Senior Director, Finance

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The job details are as follows:

Who we are

We are the first publicly-traded biotech or pharmaceutical company to take the form of a public benefit corporation. Our public benefit purpose is to provide a brighter future for patients through the development of novel pharmaceutical therapies; and technologies that expand the availability of transplantable organs.

United Therapeutics (Nasdaq: UTHR) seeks to travel down the corridors of indifference to develop treatments for rare, deadly diseases. We were founded in 1996 by a family seeking a cure for their daughter’s pulmonary arterial hypertension( PAH). Today, we have six FDA-approved therapies that treat PAH, pulmonary hypertension associated with interstitial lung disease (PH-ILD) and neuroblastoma, a rare pediatric cancer. Our near-term pipeline seeks to develop additional therapies for PAH and pulmonary fibrosis (PF).

The cure for end-stage life-threatening diseases like PAH, PH-ILD, PF, and many others is an organ transplant, but only a small percentage of donated organs are available to address the vast need. For this reason, we are working to create manufactured organs to address the shortage of kidneys, hearts, lungs, and livers available for transplant. We believe an unlimited supply of tolerable, transplantable organs will eliminate the transplant waiting list and cure end-stage organ diseases for which transplant is not currently an option.

Who you are

You are a strategic, results-driven leader with deep expertise in financial reporting, internal controls, technical accounting, and incentive-based compensation areas. You will directly contribute to the goal of maintaining full compliance with all SEC and Sarbanes-Oxley rules and regulations. You will also be responsible for the technical accounting research and documentation needed to ensure accurate reporting and disclosure in the Company's SEC filings. You are someone who has a proven ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment, and a commitment to track continuous improvement, learning, and professional development. This leader must be highly collaborative, working cross-functionally to build a strong accounting/financial foundation that supports full compliance with accounting and regulatory requirements and, ultimately, the growth of our business.

• Lead the organization's overall financial reporting strategy to produce timely and accurate accounting and external financial reports (including 10-K, 10-Q, 8-K (Earnings Release), S-8, Proxy), with the ultimate goal of obtaining an unqualified independent audit opinion on the UT annual consolidated financial statements and separately the UT report of the internal controls over financial reporting. Must be detailed and attentive to changing financial statement, footnote and MD&A disclosure requirements and applicability to UT’s evolving business. Ensure timely and accurate filings in accordance with SEC rules and regulations. Oversee statutory audit requirements and support international filings.

• Collaborate with senior leadership and functional business leaders to integrate financial reporting considerations into business activities, strategic planning opportunities, and related compliance requirements. Ensure timely and accurate reporting of the financial results to different constituencies, including the Board of Directors/ Audit Committee, UT management, independent auditors, and the SEC, among other users of financial information.

• Lead UT’s internal control efforts to ensure compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley standards and assist other members of the Company to maintain and update existing internal control documentation. Implement appropriate financial and system related internal control policies and procedures that are properly designed and applied in a consistent manner to support internal control documentation and other internal control compliance requirements.

• Provide technical accounting expertise and leadership to the finance group and other teams at UT. Research, prepare and review technical accounting memos and footnote support for new and proposed accounting standards. To accomplish this, the individual will be expected to keep current on accounting and financial regulatory developments in order to ensure compliance with current reporting and disclosure requirements.

• Responsible for all accounting and disclosures related to UT’s share-based compensation (SBC) and other incentives, including oversight of UT’s expense and reporting tool. Lead the evaluation of all UT’s SBC programs