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Director of Accounting

Robert Half

Our client, a developmental stage pharma company seeks a Director level Accounting professional to join their small but growing Accounting and Finance group.

In this role you will be responsible for:

  • Managing a team of 2-3 staff
  • Driving the period end close process, resulting in accurate and supported financials, worthy of SEC submittal working alongside the head of SEC reporting
  • Review and implementation of policies and procedures allowing for scalability to the business
  • Work with outside vendors, auditors, bankers to ensure compliance.
  • Experience working with stock plan accounting and ERP systems.

Candidates for this role should have:

  • 10 + years of experience between public accounting and corporate accounting, from a publicly traded company within the pharmaceutical industry with specific experience from developmental drug companies

and exposure to the areas above

Vacancy posted 16 hours ago
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