Exec. Director, Accounting

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:

This is an exciting and challenging opportunity for an experienced accounting professional to play a critical role in the success of BioCryst’s accounting organization. Reporting to the VP, Global Controller, the Executive Director Accounting, a newly created role, will lead the general ledger team in implementation and identification of process improvements and optimization of our business processes across the Company to ensure scalability and efficiency. This role is responsible for ensuring timely and accurate financial results while ensuring compliance with internal and external requirements. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced individual looking to continue to develop and work in a fast-paced, dynamic biotech environment. This position requires an in-depth knowledge of generally accepted accounting principles and public company financial reporting and internal controls requirements. This position will coordinate with external auditors. #LI-Remote

 

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Supervise a staff of approximately 10 (direct and indirect and growing) whose activities include the monthly close processes and procedures, general accounting and cost accounting.
• Manage the close process, ensuring accuracy and timeliness of month-end and quarter-end close activities, including journal entries, reconciliations and global consolidation.
• Reviews journal entries, account reconciliations and internal control documentation as necessary.
• Streamline existing processes and procedures to continually improve efficiency and controls.
• Team with the VP, Global Controller to ensure the general ledger process and people are in place to deliver timely and accurate monthly financial statements.
• Collaborate in the development, implementation and oversight of company-wide accounting policies and controls consistent with SEC, US GAAP and Sarbanes-Oxley compliance.
• Support external audit and internal audit support by satisfying all requests timely and accurately.
• Work closely with the External Reporting team to support external reporting requirements.
• Recruit, hire, coach, mentor and develop staff to scale a high performing general ledger team.
• Other duties as assigned.

 

EXPERIENCE & QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance or Business or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 13+ years of work experience in corporate accounting in roles of increasing responsibility.
• 5+ years’ experience in leadership role in a public company.
• Active CPA license required
• Big 4 public accounting audit experience required (min 3 years), having reached at least Manager level prefered.
• Biotech/pharmaceutical industry experience.
• Experience in a publicly traded, commercial company with international operations.
• Experience with foreign exchange, global consolidations, leading a global close process
• Ability to recruit, attract, train, mentor and motivate team members.
• Experience leading and shortening the month end close for a global commercial Company and driving process improvements.
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work and communicate effectively.
• Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, ability to prioritize and to establish and meet deadlines.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Experience working with Oracle