Intercompany:

• Accountability for all aspects of Intercompany accounting including journal entries, account reconciliations, process improvement and automation
• Perform Intercompany billing

Global Consolidations:

• Perform monthly and quarterly global consolidation activities, including allocations, consolidations, intercompany, FX, associated entries, account recs and processes
• Perform required SOX controls related to consolidations activities as well as walk-throughs and supporting audits, both internal and external
• Perform fluxes as Optimize flux consolidation and process.
• Support initiatives, whether system based or other, to improve intercompany and consolidation activities

Financial Reporting:

• Assume maintenance of existing financial reports
• Develop additional financial reports and analytics to support internal and external financial reporting needs

 

EXPERIENCE & QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting or similar with 7 years of accounting/finance experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience
• 5+ years of experience with intercompany transactions and global consolidations
• Experience working with a publicly traded company
• Active CPA license required
• Experience working in a Big 4 accounting firm required (minimum 3 years strongly preferred)
• Experience in US GAAP based consolidations and SOX requirements
• Hands on experience with Foreign Exchange
• Demonstrated ability to be very organized, learn new tasks quickly, define process improvements, and strive for success.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, ability to work independently and be part of team geographically
• Ability to solve problems and think creatively - capacity to provide pragmatic solutions and have the drive and leadership to implement ideas through to successful conclusion.
• Highly motivated, self-starter with a commitment to quality and integrity
• Ability to multi-task, work under pressure and ensure work is properly allocated to meet deadlines required