SVP Global Accounting (all genders) - #2231839

We are currently seeking to hire a highly motivated and dedicated Senior Vice President of Global Accounting (all genders) into our Global Accounting team. This position will oversee subsidiary accounting, group consolidation, and external financial reporting. This executive leader will ensure compliance with regulatory requirements, be the primary contact point for external auditors, enhance financial processes, and provide strategic direction to the accounting teams.

Key Responsibilities:

• Subsidiary Accounting: Oversee the accounting operations of all subsidiaries, ensuring financial integrity and alignment with corporate policies.

• Group Consolidation: Manage the consolidation of financial statements, ensuring accuracy and consistency across global entities.

• External Financial Reporting: Lead the preparation and submission of financial reports in compliance with local GAAP, IFRS, SEC regulations, and other relevant standards.

• Financial Strategy & Compliance: Ensure effectiveness of internal controls, financial policies, and reporting frameworks to ensure regulatory compliance and operational efficiency.

• Leadership & Development: Mentor and develop accounting teams, fostering a culture of high performance and continuous improvement.

• Collaboration: Partner with senior leadership, auditors, and key stakeholders to drive financial strategy and enhance decision-making.

Ideal Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field (Master’s or CPA, or equivalent, preferred).
• 15+ years of progressive accounting experience, with at least 5 years in a senior leadership role.
• Expertise in IFRS, External Financial Reporting, SEC reporting, and corporate consolidations, HGB a plus.
• Strong leadership, analytical, and communication skills.
• Experience in a multinational corporation is highly preferred.
• Proven finance transformation and business process optimization experience
• Experience with PCAOB Audits and Sarbanes Oxley a plus
• Business fluent in English – Italian, German, or French a plus, with excellent verbal and written communication skills

FR : Dans le cadre de sa politique Diversité, Evotec étudie, à compétences égales, toutes les candidatures dont celles des personnes en situation de handicap.

ENG : In the frame of our Diversity policy, Evotec considers, with equal competences, all applications including people with disabilities.

Evotec is a life science company with a unique business model that delivers on its mission to discover and develop highly effective therapeutics and make them available to the patients. The Company’s multimodality platform comprises a unique combination of innovative technologies, data and science for the discovery, development, and production of first-in-class and best-in-class pharmaceutical products. Evotec leverages this "Data-driven R&D Autobahn to Cures” for proprietary projects and within a network of partners including all Top 20 Pharma and over 800 biotechnology companies, academic institutions, as well as other healthcare stakeholders. Evotec has strategic activities in a broad range of currently underserved therapeutic areas, including e.g. neurology, oncology, as well as metabolic and infectious diseases. Within these areas of expertise, Evotec aims to create the world-leading co-owned pipeline for innovative therapeutics and has to-date established a portfolio of more than 200 proprietary and co-owned R&D projects from early discovery to clinical development. Evotec operates globally with more than 5,000 highly qualified people. The Company’s 17 sites offer highly synergistic technologies and services and operate as complementary clusters of excellence. For additional information please go to www.evotec.com and follow us on X/Twitter @Evotec and LinkedIn.

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