Associate Director, Revenue Controller

uniQure is dedicated to bringing innovative therapies or unmet medical needs to patients. In doing so each function in uniQure is directly or indirectly responsible for the lives of patients. This responsibility should be part of our day-to-day working life by (i) living up to high-quality standards and (ii) by recognizing the sense of urgency in areas of high medical need.

This newly created Senior Manager Revenue Controller role is a senior contributor and a business partner management role responsible for the integrity of revenue accounting in accordance with ASC606 (US Gaap) and IFRS 15 (IFRS) and the day-to-day accounts receivable operations of the commercial organization. This person owns the end-to-end accounting for the company’s gene therapy revenue transactions — and partners closely with the Inventory Controller of the global accounting team, the broader finance teams that include FP&A and financial reporting and the commercial organization (which includes Medical Affairs). In parallel, the role drives the global month-, quarter-, and year-end close, monitors and assist to manage the financial close review, balance sheet reconciliations of key revenue and receivable accounts, manages transfer pricing accounting stemming from the Transfer Pricing Models that deals with revenue, and supports the tax finance team on specific matters that may include the Dutch Innovation Box and VAT — all underpinning accurate, timely, and compliant financial reporting primarily under US GAAP, with IFRS also applicable. This role is not responsible for the Dutch Innovation Box and VAT but requires close finance partnering due to the global interdependencies.

We are looking for an independent thinker who is solution-driven, with a strong desire to automate, does not create superfluous processes, and configure within SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud. This is a high-visibility role suited to a hands-on accounting leader who thrives in a complex, regulated, fast-evolving gene therapy manufacturing environment.
 
Key result areas (major duties, accountabilities and responsibilities)   
Revenue Accounting (including collections and allowance for credit losses)

• Own the complete financial accounting for external revenue from selling approved Gene Therapy products, within the SAP4HANA ERP.
• The scope of revenue control will be for both the US market and outside of the US, i.e. the UK market.
• Close collaboration with FP&A and market access to govern the gross-to-net (GTN) mutations on the revenue components (The 340B Program). 
• Configuration of the GTN components in SAP, coupled with the required internal SOX control activities.
• Setting up and defining the ownership of finance processes for GTN accruals from source to ledger, ensuring it is compliant with ASC606 / IFRS15.
• Partnering with the Internal SOX Control and Technical Accounting team on the technical accounting requirements, i.e. 5-step Revenue Recognition Model and the financial reporting team on disclosure schedules (among other).
• Close collaboration with the Sr Director of Global Accounting and Operations on the allowance for credit losses / impairment provisioning accounting, which includes defining and sourcing data elements (through business partnering) that is needed to perform the CECL / ECL impairment models (ASC326 and IFRS9), this role is not to design and maintain the impairment models, but rather to provide the data inputs that are internal and external of nature. 
• Cash collections and management requirements are essential components, coupled with the interplays with revenue accruals and impairment provisioning. This will also require setting up processes, configuration in SAP and designing/implementing key SOX control activities.
• Build  and manage key dashboarding that deals with key financial insights, reports and information that supports financial accounting, FP&A and other assessments, and what ultimately supports the internal SOX controls. For example: building and customizing aging reports, customer mutations, concentrations, collection trends and roll rates, etc.
• A key component will be that this person will contribute to key-users in SAP related to revenue and receivables, which entails owning and working closely with 3rd party SAP implementation partners to achieve the desired   ERP configuration.
• These SAP configuration tasks must build on to the existing SAP platform, expand for future scalability and comply with the internal SOX control requirements. Thus, close partnering with the internal SOX controls and technical accounting director, and the financial reporting team.
• A key component to the revenue process is that this role will be part of designing and implementing SOX controls applicable to the financial accounting team, whilst constantly being aware of hand-sake controls of the Commercial/Medical Affairs organizations.
• The financial reporting frameworks that apply are both US Gaap and IFRS.
   

