Manager, SOX Compliance and Technical Accounting

Location: Menlo Park CA / Princeton NJ / Miami FL ONSITE

About Summit:

Summit Therapeutics Inc. is a biopharmaceutical oncology company with a mission focused on improving quality of life increasing potential duration of life and resolving serious unmet medical needs. At Summit we believe in building a team of world class professionals who are passionate about this mission and it is our people who drive this mission to reality. Summits core values include integrity passion for excellence purposeful urgency collaboration and our commitment to people. Our employees are truly the heart and soul of our culture and they are invaluable in shaping our journey toward excellence.

Summits team is inspired to touch and help change lives through Summits clinical studies in the field of oncology. Summit has multiple global Phase 3 clinical studies including:

Non-small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC)

• HARMONi: Phase 3 clinical study which was intended to evaluate ivonescimab combined with chemotherapy compared to placebo plus chemotherapy in patients with EGFR-mutated locally advanced or metastatic non-squamous NSCLC who were previously treated with a 3rd generation EGFR TKI.

• HARMONi-3: Phase 3 clinical study which is intended to evaluate ivonescimab combined with chemotherapy compared to pembrolizumab combined with chemotherapy in patients with first-line metastatic NSCLC.

• HARMONi-7: Phase 3 clinical study which is intended to evaluate ivonescimab monotherapy compared to pembrolizumab monotherapy in patients with first-line metastatic NSCLC.

Colorectal Cancer (CRC)

• HARMONi-GI3: Phase 3 clinical study intended to evaluate ivonescimab in combination with chemotherapy compared with bevacizumab plus chemotherapy.

Ivonescimab is an investigational therapy not presently approved by any regulatory authority other than Chinas National Medical Products Administration (NMPA). Summit is headquartered in Miami Florida and has additional offices in California New Jersey the UK and Ireland.

Overview of Role:

The Manager SOX Compliance and Technical Accounting will be responsible for Ongoing SOX compliance and be involved in complex accounting transactions including accruals collaboration accounting and other technical areas. This role will report to the Associate Director SEC Reporting & Tech Accounting.

Role and Responsibilities:

• Lead the companys SOX 404 implementation program (under COSO framework) including scoping risk assessment control design testing and remediation.
• Develop and maintain an inventory of key controls in a Risk and Control Matrix (RCM) which includes the mapping of controls to the relevant financial statement line items control type (manual vs. IT) and frequency of the control (daily weekly etc.).
• Maintain comprehensive controls documentation including narratives flowcharts and risk/control matrices.
• Partner with IT FP&A and Clinical teams to develop and monitor automated controls and system dependencies that are well-designed and documented. Serve as a trusted advisor on IT general controls for these groups.
• Liaise with internal and external auditors and coordinate SOX scoping testing and remediation of findings.
• Serve as a bridge between Finance/Accounting team and Internal and external auditors to coordinate audit timelines and scope.
• Serve as the central point of contact for all SOX audit requests from internal and external auditors and manage the process for timely completion of audit.
• Partner cross-functionally to develop and strengthen appropriate entity-level controls business process (manual & automated) controls incident reporting frameworks and reporting structures expected of a public company.
• Evaluate and strengthen controls over system access change management and data integrity for all in-scope systems.
• Drive annual and quarterly SOX risk assessments and the controls certification process.
• Prepare reports and updates for the Audit Committee external auditors and executive leadership.
• Serve as the trusted advisor to business leaders on internal controls risk management and compliance trade-offs.
• Provide controls advisory on transformation initiatives including system implementations process redesigns and M&A integrations.
• Report control effectiveness and gaps to senior stakeholders including executive-level presentation on project findings and recommendations.
• Educate stakeholders on control requirements and best practices including developing checklists design testing attributes etc.
• Research document memos record and communicate technical accounting matters as they arise and journal entries for complex accounting transactions
• Analyze and interpret new accounting standards and SEC regulations research and provide appropriate accounting guidance related to various business transactions
• Research new disclosures and FASB accounting standards updates and work with external auditors on appropriate disclosure requirements
• Develop create and/or modify the companys financial accounting policies and procedures to ensure that the policies and procedures are in accordance with U.S. GAAP
• Complete special projects as assigned.
• All other duties as assigned.

Experience Education and Specialized Knowledge and Skills:

• Bachelors degree in Accounting Finance Business Administration or a related field required
• CPA CIA or CISA certification strongly preferred
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in internal controls SOX compliance and audit
• Experience working at a public company with a quarterly reporting cadence is preferred
• Good technical knowledge of US GAAP internal controls
• Big-4 public accounting & audit firm background strongly preferred
• Proven track record of implementing scalable automated controls across financial systems
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills with the ability to collaborate effectively with employees internal teams and external partners
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills to identify risks conduct audits and implement solutions
• Results-oriented strong organizational skills and time management skills with ability to multi-task
• A team player willing to step in and help with other areas of accounting
• Excellent analytical interpersonal verbal and written communication skills
• Superb analytical strategic and critical thinking skills with impeccable attention to detail and strong prioritization and problem-solving skills
• Demonstrated ability to operate in a fast-paced environment

The pay range for this role is $140000-$160000 annually. Actual compensation packages are based on several factors that are unique to each candidate including but not limited to skill set depth of experience certifications and specific work location. This may be different in other locations due to differences in the cost of labor. The total compensation package for this position may also include bonus stock benefits and/or other applicable variable compensation.

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