Director, Accounting

Our purpose is to bring hope to life by enabling life-changing therapies for patients around the globe, creating a healthier and happier tomorrow. Our mission is to work side by side with our customers in order to improve patients' lives by bringing new biopharmaceuticals to market.

The Role: We are looking for a highly skilled and operationally-focused Director of Accounting to lead our accounting function at the Copenhagen site. Reporting to VP, site Finance in Copenhagen, this is a critical, hands-on leadership role responsible for ensuring the integrity of our financial reporting, maintaining a robust control environment, and driving technical accounting excellence.This role is the go-to expert for all local accounting matters, ensuring full compliance with IFRS and Danish statutory requirements and tax authorities. While this is a Director-level position, we are seeking a leader who is passionate about not just leading a team, but also rolling up their sleeves to get the job done. The Incumbent will have the opportunity to shape and build the accounting team (currently 2 people) to deliver on the department objectives.Key Responsibilities:

• Financial Reporting & Compliance: Lead the preparation and delivery of accurate and timely statutory financial statements in accordance with IFRS and Danish statutory requirements. The role will be responsible for meeting all financial and tax compliance standards, meeting with third party audit and tax authorities and focusing on complex accounting areas such as revenue recognition under IFRS 15.
   
• Audit & Controls: Serve as the primary point of contact for internal and external audits including statutory and tax, as well as ensuring all requirements are met timely and efficiently. The role will be responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining a strong internal control framework (J-SOX – Japan SOX).
   
• Technical Accounting Leadership: Provide expert technical guidance on all local accounting matters, including new standards and complex transactions, general ledger balance sheet reconciliations and ensuring alignment with local reporting requirements.
   
• Operational Excellence: Actively oversee and participate in the month-end and year-end closing processes. Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance the efficiency and accuracy of accounting operations and systems.
   
• Team Leadership: Lead, mentor, shape and develop the local accounting team, fostering a culture of high performance, accuracy, and professional growth.
   
• Global Business Partnership: Collaborate closely with local teams and the global finance organization on a variety of topics as financial closing and consolidation, intercompany transactions, JSOX and compliance initiatives as well as partnering with the global corporate controller on accounting related initiatives. Experience in international global company environment is desirable.

Who You Are:

• You possess extensive experience of between 10 and 15 years in a senior accounting role, ideally gained within a large, publicly listed company, and understand the rigor of this environment.
   
• Your technical accounting knowledge is exceptional. You have deep, demonstrable expertise in IFRS (especially IFRS 15 and ideally in Biomanufacturing environment) and Danish tax and accounting regulations.
   
• You are a hands-on leader, as comfortable directing strategy as you are diving into the details of a complex accounting entry.
   
• You have a proven track record of successfully managing statutory audits and have a strong understanding of intercompany transaction regulations.
   
• You hold a relevant Accounting Bachelor and/or master degree and Professional certification (e.g., CPA, CMA, MAcc).
   
• Knowledge of ERP systems is essential, and experience with a new ERP implementation is preferred.
   
• You have excellent communication and teamwork skills, with the ability to articulate complex financial concepts to both local and global stakeholders.
   
• You have experience working in an international/global company and matrix environment

What We Offer:

• A pivotal leadership role with significant impact on a key site within a global, growing organization.
   
• The opportunity to work in the exciting and meaningful biopharmaceutical industry.
   
• A dynamic and international work environment.
   
• A competitive compensation and benefits package.
   

Application

• Please submit your CV. We encourage all qualified candidates to apply, even if you don't meet every listed requirement. 
   
• Applications are only accepted through our recruitment system. We review CVs and conduct interviews on an ongoing basis, and the job posting will be closed once the position has been filled.   

If you are a technically brilliant accounting leader who is ready to make a tangible impact in a hands-on role, we encourage you to apply.

Our culture at AGC Biologics is defined by the six core values: Knowledge, Trust, Quality, Ingenuity, Accountability and Teamwork. Our core values stem from our team members and are embedded into our DNA. They provide a common language and understanding of how we as an organization are connected across three continents. Our core values serve as a compass and reminder of how we achieve our purpose of bringing hope to life for patients around the globe. 

AGC Biologics is a leading global biopharmaceutical Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization (CDMO) with a strong commitment to delivering the highest standard of service as we work side-by-side with our clients and partners, every step of the way. We provide world-class development and manufacture of mammalian and microbial-based therapeutic proteins, plasmid DNA (pDNA), messenger RNA (mRNA), viral vectors, and genetically engineered cells. Our global network spans the U.S., Europe, and Asia, with cGMP-compliant facilities in Seattle, Washington; Boulder and Longmont, Colorado; Copenhagen, Denmark; Heidelberg, Germany; Milan, Italy; and Chiba, Japan. We currently employ more than 2,500 employees worldwide. Our commitment to continuous innovation fosters the technical creativity to solve our clients' most complex challenges, including specialization in fast-track projects and rare diseases. AGC Biologics is the partner of choice. To learn more, visit   Want to keep posted about our growth and learn more about our company? Follow us on LinkedIn and give us a quick Like on Facebook

AGC Biologics offers a highly competitive compensation package and a friendly, collaborative culture that values personal initiative and professional achievement. AGC Biologics is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances.

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