Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc

Senior Manager, Cost Accounting

Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc$140K — $175K *
Pharmaceuticals & Biotech
11 - 15 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field; Master's degree or MBA preferred.
  • CPA or CMA required (active certification preferred).
  • At least 12 years of progressive finance and technical accounting experience, including public accounting or public company experience.
  • Minimum of eight years in cost accounting, standard costing, manufacturing, and internal controls (experience in med device, pharmaceutical, biotech, life sciences, or healthcare preferred).
  • Proficiency in ERP systems (NetSuite preferred).
  • Advanced skills with Microsoft tools and financial data analysis.
  • Experience in driving process improvement and scalable reporting solutions.

Responsibilities

  • Lead inventory and cost accounting, including valuation and COGS accounting.
  • Enhance standard costing methodologies and product costing models.
  • Ensure compliance with U.S. GAAP regarding inventory and COGS.
  • Analyze variances to provide insights for operational performance.
  • Lead reserve analyses for inventory, addressing risks and trends.
  • Oversee month-end and year-end close activities related to inventory and costs.
  • Prepare financial reports and analyses on inventory and product profitability.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams providing accounting guidance and support for operational initiatives.
  • Drive improvements in processes and systems for inventory and cost accounting operations.
  • Facilitate internal and external audits with high-quality documentation.

Benefits

  • Full and comprehensive benefits program including Employee Stock Purchase Program and 401(k) matching.
  • Opportunities for growth in a culture that values learning and development with tuition reimbursement.
  • Collaborative, innovative team environment to amplify your career impact.
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Join us as a Senior Manager, Cost 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 position is located in San Diego, CA

How you will make an impact

The Senior Manager, Cost Accounting serves as the subject matter expert for inventory, manufacturing, and cost accounting, with responsibility for ensuring the accuracy and integrity of inventory valuation, standard costing, COGS accounting, and related financial reporting. This role leverages strong technical accounting expertise and business partnership skills to support operational performance, enhance financial processes and controls, and provide decision-support analysis across the manufacturing and supply chain organization. The position partners closely with Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Quality, and FP&A teams to ensure accurate financial reporting, strong internal controls, and business insights that support operational excellence and strategic decision-making.

In this role, you'll have the opportunity to:
  • Lead all aspects of inventory accounting, cost accounting and cost of goods sold ("COGS") accounting, including inventory valuation, standard costing, manufacturing variance analysis and related financial reporting.
  • Own, maintain and continuously enhance standard costing methodologies, product costing models, and inventory valuation processes, including annual cost updates.
  • Ensure inventory is accurately valued and COGS is correctly recorded in accordance with U.S. GAAP and company policies.
  • Analyze manufacturing, inventory, and purchase price variances, providing insightful analysis of key drivers, emerging risks, and opportunities to support operational and financial performance.
  • Lead inventory reserve analyses, including excess, obsolete, and slow-moving inventory assessments, and collaborate with business partners to evaluate inventory-related risks and trends.
  • Perform month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close activities related to inventory, manufacturing costs and COGS, including preparation of journal entries, account reconciliations, and supporting analyses.
  • Prepare financial analyses, management reporting, and supporting schedules related to inventory, manufacturing operations, and product profitability.
  • Partner cross-functionally with Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Quality and FP&A teams to provide accounting guidance and support costing analytics, budgeting, forecasting, business decisions and operational initiatives.
  • Drive continuous process improvement, automation, and system enhancement initiatives to improve the accuracy, efficiency, and scalability of inventory and cost accounting operations.
  • Support internal and external audits, including SOX compliance activities, with high-quality documentation and timely responses.
  • Maintain, execute, and continuously improve internal controls, accounting policies, procedures and documentation related to inventory, manufacturing, and cost accounting processes.
  • Provide accounting guidance and costing for new products and arrangements.
  • Perform other duties as assigned.


To succeed in this role, you'll need:
  • Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field (Master's degree and/or MBA preferred).
  • CPA or CMA required (active certification preferred).
  • Minimum of 12 years of progressive finance and technical accounting experience, including public accounting and/or public company experience.
  • Minimum of eight years of cost accounting, standard costing, manufacturing, supply chain, internal controls, and SOX compliance experience (Med device, pharmaceutical, biotech, life sciences, or healthcare preferred).
  • Experience with ERP systems (NetSuite preferred).
  • Advanced proficiency with Microsoft tools and financial data analysis.
  • Experience driving process improvement, automation, and scalable reporting solutions.
  • Experience working with contract manufacturing organizations ("CMOs") and third-party logistics providers ("3PLs").


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 $140K - $175K 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.

To view all our open positions, please visit our career page. Additionally, our benefit offerings can be found here.

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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