Sr. Manager, Finance – Alliance and Collaborations Accounting

At Gilead, we’re creating a healthier world for all people. For more than 35 years, we’ve tackled diseases such as HIV, viral hepatitis, COVID-19 and cancer – working relentlessly to develop therapies that help improve lives and to ensure access to these therapies across the globe. We continue to fight against the world’s biggest health challenges, and our mission requires collaboration, determination and a relentless drive to make a difference.
 

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Job Description
 

Senior Manager, Alliance and Collaborations Accounting – Cork

Gilead Sciences, Inc. is a research-based biopharmaceutical company that discovers, develops and commercializes innovative medicines in areas of unmet medical need. With each new discovery and investigational drug candidate, we seek to improve the care of patients living with life-threatening diseases around the world. Gilead’s therapeutic areas of focus include HIV/AIDS, liver diseases, cancer and inflammation, and serious respiratory and cardiovascular conditions.

The Position

We currently have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Manager to be based at our location in Cork, working within the broader U.S. Controllership team. The role reports to the Alliance and Collaborations Director in Cork and will work closely with cross-functional business partners, support the accounting, control and reporting activities of the region, drive the quality of the information reported in the regional and consolidated financial statements and other management reporting packages by establishing strong collaborative relationships with the various business partners.

This role is ideal for an accounting professional looking to expand his/her technical experience while also gaining experience in complex accounting operations and supporting disclosures in related sections of SEC filings. He/she will develop working relationships with cross-functional partners and various levels of management.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Manage the end-to-end alliance and collaboration accounting and reporting process

• Prepare and/or review monthly, quarterly and year-end close activities for assigned accounts (e.g. journal entries, account reconciliations, royalty payments, etc.)

• Analyze and prepare and/or review variance explanations

• Prepare and/or review external filing and management reporting schedules

• Review and on-board new collaboration arrangements and manage the accounting for day-to-day collaboration related financial activities, including milestone payments, cost sharing, royalties, and other contractual rights and obligations

  • Support interpretation of internal policy and US GAAP accounting standards

  • Support contract compliance and interpretation of royalty terms

  • Prepare quarter accounting memos

• Work closely with cross-functional teams including Alliance Management, FP&A, Corporate Development, Technical Accounting, Legal and various internal/external business partners

• Manage accounting issues on complex collaboration arrangements and communicate effectively and timely

• Coordinate and manage internal/external audits and balance sheet reviews

• Support the preparation and/or review of the budget/forecast

• Lead, execute or support various ad hoc projects/initiatives

Knowledge, Experience and Skills:

• Extensive experience

• Big 4 trained

• Associate Chartered Accountant (ACA) or equivalent qualification

• BA or BSc degree (or international equivalent) in accounting or equivalent

• Experience with/in multi-national organization

• Experience in biotech or pharmaceuticals industry is preferred

• Proven technical accounting expertise (e.g., strong knowledge of U.S. GAAP and SOX)

• Proven ability to evaluate and interpret complex arrangements and integrate activities

• Attention to detail, organized and thorough

• Strong problem solving, analytical and