Director, Technical Accounting

Full Time Director, Technical Accounting at Ginkgo Bioworks (United States)

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Director, Technical Accounting

Ginkgo Bioworks United States

Date Posted : 08 Jun, 2023

Work Location : Boston, United States

Salary Offered : Not Specified

Job Type : Full Time

Experience Required : 6+ years

Remote Work : Yes

Stock Options : No

Vacancies : 1 available

Our mission is to make biology easier to engineer. Ginkgo is constructing, editing, and redesigning the living world to answer the globe’s growing challenges in health, energy, food, materials, and more.

Our bioengineers utilize an in-house automated foundry for designing and building new organisms.

Ginkgo Finance is entering its next phase as a public company on this exciting journey of rapid growth and industry-disrupting technologies.

Now that Ginkgo has completed its public offering (Q4 2021), adopted two impactful accounting standards (CECL and Leasing, 2022), and finished its first year as a large-accelerated filer, the Accounting, Reporting & Controllership (ARC) organization is campaigning to in-source senior level expertise across various disciplines previously outsourced.

If you have demonstrated strength in technical accounting and controllership, we would love to connect with you. Our current team includes strong seniors and analysts led by innovative executive-level directors and vice presidents.

Collectively, we’ve designed our various individual accounting organizations (revenue, fixed asset & lease, employee compensation and benefits, etc.

and related policies, procedures, and objectives. Now is the time to build out our new layer of talented senior-level leadership to put their fingerprint on these organizations and make them their own.

This is the ideal role for an accountant with exceptional knowledge of US GAAP, IFRS, AICPA, and / or SEC guidelines. Examples include revenue recognition, other assets and deferred costs, fair value measurements, consolidation principles, investment valuation and accounting, and stock-based compensation.

When we say strength in knowledge, that is two-fold. First, the ability to accurately interpret the complex principles within the guidelines and second, a natural interest and curiosity needed to properly apply those principles to day-to-day business transactions.

You must also have the ability to easily and concisely communicate the rules when consulted by Ginkgo’s cross-functional executive pool.

This is a high-visibility role where a technical accountant can significantly impact steering the company’s future.

Responsibilities

• Accounting policies leader - owner of the population of all accounting and financial process-related policies through close collaboration with the Corporate Controller and Director of External Reporting.
• Design policy content through research of industry-appropriate literature and effective documentation, publication, and training in a customized format.
• Design and execute various training programs for ARC team members as well as cross-functional internal and external stakeholders.
• Accessibility for on-call consultations is critical to ensure transparency in communications among stakeholders.
• For unique transactions where policy alone does not address all elements of the accounting guidance, ensure completion and review / approval of corresponding accounting white papers.
• Perform active oversight on teams and processes to ensure all Ginkgo internal controls over financial reporting.
• Primary accountant for complex areas of Ginkgo’s ledger - own and manage certain discrete areas of the balance sheet as part of ARC’s fiscal closing and reporting cycles.
• Maintain oversight of external support, including subject matter experts.
• Be an active stakeholder in new system or application implementations.

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance with an active Certified Public Accounting (CPA) license
• 10+ years of technical accounting experience
• 3+ years working directly with US GAAP interpretive activities
• Expert knowledge of Microsoft Office and / or Google’s suite of offerings

Preferred Capabilities and Experience

• MSA or MBA degree
• Experience in a public company accounting and reporting environment
• Working knowledge of Oracle NetSuite, Workday, Coupa, Blackline, and Adaptive tools
• Prior experience reviewing and / or supervising a global team

Total compensation for this role is market-driven, with a starting salary of $175,000+, as well as company stock awards. We offer a comprehensive benefits package.

We also feel that it’s important to point out the lack of diversity in our industry, and that needs to change. Ginkgo is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion in all of its practices.

It is the policy of Ginkgo Bioworks to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants.

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