Senior Cost Accounting Manager
POST NUMBER: 392812
Location
Alameda, CA | United States
Job description
Senior Cost Accounting Manager
COMPANY DESCRIPTION: Our client is on a Mission to Help Cancer Patients Recover Stronger and Live Longer. The company is a commercially successful, oncology-focused biotechnology company that strives to accelerate the discovery, development and commercialization of new medicines for difficult-to-treat cancers. Following early work in model system genetics, they established a broad drug discovery and development platform that has served as the foundation for their continued efforts to bring new cancer therapies to patients in need. Supported by revenues from their marketed products and collaborations, they are committed to prudently reinvesting in their business to maximize the potential of their pipeline. They are supplementing their existing therapeutic assets with targeted business development activities and internal drug discovery.
LOCATION: Alameda, CA. Hybrid.
SUMMARY OF THE POSITION: This position will have dual responsible for providing managerial level accounting support for the Company’s transactions related to cost and inventory accounting, as well as provide managerial level accounting support for the Company’s in-licensing collaboration agreements. This person will interface daily with Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Alliance Management and the G/L and technical accounting teams to ensure complete and accurate financial reporting.
JOB DESCRIPTION: What you’ll do:
•Actively participate in the monthly, quarterly, and year-end close process, which includes review or preparation of journal entries, review of balance sheet reconciliations and analysis of balance sheet and income statement, specifically focused on inventory, COGS and in-licensing collaboration accounts.
•Perform cost accounting activities including developing and analyzing standard costs, excess & obsolete reserves, scrap analysis, inventory variance reviews and analysis and reporting of inventory and COGS.
•Assist with the design, configuration, testing and maintenance of Inventory Absorption accounting in SAP.
•Reviewing or performing in-licensing collaboration accounting activities.
•Review and analysis of the reconciled general ledger accounts on a monthly basis including book to perpetual inventory, inventory reserves and in-licensing collaboration accruals.
•Perform balance sheet and income statement flux analysis with detailed commentary for management reporting.
•Collaborate with supply chain and other cross-functional departments to ensure completeness and accuracy of COGS, operating expenses and inventory balances.
•Drive process improvements in the accounting and reporting of inventory, COGS and in-licensing collaborations.
•Manage external audit requests and PBC items for the quarterly and year-end audits.
•Participate in the annual site visits to conduct physical inventory counts.
•Provide support for SOX related activities.
•Manage and/or assist with other projects as required.
JOB REQUIREMENTS: •BS/BA degree in related discipline and eight years related experience; or,
•MS/MA degree in related discipline and six years related experience; or,
•Equivalent combination of education and experience.
•CPA preferred.
•Experience in Auditing/Accounting and Cost Accounting.
•Big 4 experience is a plus.
•General knowledge of accounting/finance principles and theory.
•SAP software proficiency highly preferred.
•Proficient in Microsoft Office suite applications.
•Strong analytical and business communication skills.
•Strong attention to details and ability to work on multiple projects under tight deadlines.
•Ability to interact cooperatively and work as a team.
•Demonstrated success in problem solving.
Determining compensation for this role (and others) at Vaco depends upon a wide array of factors including but not limited to the individual’s skill sets, experience and training, licensure and certifications, office location and other geographic considerations, as well as other business and organizational needs. With that said, as required by local law, Vaco believes that the following salary range reasonably estimates the base compensation for an individual hired into this position in geographies that require salary range disclosure: $145,000-$185,000. The individual may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses.
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$150k - $179k
