Job Title: SOX Associate Director

Department: Finance

Location: Remote US

Our Mission:

To build a viable long-lasting health care organization that assumes full responsibility for designing, developing, trial enrollment, regulatory approval and commercializing patient, physician, caregiver, payor, and societal friendly medicinal therapy intended to improve quality of life, increase potential duration of life and resolve serious medical healthcare needs. We will accomplish this by building a team of world class scientists and business administrators that apply themselves to this mission.

We have in-licensed Ivonescimab, which is a novel, potential first-in-class investigational bispecific antibody combining the effects of immunotherapy via a blockade of PD-1 with the anti-angiogenesis effects associated with blocking VEGF into a single molecule. We plan to initiate clinical studies in the following NSCLC indications:

• Ivonescimab combined with chemotherapy in patients with epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)-mutated, locally advanced or metastatic non-squamous NSCLC who have progressed after treatment with a third-generation EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) (“HARMONi”)
• Ivonescimab combined with chemotherapy in first-line metastatic squamous NSCLC patients (“HARMONi-3”)

Overview of Role:

We are looking for a SOX Associate Director with a strong SOX Compliance and Operational Audit background to join our growing and dynamic organization. The Associate Director, SOX Compliance will manage the Company’s ongoing SOX compliance program including enhancing the effectiveness, efficiency, and scalability of the Company’s processes, systems, and underlying internal control environment. The ideal candidate will possess the ability to effectively manage internal and external partners (process owners, external auditors, external SOX compliance partner), demonstrate proficient project management skills, superior communication, and organizational skills.

Role and Responsibilities:

• Spearheading our 404 (b) SOX compliance’s implementation including but not limited to leading process walkthroughs, test of design (TOD) and test of effectiveness (TOE) to evaluate internal controls compliance and implementation.
• Management of corporate SOX program including financial and working closely with IT team on IT and application controls.
• SOX financial statement mapping, risk assessment and scoping including working with the external SOX compliance partner to ensure identified business process controls are efficient and effective.
• Coordinate and maintain management’s SOX process controls documentation including flowcharts, RACMs and control descriptions, review controls regularly to ensure adequate design and identification of key controls and recommend ways to rationalize and optimize controls through automation.
• Lead the development of company-wide control activity checklists for key reports and spreadsheets and management review controls and working with cross-functional teams, assess and document new SOX impacting projects, processes, and systems.
• Work with external auditors on the planning and execution of control/process walkthroughs and with the internal audit team to coordinate testing including scheduling and managing the status of periodic testing of internal controls against audit timelines and schedules.
• Evaluating audit findings, identifying control gaps and deficiencies, and working with SOX leadership to prepare impact assessments and remediation forms. Report and coordinate remediation plan with relevant stakeholders.
• Provide guidance, research, and support to business partners as they address control deficiencies or make significant process changes including impact assessment for changes in people, processes, or technology.
• Liaise with external auditors and proactively coordinate the audits to ensure coordination of the PBC request process to minimize the impact on the business and align test results.
• Assist in the preparation of management presentations including audit committee reporting
• Assist on new business initiatives, system implementations, accounting policy changes, personnel changes and acquisitions to assess the impact of the changes on internal controls.
• Ad hoc projects, as required.

Experience, Education and Specialized Knowledge and Skills:

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance, or equivalent. CPA preferred.
• Seven to ten years of SOX compliance or internal audit experience including IT general control experience. Big 4 experience is a plus.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal. Ability to effectively present information to internal and external associates.
• Experience working with 1st SOX 404 (b) implementation is a plus.
• Experience working with any SOX tool is a plus
• Advanced Microsoft Office skills.
• Demonstrated sense of professionalism.
• Ability to gain solid understanding of the organization’s business operations and industry.
• Demonstrated ability to take initiative and ownership with focus on continuous improvement.
• Life Science industry experience a plus
• Experience working in or with global high growth companies a plus.
• Team player, with the ability to build relationships across the organization.

The pay range for this role is annually $150,,000- $185,000 Actual compensation packages are based on several factors that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to skill set, depth of experience, certifications, and specific work location. This may be different in other locations due to differences in the cost of labor. The total compensation package for this position may also include bonus, stock, benefits and/or other applicable variable compensation. The successful candidate will also be eligible for health benefits, 401(k) with 6% employer match from day one, ESPP with a 15% discount up to the federal limit, flexible spending account among other benefits

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