Creative Financial Staffing has partnered with cutting-edge Pharmaceutical Company to identify a Senior Director of SEC Reporting &Technical Accounting to join their team. This is a great opportunity to join an organization where you can make a difference while advancing your career. Our client is a mission-focused pharmaceutical company that is looking to revolutionize the industry.

Why the Senior Director of SEC Reporting & Technical Accounting role?

• The Company: Founded by a renowned biotech entrepreneur/investor, our client is revolutionizing the pharmaceutical industry by offering innovative medicines at dramatically reduced costs. They do this by going after known disease targets and established drug mechanisms, which allows our client to sidestep some of the biological risks that can doom biotech endeavors.
• The Growth: Launched in early 2020, our client has entered into a definitive business combination agreement that is expected to provide up to $1.8 billion in cash proceeds
• The Opportunity: This role offers complexity, visibility, and challenge. Unlike traditional Technical Accounting and SEC Reporting roles, the Senior Director is not considered a “back office” position. This opportunity will serve as a key business partner to the organization’s most essential departments and executive management. The Senior Director will play a critical role in assessing and assisting with key business and strategic activities, initiatives, and transactions while advising on the appropriate accounting treatment.
• The Culture: Ranked in the “Top 100 Most Loved Workplaces of 2021” by Newsweek, our client is focused on the long-term strategy of delivering quality medicines to patients at drastically reduced costs. They believe that no patient should go untreated for their illness because they cannot afford the cost of the medicine.

The Senior Director of SEC Reporting & Technical Accounting’s responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Assist in the growth and build out of the SEC Reporting and Technical Accounting function.
• Advise on technical accounting considerations
• Document conclusions on the appropriate accounting for complex transactions and contracts and adoption of new accounting standards.
• Drive the preparation and filing of SEC filings.
• Ensure that the company is in compliance with all financial policies, GAAP, and SEC-related reporting requirements.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance or equivalent.
• CPA is required.
• 8+ years of experience in and working knowledge of GAAP, SEC Regulations, and SOX, including Big 4 public accounting experience.
• 3+ years working at a commercial biotech/pharma company
• Extensive knowledge of Stock-Based Compensation, Business Combinations, and Revenue Recognition.
• Experience preparing and publishing 10-Q and 10-K filings, proxy statements, registration statements, etc.
• Experience with international consolidation and multi-currency entities.

Controller- REMOTE

Our client is a rapidly growing company that is taking the world by storm. The first of its kind now is the time to get in on the ground floor of this awesome company! 

This is a critical financial leadership role within the organization and will be responsible for getting the company ready for a potential IPO. The Controller will oversee month-end close as well as manage financial reporting, long term, and short term strategic plans, revenue recognition/analysis, and leadership of the team. Great opportunity for someone looking to own and improve upon financial processes and be an integral part of a fast-growing company.

Why work for the company:

• Dynamic/all-encompassing role- ability to expand skills and work closely with the business
• The company is growing at a MASSIVE rate & changing the landscape for e-commerce  & digital merchants
• The company offers a very innovative service to their customers- The FIRST of their kind
• Extremely strong financial backing
• Great group of people that are innovative and think OUTSIDE the box… or better yet, think like there is NO BOX! 
• A company that believes if they aren’t having fun, they aren’t doing it right!

What will the Controller do?

• Lead the efforts into the potential IPO/get the company IPO-ready!
• Be a leader and supporter of the strong accounting team
• Oversee month-end close process, and day-to-day accounting functions, including revenue recognition, billing, cost accounting, AP, AR, capital expenditures, etc.
• Ensuring compliance with accounting, company policy, and procedures
• Prepare monthly financial statements
• Oversee external audit coordination on financials and benefit plan audits
• Develop, standardize and automate FP&A reports, metrics, and dashboards for monthly/quarterly management reporting
• Assist in the preparation of presentation packages for executive leadership and the Board of Directors.
• Work with team on strategic initiatives to improve productivity and utilization of ERP, drive efficiencies within the business to help achieve cost goals, and improve working capital performance
• Assist with other special projects as requested by the senior leaders

What we need in a Controller:

The ideal Controller would have a minimum of 8+ years of accounting experience with a mix of Big4 Audit & Industry  (Ecommerce, SaaS, or high tech) with a CPA. The Controller will need to have maintained the books as if it were a public/SEC compliant company OR have experience helping a company become IPO-ready! The ideal Controller will also be high energy, personable, adaptive & creative *entrepreneurial spirit*, and have a passion for the mission of the company.

• 8+ years of increasingly responsible accounting experience
• 2 of the 8 years ideally would be as a Controller
• Bachelors degree
• CPA highly preferred
• BIG 4 Accounting experience highly preferred
• In-depth knowledge and practical understanding of the working of the financial statements with ability to analyze and improve upon inadequacies
• Thorough knowledge & experience with gaap
• Experience implementing software preferred
• Experience with data analytics tools & streamlining a major plus
• Experience in high-growth tech company, ecommerce or SaaS  (HIGHLY preferred)
• PE or VC backed company experience a plus!