Corporate Controller - Pleasanton, CA

Summary:  

The Corporate Controller plays a critical role in supporting and advancing our financial reporting within a dynamic, highly regulated medical device environment. This individual will manage day-to-day accounting and drive initiatives related to financial reporting and internal controls. The role involves the preparation of monthly, quarterly and annual financial statements, building and maintaining an effective internal control structure, driving successful external audits, managing cash and other assets, and maintaining comprehensive documentation. The ideal candidate brings extensive public company  experience in a controllership role, ideally from the medical device industry. This is a professional-level role that demands strong technical fluency and the ability to work with accounting managers, staff and external auditors as well as the ability to partner with our executive team and other departments to provide excellent financial information that will influence business decisions and improve financial results. 

In This Role, You Will: 

• Lead Calyxo’s Accounting Function: Manage a team of seven to provide full accounting support to the organization, including managing day-to-day activities, Timely and accurate preparation of monthly, quarterly and annual financial statements in accordance with US GAAP, completion of external audits, and payroll and tax reporting. 
• Drive efficient monthly accounting closes: Complete monthly, quarterly and annual accounting closes, financial statement preparation, audit preparation and internal controls testing within timelines that would support SEC public reporting, including reviews of journal entries and account reconciliations. 
• Own Revenue Recognition: Partner with Finance to timely track sales including rebates and GPO fees and ensure revenue is properly recognized per US GAAP. 
• Manage cost accounting: Deeply understand cost drivers in our products and drive sustained margin improvement and comprehensive cost reporting. Strong knowledge of cost accounting and experience supporting both internal and contract manufacturing environments is a must. 
• Treasury and Risk Management: Work with VP Accounting on short-term investments to manage yield and preservation of capital and annual insurance renewals.  Ensure compliance with debt and equity quarterly information  requirements. 
• Tax: Ensures compliance with local, state, and Federal statutory tax requirements; timely providing outside tax preparers with accounting information for income tax provisions and tax returns and managing sales tax reporting using Avalara. 
• Regulatory Compliance: Manage accounting areas including expense reports to ensure compliance with regulatory reporting requirements such as the Physician Payments Sunshine Act. 
• Processes and Systems: Drive exponential improvements in systems and processes to keep pace with the growth of the company and work cross-functionally to implement them. 
• Internal Controls: Protects assets and ensure effective financial reporting by establishing, monitoring, and enforcing internal controls. 
• People: Drive the accounting team’s job results by coaching, counseling, planning, monitoring, and appraising job results.  Crosstrain and continuously develop team to increase flexibility and capacity. 
• Equity Reporting: Maintain quarterly stock option processing, stock compensation expense accounting and equity reporting within Carta or other equity software. 
• Performs other related duties as assigned by Manager.

Who You Are: 

• 10-15+ years of high-growth accounting experience, with at least 5 years demonstrated experience in a controllership role. You've previously helped build and scale accounting functions at fast growing medical device companies (or other FDA regulated environments) as they dramatically expand commercialization or become public. Controllership experience in a public company subject to SOX 404A is preferred, along with the ability to continuously deliver high quality quarterly financial statements, audit packages and 10K/Q reporting each quarter.   
• You are a great "player-coach" and project manager, able to dive into the weeds and own it or delegate effectively as needed to meet reporting timelines.  
• Strong expertise in Accounting systems and internal controls. You get the books closed quickly and accurately and build high quality management reporting with ease. You’re deeply knowledgeable about US GAAP and audit best practices and have advanced proficiency in building internal controls structures compliant with SOX 404A and the COSO Internal Control—Integrated Framework.  
• You’re great at balancing strategic thinking and details. You are at home thinking big and helping manage the strategic drivers, while diving into the details and spending the time to make sure your output is stellar. You have a good sense of where to focus to maximize your productivity vs. the time investment required. 
• A growth mindset and comfort with ambiguity. You are comfortable working in a dynamically growing commercial environment that will require you to build systems and processes while effectively managing the day-to-day competing priorities to support our customers and executive team. 
• Excellent communication and partnership skills. You can effectively engage with all of our stakeholders to earn their trust in you as a strategic partner while asking the right questions and pushing the team appropriately to maximize our growth. Excellent written and verbal communication skills are a must. 
• A team player. You bring a positive energy to your teams and are generally known for being great to work with. 

Who You Will Report To: 

•   Vice President, Accounting

Additional Requirements: 

• Strong knowledge of accounting systems, including NetSuite, Salesforce, Avalara, Concur, Carta and others. 
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field required; CPA or Masters in Accounting strongly preferred. 
• Experience with the regulated environments including FDA regulations and HCP (Sunshine Act) reporting requirements strongly preferred. 
• Experience in an S-1 registration process is a plus. 
• Significant experience in U.S. taxes, including Federal and multistate income taxes, sales taxes and property taxes. 
• Ability to manage sensitive information with discretion and ensure alignment with corporate and regulatory standards. 
• Work Location: Pleasanton (hybrid schedule between work-from-home and headquarters; minimum 3 days per week in Pleasanton headquarters) 
• Travel: Approximately 5%. 
• Must be able to sit for up to 8 hours/day. 

What We Offer: 

At Calyxo, you will be part of a knowledgeable, high-achieving, experienced, and fun team.  You will work in a diverse work environment with experienced, proven leaders and have an opportunity to shape our company culture.  You will experience constant learning and dynamic challenges to help you grow and be the best version of yourself.   

We also offer an attractive compensation package, which includes: 

• A competitive base salary range of $250,000 - $270,000 and variable incentive plan  
• Stock options – ownership and a stake in growing a mission-driven company 
• Employee benefits package that includes 401(k), healthcare insurance and paid vacation