Associate Director, Accounting Gross Margin

Associate Director, Accounting Gross Margin

Full-time
Work Type: Full time
Job Location: Hybrid: Waltham
Deciphera is a biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering, developing and commercializing important new medicines to improve the lives of people with cancer. We are leveraging our proprietary switch-control kinase inhibitor platform and deep expertise in kinase biology to develop a broad portfolio of innovative medicines.
Enabled by our proprietary drug discovery platform, Deciphera has developed a diverse pipeline of wholly-owned drug candidates. QINLOCK (ripretinib) is Decipheras switch control inhibitor developed for the treatment of fourth-line GIST. QINLOCK is approved in Australia, Canada, China, the European Union, Hong Kong, Switzerland, Taiwan, the United States, and the United Kingdom. We wholly own QINLOCK and all of our drug candidates with the exception of a development and commercialization out-license agreement for QINLOCK in Greater China. In addition to QINLOCK, we have identified and advanced multiple product candidates from our platform into clinical studies, including vimseltinib and DCC-3116.
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We offer an outstanding culture and opportunity for personal and professional growth based on our PATHS Core Values:
Patients We are committed to improving the lives of patients living with cancer. They are the driving force behind everything we do.
Accountability We demand accountability for our actions, behaviors, and performance. We recognize our duty to maintain a culture that embraces the uniqueness of our people and finds strength in our differences.
Transparency We strive to provide full visibility to internal and external stakeholders for a complete picture of what we are doing and why.
Honesty and Integrity Trust and mutual respect are essential aspects of our culture. We act with honesty and integrity in all facets of our business, and this serves as the foundation of our work and interactions with others.
Stewardship We are respectful of the resources entrusted to us by the investment community. We act thoughtfully and allocate resources responsibly in seeking to create value for our shareholders.
How we work together and the behaviors that we show up with each dayarecritical to maintaining our positive culture. Our behavioral expectations align with our values to elevate and drive individual and team performance:
Lead from where you are regardless of role or level, we motivate each other to achieve common goals.
Drive business results we navigate forward with our eye on the highest priorities.
Partner and collaborate we cultivate relationships and value ideas, regardless of where they are coming from, to achieve more together.
Continuously evolve and improve we try, we learn, we revise and try again.
Associate Director, Accounting Gross Margin reporting to the Director, Commercial Finance will support the companys Commercial Finance function and lead a broad range of cost accounting operations to support the companys first product on the market, QINLOCK and prepare for multiple product launches planned over the next several years.
This role will work with stakeholders across company, including Commercial Operations, Market Access, Marketing, Supply Chain and Technical Operations.
The ideal candidate for this role will have experience in a fast- paced high growth environment. Excellent communication, leadership and technical skills will be essential for this role as well as a passion to be a part of the companys growth.
The successful candidate will have experience in the bio-pharmaceutical industry. S/he will possess strong leadership, management, and communication skills.
Key Responsibilities:
Partner with Accounting and Commercial counterparts on all aspects of Revenue Reporting. Includes working with multiple data systems, reviewing sales orders to determine gross-to-net assumptions (government rebate programs, returns reserve and other adjustment to revenue).
Provide Financial Leadership on all commercial operating expenses. Partner and build relationships to adequately understand commercial initiatives that drive overall commercial plan. Provide guidance on and quantify financial implications of business decisions.
Perform monthly close activities including:

Preparation of accrual and revenue and inventory related journal entries
Develop and maintain applicable schedules for commercial activities
Support Accounting and reconcile related balance sheet account

Develop, implement, and maintain internal cost accounting policies and procedures
Ensure SOX compliance for responsible area, including the development and implementation of improvements to current controls
Drive cost accounting operations including standard cost modeling, inventory valuation, and accounting close procedures and controls, ensuring financial accuracy
Act as a key contributor in the development of Cost Accounting strategy and operationalize the strategy within assigned area.
Oversee and manage inventory valuation and standard costing processes, as well as other key judgements.
Drive timely results to internal and external customers and partners
At least 8 years of relevant work experience.
Strong knowledge of the pharmaceutical business including drug development and commercialization.
Comprehensive understanding of accounting principles
Proven track record of successfully developing and implementing right-sized processes.
Strong strategic thinking and problem-solving skills, including ability to develop strategic frameworks to facilitate decision making around complex opportunities.
Flexibility and ability to leverage ad hoc financial opportunities and innovative thinking to adapt to rapidly evolving situations and fulfill challenging timelines.
Strong analytical & financial modeling skills (product forecasts, P&L, NPV models, etc.).
Experience leading and motivating cross-functional teams, and ability to deliver on project timelines, progress, and outcomes in small company/startup environments.
Excellent communications skills, in writing and orally, including presentation to senior executives and board.
Strong technology skills, including proficiency in the Microsoft Office Suite.
What Deciphera will Bring:
Deciphera offers competitive compensation, including equity-based compensation, and a comprehensive benefits package that includes the following:
Non-accrual paid time off
Summer vacation bonus
Global, company-wide summer and winter shutdowns
Monthly cell phone stipend
Internal rewards and recognition program
Munch and learns
Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
Life andSupplemental life insurance for family
ESPP offering
Health savings account
Flexible spending account for either health care and/or dependent care.
Deciphera (NASDAQ: DCPH) is a publicly traded company headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts. Our state-of-the-art research facility is located in Lawrence, Kansas and our European operations are run out of Switzerland.
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY INFORMATION
Deciphera is committed to equal employment opportunity and values diversity. To ensure that we comply with reporting requirements and to learn more about how we can increase diversity in our candidate pool, we invite you to voluntarily provide demographic information in a confidential survey at the end of this application. Providing this information is optional. It will not be accessible or used in the hiring process, and has no effect on your opportunity for employment. This information will also be treated confidentially. Our commitment to increasing diversity in our candidate pool does not affect our commitment to equal employment opportunity, including our ongoing commitment to make all hiring and other employment decisions solely on a nondiscriminatory basis.

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