Director, Accounting and Reporting

Company Description

Sirtex Medical is a global healthcare business with offices in Boston, Sydney, Germany, and Singapore, working to improve outcomes in people with cancer. Our current lead product is a targeted radiation therapy for liver cancer called SIR-Spheres® Y-90 resin microspheres. More than 100,000 doses have been supplied to treat patients with liver cancer at more than 1,300 medical centers in over 50 countries. We’re a fast-growing dynamic organization and we seek an experienced Manufacturing Technician to help us with our growth.  

At Sirtex, we’re transforming our industry through our leadership with interventional oncology and being a values-led company. To do this, we empower our people to realize their potential through life-changing work. We offer stimulating careers and development, encourage innovation, and strive for excellence in everything we do. We will always foster a diverse and inclusive workplace, in which our global teams are united by an unwavering commitment to improve the quality and longevity of patients’ lives by providing innovative interventional oncology solutions. 

Our facility in Wilmington, MA is responsible for the manufacturing of time sensitive high-energy beta radiation to support the treatment of inoperable liver tumors.  We are looking for a high energy, self-motivated, team player, with a passion for making a difference to join our diverse team.

Job Description

Reporting to the Chief Financial Officer, The Director, Accounting and Reporting, will manage the global accounting and the internal and external financial reporting function of Sirtex. This role will be responsible for setting up the global accounting framework, ensure the accuracy of data and be responsible for the quality of the financials, consolidated annual report and statutory reports.

We are looking for a self-motivated individual, who has the highest standards of accuracy and precision, results oriented, efficient, highly organized, motivated, low ego and proactive. They do not settle for mediocrity, takes pride in high quality work performed and presented.  Strong ability to breakdown and understand financial results, and effectively handle multiple deliverables, concurrently, in a fast-paced environment, with tight deadlines.

We are a fast-growing company with a global footprint, looking for someone who already has the required skillset, someone with a can-do attitude, someone who has solid experience working directly for a CFO to join our global finance team to help us build a world-class corporate accounting and reporting function. 

We understand this role is highly technical, however, the ideal candidate needs to be able to balance this important skill with an in-depth level of business acumen.  It is our belief that accounting can be done correctly only when you fully understand the business environment, we are in. The candidate needs to be comfortable rolling up their sleeves and perform detailed work and yet can see the big picture from a holistic perspective. 

We are a medium-sized company with highly dedicated, motivated, and efficient employees and we are looking for someone who will fit into this culture.

Qualifications

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Manage the general accounting function of the Group and the preparation of internal and external financial reports;
• Responsible for the month-end, quarterly and year-end closing process including the preparation of consolidated financial statements, analysis of financial results, and preparation of  internal management accounts;
• Supervise the maintenance of the general ledger and all sub-ledgers; Develop, implement, maintain and monitor official accounting policies and procedures to ensure compliance with GAAP. Update and communicate company-wide policies as needed;
• Review regional balance sheet reconcilations to ensure account balances are properly stated;  Implement and lead the routine regional balance sheet review;
• Develop, implement and oversee intercompany accounting, including compliance with transfer pricing agreements based on jurisdictional tax requirements.  Review to ensure intercompany balances are recorded, reconciled and settled correctly and in a timely manner;
• For overseas entities, review and understand the differences between statutory financials and financials reported to corporate, coordinate with corproate tax to ensure the differences have been properly accounted for in the tax filing;
• Perform technical research as required in complex areas, provide guidance to ensure accounting is being done correctly;
• Coordinate annual audit between auditor and various regions globally.  Maintain and manage the global audit schedule;
• Liaise with other departments (Manufacturing, Operations, Customer Service, Sales) to understand their processes and financial information needs, and provide appr