Associate Director/Director International Finance Operations

The role

This person will own accounting, compliance, and financial close for international subsidiaries. They will partner with an outsourced service provider to ensure accurate local and consolidated reporting and support international expansion.

What you will do

• Establish the operating playbook for international operations
• Own accounting and administration for UK-based equity and compensation programs
• Define governance oversight for international entities
• Own accounting and compliance for international subsidiaries
• Ensure accurate recording of transactions in local and consolidated statements
• Own the annual compliance and financial audit process
• Coordinate local statutory audits and tax return filings
• Maintain internal controls and compliance with accounting policies
• Manage the relationship with the international outsourced support provider
• Support international billing and cost allocation processes

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field
• 8+ years of progressive accounting/finance experience, including multi-entity, multi-jurisdiction accounting
• Experience supporting international expansion and new entity setup
• Experience managing outsourced service providers across multiple countries
• Strong knowledge of US GAAP, with working knowledge of IFRS and local statutory GAAP frameworks
• Experience managing statutory financial audits and tax compliance across international entities
• Experience with foreign currency accounting, consolidations, and intercompany transactions
• Excellent cross-functional collaboration and communication skills
• Ability to work with both scientists and management
• Highly organized and detail-oriented

Nice to have

• CPA
• Experience in life sciences, biotechnology, venture capital, or a similarly fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment
• Experience partnering with compensation teams on the design, reporting, and compliance of UK equity compensation programs
• Experience with NetSuite or a similar ERP system
• MBA
• Additional international tax or treasury experience

Benefits

• Healthcare coverage
• Annual incentive program
• Retirement benefits
• Broad range of other benefits

About the company

Flagship Pioneering is a biotechnology company that invents and builds platform companies. They unite life science innovation, company creation, and capital investment under one roof.