Director, Corporate Accounting

The Role:

We are seeking a highly collaborative and hands-on Director Corporate Accounting to lead the Companys core accounting operations as we transition to life as a public biotechnology company with an ongoing Phase 3 clinical trial.

This role will oversee the general ledger monthly close and financial reporting support processes while building scalable infrastructure to support public company requirements. The Director will play a key role in strengthening internal controlsparticipatingin the build-out of SOX compliance and enhancing the effectiveness of our ERP and close-related are seeking a forward-thinking leader who embraces technology automation and emerging AI-enabled capabilities to drive scalability strengthen controls improve operational efficiency and enable a more data-driven accounting organization.

This leader will manage a small team and must combine strong technicalexpertisewith a detail-oriented roll-up-your-sleeves approach and a mindset focused on process optimization system leverage and continuous improvement.

Heres how you will contribute:

• Lead the monthly quarterly and annual close processes ensuringtimelyaccurate and well-documented financial results including oversight of the general ledger journal entries account reconciliations accruals and variance analysis.

• Manage and develop a high-performing accounting team by providing mentorship structure accountability and opportunities for professional growth within a collaborative environment.

• Build and scale accounting processes systems and controls to support the Companys evolution as a newly public biotech company including optimization of NetSuite and related close/reporting tools to enhance automation reporting capabilities workflow efficiency and data integrity.

• Champion the evaluation and adoption of technology automation and AI-enabled solutions that enhance the effectiveness scalability and efficiency of accounting processes internal controls financial reporting support and close activities whilemaintainingappropriate governance accuracy and compliance standards.

• Partner cross-functionally with FP&A Clinical Operations R&D Procurement and Legal to ensureaccurateaccounting for clinical trial expenses and other key operational activities including leading the Phase 3 clinical trial accrual process and related financial analyses.

• Support SEC reporting and public company compliance requirements in collaboration with the technical accounting and SEC reporting teams including the design and implementation of ICFR and SOX-compliant processes and documentation.

• Ensure audit readiness and serve as a key liaison with external auditors to support quarterly reviews annual audits and continuous process improvements across the accounting function.

The Ideal Candidate will have:

• Bachelors degree in Accounting or Finance; CPAstronglypreferred.

• 10 years of progressive accounting experience including public company or pre-IPO experience.

• Big 4 public accounting experience preferred.

• Strong understanding of U.S. GAAP and general ledger accounting processes.

• Experience with NetSuiterequired;familiarity with close management and ancillary financial systems preferred.

• Experience in biotechnology life sciences or R&D-intensive environments preferred.

• Experienceparticipatingin SOX implementation oroperatingin a SOX-compliant environment.

• Demonstrated leadership experience managing and developing direct reports.

• Highly detail-oriented with strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability tooperateeffectively in a fast-paced evolving environment.

Location:

Somerville MA. This role is part of a highly collaborative team environment that balances in-person collaboration with some hybrid flexibility including 4 onsite days per week.

Who Will Love This Job:

A hands-on accounting leader who enjoys building and scaling processes thrives in a fast-paced and evolving environment and is energized by the opportunity to help shape the accounting infrastructure of a growing public biotechnology company. Youll enjoy this role if you are equally passionate about technical accounting excellence developing people driving continuous improvement and leveraging technology and automation to modernize how work gets done.

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About Generate Biomedicines

We are a clinical-stage generative biology company pioneering the AI revolution in drug design and development. We are advancing a new approach to drug creationone grounded in the ability to design proteins with defined biological intent. By integrating machine learning with large-scale experimentation this approach aims to reduce the uncertainty time and cost associated with developing protein-based medicines.

Founded in 2018 we are advancing a growing pipeline of clinical and preclinical programs across multiple disease areas and protein modalities. By unifying computational design and clinical development within a single operating model we translate this approach into clinical-stage programs and are leading a shift from traditional drug discovery toward systematic drug generation.

At Generate:Biomedicines we collaborate across disciplines in new ways to invent and innovate. We bring diverse perspectives to a shared goal of delivering better medicines to patients in need faster guided by our values and leadership behaviors.

Generate:Biomedicines is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race color ancestry religion sex national origin sexual orientation age citizenship marital status disability gender identity or Veteran status.

Recruitment & Staffing Agencies: Generate:Biomedicines does not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than candidates. The submission of unsolicited resumes by recruitment or staffing agencies to Generate:Biomedicines or its employees is strictly prohibited unless contacted directly by the Companys internal Talent Acquisition team. Any resume submitted by an agency in the absence of a signed agreement will automatically become the property of Generate:Biomedicines and the Company will not owe any referral or other fees with respect thereto.