Reporting to the GVP Finance/Chief Accounting Officer, the Corporate Controller will be responsible for leading all aspects of accounting, financial reporting, including SEC reporting, technical accounting, tax, and SOX compliance etc. for the Company. Candidate should have strong communication skills, foster collaboration, be service focused, experience managing staff and desire to be part of a team. Candidate should have the ability and desire to work in a fast-paced environment and handle multiple projects at once.

This role must be based in our Lexington office. Our office-based employees follow a hybrid schedule of 4 days in the office, and 1 day remote.

Responsibilities (including, but not limited to):

• Lead the accounting operations of the company and work directly with members of the business to ensure completeness and accuracy of financial information
• Lead, inspire and develop staff by building engagement with the team, providing feedback and growth opportunities and holding team accountable. Provide mentoring and coaching for direct and indirect reports
• Coordinate quarterly and annual SEC filings including 10K and 10Q, ensuring compliance with GAAP and other regulations
• Provide guidance/research to finance organization for all technical accounting inquiries and guidance regarding impact
• Review and oversight of the company’s SEC reporting, technical accounting projects, financial policies and procedures, internal controls, and tax
• Ensure compliance with internal controls and Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404, including the maintenance of documentation, testing procedures and remediation activities
• Drive interactions with external, internal auditors and tax consultants
• Oversees proper accounting treatment of all transactions in accordance with GAAP, ensures consistent application among all operating divisions
• Lead all aspects of the financial sections of public offering documents, proxy and statutory reporting
• Research accounting requirements and implications for special transactions
• Partner with FP&A team to help provide timely financial information to colleagues across the Company to help better run the business
• Manage treasury function to maximize returns and ensure availability of required capital
• Responsible for preparation and presentation of financial updates, analysis and content for certain meetings of the Audit Committee and Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors
• Responsible for the purchasing function, including maintaining best is class processes and procedures
• Help identify and implement system and process enhancements to improve operational efficiencies across the Company
• Ad hoc analysis and other special projects as assigned

Qualifications:

• Requires a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting with a minimum 10+ years of experience; experience in Biotech/Life Sciences preferred
• CPA required and/or MBA preferred
• Large, public accounting “Big 4” environment with SEC reporting requirements expertise as well as experience leading a corporate reporting function
• Ability to assess, recommend and implement opportunities for program change and enhancement
• Demonstrated success building relationships and partnering with cross functional internal and external stakeholders
• Executes to a high standard – acts with a sense of urgency, with the end result in mind and is able to follow through to deliver exceptional results
• Resourceful – applies creative, original ideas to accomplish work; identifies more than one way to solve problems
• Strong technical accounting skills
• Collaborates – works in and with teams to achieve outcomes that individuals would not have been able to achieve alone
• Stays in touch – maintains line of sight to team and company priorities; understands and values all areas of business. Creates connections beyond own role/function.
• Challenges self and others – demonstrates critical thinking; challenges assumptions, practices and beliefs
• Drives clarity – sets the direction and manages the delivery of results (directly or indirectly) and choices on priorities
• Makes sound timely decisions – integrates knowledge to analyze information and to solve problems; uses judgment to make timely decisions
• Improves continuously – taking an approach to continuous improvement; anticipates and addresses capability gaps to prepare for future challenges
• Builds networks – builds networks internally and externally to stay relevant on new discoveries, trends and uses them to make meaningful connections to drive innovation and learning

All Kiniksa new hires whose roles require them to enter Kiniksa’s physical offices will be required to provide documentation that they are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or, if not, that they are legally entitled to an accommodation due to a medical condition or a sincerely held religious belief. Requests for accommodation will be considered on a case-by-case basis, and Kiniksa will consider, among other things whether a proposed accommodation would create an undue hardship.