Financial Close & Review – specific to Revenue and Accounts Receivable

• Lead  the global month- quarter- and year-end close process, ensuring timely and accurate completion of journal entries, accruals, and account reconciliations within SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud.
• Own the financial close review, reviewing detailed analytical review of the trial balance, flux/variance analysis against prior periods and budget, and investigation and resolution of anomalies prior to close sign-off.
• Designing and automating key dashboards on quantitative and qualitative material general accounts will be essential.
• Establish and enforce reconciliation quality standards, review thresholds, and aging targets, roll-rates and report on reconciliation status and open items to accounting leadership.
• Review journal entries and supporting documentation prepared by team members, ensuring proper approval, accuracy, and adequate support.
• Collaborate with the inventory controller in the same accounting team, to ensure inventory, cost of sales, and related balances are aligned with revenue recognition and reported consistently across the close.
   

Transfer Pricing & Dutch Tax – specific relating to revenue distribution

• Be involved in transfer pricing accounting across the group, including the recording, monitoring, and true-up of intercompany transfer pricing arrangements, and ensure alignment with the company’s transfer pricing policy and documentation.
• Partner with internal Tax finance team and external advisors to operationalize transfer pricing calculations, intercompany markups, and cost-sharing or service-charge mechanisms, and ensure they are accurately reflected in the general ledger and intercompany settlements.
   

Controls, Compliance & Audit

• Design, implement, and maintain effective internal controls over revenue, the close process, balance sheet reconciliations, transfer pricing, and tax-related accounting in compliance with SOX (Sarbanes-Oxley)     requirements.
• Document and continuous support improving accounting policies and procedures.
• Serve as a primary liaison with external auditors for revenue and accounts receivable, intercompany, close, transfer pricing, tax, and operational accounting matters, including preparation of audit schedules and resolution of audit requests.
• Ensure compliance with US GAAP (primary) and IFRS, and applicable local statutory requirements.
• Process, Systems & Leadership: Revenue specific
• Serve as a finance contributor on SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud initiatives, including process design, configuration input, testing, and data integrity for inventory, GL, and close-related modules.
• Manage, mentor, and develop accounting staff, setting clear objectives and fostering a culture of accountability and growth.

 
Qualifications Required: 

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
• Minimum of 10+ years of progressive accounting experience, including significant gene / cell therapy commercial revenue and accounts receivable experience.
• Prior experience working in a cell or gene therapy company is required.
• Demonstrated experience managing transfer pricing accounting.
• Strong working knowledge of US GAAP (primary framework) and IFRS.
• Demonstrated experience leading a financial close and owning balance sheet reconciliations of key accounts.
• Experience operating within a SOX-compliant, public-company control environment.
• Hands-on experience with SAP S/4HANA Private or Public Cloud (or recent SAP S/4HANA experience with a clear path to the Public Cloud edition) and strong Excel skills.
• Demonstrated ability to manage close cycles to tight deadlines with a high degree of accuracy.
   

Preferred: 

• Proven people-leadership or team-management experience.
• Professional certification (CPA, ACCA, Dutch RA, or equivalent) is a requirement.
• Experience with intercompany accounting and multi-entity, multi-currency consolidations. 
• Familiarity with statutory reporting under US Gaap and/or IFRS.
• Experience supporting product launch and the transition from clinical to commercial manufacturing.

Competencies: 

• Independent, solution-driven thinker with a strong bias toward automation and the elimination of unnecessary or manual processes.
• Proactive in configuring within SAP to solve problems at the source. 
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills. 
• Meticulous attention to detail.
• Excellent written and verbal communication.
• The ability to translate complex accounting matters for non-finance partners.
• Comfort operating in ambiguity within a scaling organization.
• A collaborative, hands-on leadership style.

What We Offer A mission-driven environment focused on bringing curative therapies to patients, competitive compensation and benefits, and the opportunity to shape finance operations at a pioneering gene therapy company.
 
Salary Range: $188,000 - $222,000
The estimated salary range reflects an anticipated range for this position. The actual base salary offered may depend on a variety of factors, including the qualifications of the individual applicant, relevant years of experience, specific and unique skills, level of education attained, certifications or other professional licenses held, and the location in which the applicant lives and/or from where they will be performing the job. The actual base salary offered will be in accordance with state or local minimum wage requirements for the job location.