Cost Accounting Manager (TEMPORARY)

Pinnacle Enterprise Risk Consulting Services, LLC; Novato (CA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consulting firm seeks a Senior Cost Accountant to join their Technical Operations Finance team. This role encompasses inventory management, cost accounting, and supports financial closings. Ideal candidates will have strong technical skills and a background in finance, with a proactive and detail-oriented approach.

Benefits

Discretionary annual bonus

Company-sponsored medical, dental, and vision insurance

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years of Finance/Accounting experience required.
• Cost Accounting experience strongly preferred.
• Knowledge of US GAAP and Sarbanes Oxley is essential.

Responsibilities

• Manage inventory transactions for production products.
• Support monthly and quarterly financial closing activities.
• Ensure strong internal control environment.

Skills

Technical Accounting

Communication

Teamwork

Business Acumen

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Accounting or related field

Tools

SAP

Oracle Manufacturing

Excel

Job description

Who We Are

BioMarin is a global biotechnology company that relentlessly pursues bold science to translate genetic discoveries into new medicines that advance the future of human health.

Since our founding in 1997, we have applied our scientific expertise in understanding the underlying causes of genetic conditions to create transformative medicines, using a number of treatment modalities.

Using our unparalleled expertise in genetics and molecular biology, we develop medicines for patients with significant unmet medical need. We enlist the best of the best - people with the right technical expertise and a relentless drive to solve real problems - and create an environment that empowers our teams to pursue bold, innovative science. With this distinctive approach to drug discovery, we've produced a diverse pipeline of commercial, clinical and preclinical candidates that have well-understood biology and provide an opportunity to be first-to-market or offer a substantial benefit over existing therapeutic options.

Duties
The Senior Cost Accountant for the US is a key member of the TOPS (Technical Operations) Finance team. This role supports the monthly and quarterly closing activities, audit, and inventory management. The Senior Cost Accountant is a driven, detail-oriented self-starter, who enjoys building productive relationships, has innate curiosity, enjoys problem solving, and has an eye for process improvement. The successful candidate displays technical accounting skills, solid knowledge in costing, strong analytical skills, business acumen and communication skills. To be successful in this role the candidate needs to be proactive, performance driven with a keen sense of ownership and a great team player.

Responsibilities

• Inventory Management: Manage all aspects of the inventory transactions for US produced products under the current costing process. Including raw material purchases, plant inventory transactions, Drug Substance manufacturing. Lead cycle counts process and support audit activities.
• Cost Accounting: Manage full product cost accounting. Including inventory cost adjustments, average cost analysis, inventory reserve management.
• Monthly and Quarterly closing support: Complete inventory journal entries, balance sheet reconciliations, variance review, inventory analysis. Complete inventory reporting to support quarterly filings and audits.
• Business partnering and business process improvement: Support business partners in their daily tasks, while collaboratively seeking opportunities for continued process improvement.
• Internal control: ensure a strong internal control environment for the assigned business areas to minimize the chance of SOX and Financial Reporting exposures; support the auditing and remediation activities as needed.
• Others: Support the new ERP/SAP Implementation initiatives as needed, support other local and global ad-hoc projects as needed

Skills

• Strong skills in technical accounting, communication, teamwork, business acumen
• Minimum 3 years of Finance/Accounting or equivalent experience
• Cost Accounting experience strongly preferred
• Accounting experience in costing or controllership organizations required
• Experience of US GAAP, Sarbanes Oxley, and internal control environment essential
• Prior SAP/ERP experiences a plus
• Working knowledge and skills in Oracle Manufacturing and Excel are required

Education

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting or related field is required
• CMA or CPA is desired but not required

BioMarin's Technical Operations group is responsible for creating our drugs for use in clinical trials and for scaling production of those drugs for the commercial market. These engineers, technicians, scientists and support staff build and maintain BioMarin's cutting-edge manufacturing processes and sites, provide quality assurance and quality control to ensure we meet regulatory standards, and procure the needed goods and services to support manufacturing and coordinating the worldwide movement of our drugs to patients.

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Note: This description is not intended to be all-inclusive, or a limitation of the duties of the position. It is intended to describe the general nature of the job that may include other duties as assumed or assigned.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled

An Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

In the U.S, the salary range for this position is $ null to $ null per hour. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity, and may also vary depending on candidate's geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience amongst other factors. The salary range for this position is: $null to $null. BioMarin considers a variety of factors when determining base compensation, including experience, qualifications, and geographic location. These considerations mean actual compensation will vary. This position may also be eligible for a discretionary annual bonus, discretionary stock-based long-term incentives (eligibility may vary based on role), paid time off, and a benefits package. Benefits include company-sponsored medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans.

For additional benefits information, visit: https://careers.biomarin.com/benefits .

• Eligible employees may participate in benefit plans, subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable plans.