Senior Manager, Revenue Accounting

ElevateBio is a technology-driven cell and gene therapy company, accelerating access to the cutting-edge technologies and expertise to change the future of medicine. Our integrated technologies model offers turnkey scale and biotechnological capabilities to power cell and gene therapy processes, programs, and companies to their full potential.

The Role:

• We are seeking an exceptional candidate to join the ElevateBio Finance team. The Finance team at ElevateBio serves as a key stakeholder in every strategic decision the business makes, including cost analysis, pricing, revenue, and line of business profitability analysis.  The Senior Manager, Revenue Accounting will collaborate with multiple teams to manage revenue recognition for customer contracts, drive improvements in the order-to-cash process, enhance management reporting and support financial planning and analysis.  This person will be a key member of the Finance team and will work very closely with the Vice President, Corporate Controller to interface regularly with company senior leadership to help the continued growth of the Company.

Here’s What You’ll Do:

• Perform month-end close responsibilities for revenue accurately and in line with closing schedules
• Ensure revenue recognition for customer contracts is in compliance with company policies
• Responsible for building and maintaining a revenue model to support revenue recognition for all major contracts
• Work closely with relevant groups to review contract milestones, pricing, timelines, and related project forecasts
• Prepare monthly management reporting package to highlight key results and provide explanations to senior leadership and business partners
• Drive improvements/enhancements of the overall revenue cycle working cross-functionally with the commercial, program management and operations groups
• Partner with FP&A team in the annual budgeting process for all revenue generating activities
• Support the short-term and long-term forecast process including revenue analysis at the company, service, and contract level
• Establish and maintain analysis and support for standalone selling prices and the allocation of transaction prices
• Collaborate with the technical accounting team to document revenue policies and procedures as well as deal specific accounting memos
• Assist with interim reviews and annual external audits
• Key player on SOX implementation team focusing on risk assessment, key controls, documentation, and testing

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting/Finance/Business required
• Current CPA certification and/or MBA, while not required, will be considered a plus
• Strong knowledge of ASC 606 and the percentage of completion method
• Approximately 6+ years of revenue recognition accounting experience
• Superior oral and written communication skills, including the ability to present complex concepts in a clear and concise manner to all levels of the organization
• Experience in biotechnology and the manufacturing service business
• Successful candidate will be a self-motivated individual, able to achieve high impact in a fast-growing biotech startup

 

Why Join ElevateBio?

ElevateBio is accelerating access to the cutting-edge technologies and expertise that will change the future of medicine. Our ecosystem combines multiple R&D technology platforms – including Life Edit, a next-generation, full-spectrum gene-editing platform; a proprietary induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) platform, and an RNA, cell, protein, and vector engineering platform – with BaseCamp®, our end-to-end genetic medicine cGMP manufacturing and process development business, to power the discovery and development of advanced therapeutics.

With these leading-edge platforms and capabilities, we are enabling a broad breadth of biopharmaceutical companies in the development of their novel cell and gene therapies while also building our own innovative pipeline of cellular, genetic, and regenerative medicines. Together, we aim to be the dominant engine inside the world’s greatest scientific advancements harnessing human cells and genes to alter disease.

Our Mission: 
To power the creation of life-transforming cell and gene therapies, at a speed the world deserves.

Our Vision: 
We seek to be the world’s most indispensable cell and gene therapy technology company, redefining how companies operate, how products are created and how disease is treated. 

ElevateBio is committed to equal employment opportunity and non-discrimination for all employees and qualified applicants without regard to a person’s race, color, gend