Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc

Senior Director, Accounting

Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc$200K — $240K *
Pharmaceuticals & Biotech
15+ years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in accounting (Master's preferred)
  • 17+ years in finance and technical accounting, including public accounting
  • CPA certification required (active preferred)
  • 7+ years in leadership roles within accounting
  • 7+ years in pharmaceutical/biotech life sciences accounting
  • Experience with ERP systems like NetSuite
  • Advanced proficiency with Microsoft tools for financial data analysis.

Responsibilities

  • Provide oversight for cost accounting, COGS, revenue, and GTN accounting activities.
  • Lead and develop the accounting team for high-quality execution.
  • Oversee monthly, quarterly, and annual financial close activities.
  • Ensure compliance with U.S. GAAP and maintain financial reporting integrity.
  • Provide technical accounting leadership for commercial contracts and inventory valuation.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver financial insights and support budgets.
  • Drive process optimization and automation within accounting functions.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive benefit program including Employee Stock Purchase Program and 401(k) matching.
  • Opportunities for growth and professional development.
  • Collaborative work environment focused on team success and innovation.
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Join us as a Senior Director, Accounting, and you'll be part of a culture that welcomes diversity, thinks differently to solve problems, works collaboratively as one team, and delivers meaningful innovations that impact people's lives.

This role is located in San Diego, CA

How you will make an impact

The Senior Director, Accounting is a key finance leadership role responsible for the strategic and operational oversight of the Company's cost accounting, COGS, revenue, and gross-to-net accounting functions, ensuring accurate financial reporting, effective execution of close processes, strong internal controls, and compliance with U.S. GAAP. This role leads critical accounting operations, develops a high-performing team, and partners closely with cross-functional stakeholders to deliver business insights, support growth and operational initiatives, drive process excellence, and advance scalable systems and infrastructure that enable the execution of the Company's long-term objectives.

In this role, you'll have the opportunity to:

  • Provide strategic leadership and oversight for cost accounting, cost of goods sold ("COGS"), revenue, and gross-to-net ("GTN") accounting, and related financial reporting activities.
  • Lead, develop, and provide day-to-day direction to accounting team members responsible for cost accounting and revenue/GTN accounting, ensuring clear priorities, accountability, and high-quality execution.
  • Oversee timely and accurate monthly, quarterly, and annual close activities for inventory, COGS, product revenue, GTN reserves, and related accounts, including review of journal entries, reconciliations, reserve calculations, and supporting analyses.
  • Ensure compliance with U.S. GAAP and maintain the integrity of financial reporting, accounting policies, and internal controls.
  • Provide technical accounting leadership for commercial contracts, partner pricing reconciliations, inventory valuation matters, standard costing methodologies, product costing models, manufacturing variances, and inventory reserve analyses.
  • Partner cross-functionally with Commercial, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Quality, FP&A, Legal, and other business partners to provide accounting guidance, support budgeting and forecasting, evaluate business decisions, and deliver meaningful financial and operational insights.
  • Deliver insightful analysis of key financial and operational metrics, including revenue, GTN reserves, inventory, manufacturing variances, profitability, and business trends to support business decisions and operational initiatives.
  • Drive process optimization, automation, systems enhancements, and scalability initiatives across areas of responsibility.
  • Maintain and strengthen SOX compliance, internal controls, accounting policies, and governance frameworks across assigned areas of responsibility.
  • Support internal and external audits, ensuring effective coordination, timely responses, and high-quality supporting documentation.
  • Support strategic initiatives, operational readiness, partner activities, and other cross-functional projects impacting accounting operations and financial reporting.
  • Provide technical accounting guidance and costing for new products, revenue arrangements, and other transactions.
  • Perform other duties as assigned


To succeed in this role, you'll need:

  • Bachelor's degree in an accredited accounting program (Master's degree preferred).
  • Minimum 17 years of progressive finance and technical accounting experience, including public accounting and/or public company experience.
  • CPA required (active certification preferred).
  • Minimum seven years in leadership roles with demonstrated experience leading accounting teams, managing complex close processes, and providing technical accounting oversight in a public-company or regulated environment.
  • Minimum seven years of pharmaceutical, biotech, life sciences, or healthcare accounting experience, with significant experience in revenue recognition, gross-to-net, inventory, manufacturing and/or cost accounting.
  • Experience with ERP systems (NetSuite preferred).
  • Advanced proficiency with Microsoft tools and financial data analysis.
  • Experience with internal controls, SOX compliance, audit support, and scalable accounting process design.


In return, we offer you:

  • Full and comprehensive benefit program, including an Employee Stock Purchase Program and 401(k) matching.
  • Opportunities to grow in a culture that prioritizes learning, development and progression through in-house programs and tuition reimbursement.
  • A collaborative, innovative team that works as one to amplify your impact-on your career, the work you do and patients' lives.


The most likely base pay range for this position is $200K - $240K per year. Several factors, such as experience, tenure, skills, and particular business needs, will determine an individual's exact level of compensation. Base salary is only one element of employee compensation at Halozyme. Total compensation could include bonuses, sales incentives, and equity awards.

About Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc

Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc. is a biotechnology company focused on developing and commercializing novel oncology therapies that target the tumor microenvironment. The company's proprietary enzyme rHuPH20 is used to facilitate the delivery of injected drugs and fluids, potentially reducing the treatment burden of other drugs and improving patient convenience and compliance. Halozyme's lead investigational drug candidate, PEGPH20, is a PEGylated recombinant human hyaluronidase under clinical development for the treatment of pancreatic cancer and other solid tumors. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in San Diego, California.
Learn more about Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc
Size
145 employees
Market Cap
$7.7 billion
Industry
Net Income
$129 million
Founded
1998
5 Year Trend
+24.8%
Revenue
$267.5 million
NASDAQ

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