Financial Reporting and Technical Accounting, Manager

Winning the race to bring new healthcare products safely to a waiting world drives Rapid Micro Biosystems (RMB) to combine today’s innovative technologies as never before. Your career at RMB puts you at the center of diverse global teams that span robotics, AI, Machine Learning, imaging, microbiology, and more, re-shaping how urgently needed pharmaceuticals are made, tested, and released for decades to come. The sky’s the limit.

Careers at RMB are fast-moving, with the high growth you’d expect from a world leader in microbiology automation. Advancement at RMB affords an opportunity to achieve your personal goals and develop your passions, in an inclusive environment where every employee has the resources and opportunities to hone their skills. You’ll do more, learn more, and have the ability to make a profound impact on our business.

Financial Reporting and Technical Accounting, Manager, will report to the Corporate Controller, the Financial Reporting and Technical Accounting, Manager, will provide accounting, reporting and internal controls expertise, financial process guidance, and business leadership/insight to the company. This person will be involved with all general ledger accounting, tax, and associated reporting activities for the business. Specific areas of responsibility will include providing financial/business advice covering the accounting close process, technical accounting, SEC reporting, financial reporting, supporting worldwide tax/financial compliance, internal controls, treasury and cash management, and special projects. The Financial Reporting and Technical Accounting, Manager, will have considerable experience with technical accounting, financial reporting, SEC reporting, and internal controls.

PRIMARY AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY

Partnership with Corporate Controller and other business leaders to support financial reporting initiatives and ensure compliance with GAAP and other relevant rules and regulations:

•Participate in month-end close process including journal entries, reconciliation review analysis of financial information, financial statement generation and other recurring and non-recurring items as needed.

•Prepare quarterly and annual financial statement footnotes and MD&A in accordance with GAAP and S-X requirements

•Financial statement analysis and review to assist with understanding and explaining actual results to Corporate Controller and CFO

•Ownership of administration of the financial and disclosure components of equity compensation and accounting

•Manage the annual financial statement audit and quarterly reviews

•Ownership of statutory reporting and compliance activities for our foreign entities, including coordination and support of third-party consulting firms supporting compliance efforts

•Manage revenue recognition process, including consultation and recommendations for complex revenue transactions with customers 

•Key business partner for sales organization as it relates to supporting and providing accounting guidance with regards to customer contracts

•Research, conclude, document, and clearly communicate technical accounting matters as they arise. 

•Improve and build control structure over financial reporting and other key business processes, including implementing and managing a process to ensure current control environment is accurately documented.

•Ensure compliance with internal control over financial reporting

•Work with tax advisors to ensure compliance with US Federal and State and international tax matters.

•Subject matter expert for financial reporting in our business intelligence reporting platform

•Develop, test and support ongoing maintenance for key financial reports, schedules and dashboards

•Involvement in the global treasury process as needed

•Participate in the business insurance renewals process.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

•Builds partnerships and relationships across the organization and externally that lead to the highest levels of collaboration, engagement and productivity

•Anticipates needs and ensures development and maintenance of robust, scalable capabilities (processes, systems, policies/procedures, organization and compliance) to support the company’s growth

•Implements and maintains strong internal controls, processes and policies 

•Owns technical accounting research including assessment and implementation of new accounting standards

•Oversees revenue recognition under ASC 606

•Manages SEC reporting process for financial related disclosures using Workiva filing software

•Key finance point person for financial reporting, including development and maintenance of reports and dashboards in business intelligence reporting platform and SAP S4/Hana.

•Strive to use systems to build efficiencies and scalable processes.

•Performs miscellaneous duties and projects as assigned and required

EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS

•Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or Finance required; Master’s Degree or MBA a plus

•CPA required; 4+ years public accounting experience strongly preferred

•5-7+ years of progressive, relevant Accounting experience

•Public Company SEC reporting experience

•Ability to digest, research and communicate technical accounting matters 

•SOX compliance experience

CHARACTERISTICS, SKILLS & ABILITIES

•Career-motivated, dedicated and committed leader

•Hands-on, detail-oriented self-starter with strong financial and analytical skills

•Highest level of ethics and integrity

•Extremely dependable and accountable with a strong sense of urgency and results-orientation

•Set, manage, and achieve deadlines for self 

•Strong business sense and common sense

•Intellectually curious; able to quickly understand new ideas/concepts and apply knowledge and concepts to them to solve problems and create solutions

•Comfortable with change and able to anticipate, scale and manage in an evolving, rapid-growth environment

•Strong communication and collaboration skills, including across functions within the organization

•Good sense of humor; infuses positive energy and fun into the work environment

ABOUT RAPID MICRO BIOSYSTEMS:

Rapid Micro Biosystems creates, sells, validates, and services innovative products for fast, accurate, and efficient detection of microbial contamination in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals, biologics, biotechnology products, medical devices, and personal care products.

The company’s Growth Direct™—the first and only growth-based system to automate rapid compendial QC Micro testing—ensures data integrity, compliance, and operational efficiencies driven by rapid methods and automation.

Rapid Micro Biosystems is dedicated to providing groundbreaking technology and products to support companies in their journey to achieve greater reliability, efficiency, and better predictability, ultimately providing higher quality products for improved patient outcomes.

Rapid Micro Biosystems is headquartered in Lexington, Massachusetts. Our research & development, and manufacturing operations are located in Lowell, Massachusetts. Additionally, we maintain field offices in Freising, Germany; Switzerland, and Singapore.

Equal Opportunity:

Rapid Micro Biosystems is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity. Applicants for employment and employees are reviewed on their individual qualifications for a position. Under no circumstances will Rapid Micro Biosystems discriminate against qualified persons on the basis of race, color, religious creed, retaliation, national origin, ancestry, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, mental illness, genetics, choice of health insurance, marital status, age, veteran status, or any other basis prohibited under applicable law.