Director - Finance & Accounts - Healthcare/Pharma

Principal Duties and Responsibilities (Essential Functions)

- Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

- Responsible for the financial management and accounting functions within the organization

- Leads the design and implementation of financial and accounting policies, systems and process, budget management, and on-going financial modeling and analysis.

- Prepares monthly, quarterly, and annual budgets and financial statements under applicable Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) accounting standard and leads necessary FAR/CAS compliance reporting

- Records collection of accounts receivable and expenses incurred

- Performs monthly reporting of actual versus budgeted performance, balance sheet and cash flow and supporting variance analysis

- Scrutinizes the indirect rate performance as part of closing process and conduct management meetings to discuss indirect cost performance versus budget

- Prepares financial data and analysis, and appropriate variance comments for presentation to the board of managers

- Reports on forecasts for country-specific and project-specific budgets through tools, systems, and training

- Oversees and directs staff in financial planning, analysis, and provides guidance on program financial control in coordination with the Operations Team

- Ensures compliance with finance requirements, financial management best practices and risk mitigation strategies and approaches

- Ensures appropriate revenue recognition for various contract types, including profit accrual

- Supports tracking of LOE and spending against contract ceilings and obligations

- Leads the development of cost strategies for proposals to maximize competitive advantage. Develops proposal budget templates and narratives

- Leads the development of pricing strategies to achieve financial targets, adapting these strategies as needed to ensure that they align with client and market needs to achieve business pipeline targets

- Ensures corporate compliance in financial matters concerning payment requests and all related corporate policies and procedures

- Supports and directs strategy and contracting logistics to support new business efforts including but not limited to, initial pricing strategy, discount approvals, and contract strategy & negotiations

- Reviews and translates into cost and pricing models labor, travel and material-related basis of estimate from technical / proposal personnel

- Performs regular pricing analyses to complete customized pricing requests

- Supports processing of all signed contracts, including review recognition and invoicing schedule

- Builds a skilled, high-performing team to achieve positive financial performance tracking

- Performs other duties as assigned

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty and responsibility satisfactorily. The qualifications listed below are representative of the required knowledge, skills, and/or abilities needed to perform the principal duties.

- Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance or related, as well as in-dept knowledge of accounting processes and controls, IFRS and GAAP. MBA or CPA preferred.

- Minimum of 10 years of professional experience with at least 7 years in finance and accounting management.

- 2 or more years of pricing experience with commercial contracts preferred.

- At least 3 years of supervisory experience and demonstrated ability to manage and supervise staff, multiple project teams, and remote staff.

- Knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and Accounting department management proficiency required.

- Experience with financial accounting software required - preference will be given to candidates with a working knowledge of Microsoft Dynamics Financial Modules.

- Knowledge of FAR and Cost Accounting for Federal Government contracts is a plus.

- Demonstrated ability to communicate clearly and concisely both orally and in writing, lead effective meetings, and effectively deliver presentations.

- Demonstrated leadership, versatility, and integrity.

Physical Requirements

- Regular attendance and availability during normal business hours are required.

- Ability to work in a normal office environment.

- Occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.