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VP, Chief Accounting Officer

Sunnyvale, CA

23andMe is looking for a highly-seasoned, senior financial leader with significant public company accounting and control experience to continue building a world-class public-company Accounting and Control team and capabilities. 


You will work closely with our CFO and CEO, be an integral part of our Senior Executive Team, and lead our current team of Accounting and Finance professionals. You will be our leader in assuring that our Accounting & Control environment meets the highest public-company standards. You will work closely with our operating executives to assure that our systems and processes support our GAAP and SOX requirements. You will work closely with our FP&A, Investor Relations, Legal, Corporate Communications and other functional groups to assist in the preparation and delivery of our quarterly and annual SEC reporting, as well as associated analysis and communications materials. You will be the lead executive in steering our company-wide SOX initial implementation and ongoing maintenance. Other key relationships that this position will maintain include our independent auditor (KPMG), our Audit Committee, our Disclosure Committee and key financial vendors providing non-audit services. 

 

Who We Are

Since 2006, 23andMe’s mission has been to help people access, understand, and benefit from the human genome. We are a group of passionate individuals pushing the boundaries of what’s possible to help turn genetic insight into better health and personal understanding.

 

What You’ll Do 

Close & Audit 

  • Ensure upgrades to the existing robust controls environment, in order to evolve to a fully SOX-compliant environment.
  • Oversee the financial accounting and close process including revenues, cost of revenues, operating expenses & balance sheet, including reconciliations and review of accounts.
  • Lead the accounting team in continuous improvements to the close and audit processes.
  • Ensure policy documentation for all material accounting processes.
  • Determine and establish technical positions and related accounting treatment, especially on highly judgmental and/or material areas, and provide expertise and direction to the Accounting Team on technical accounting matters.
  • Evaluate financial systems for adequacy, considering our rapid growth; scope, design and execute improvements.


Reporting

  • Oversee preparation of financial statements, including intercompany consolidations, and associated flux analyses, as well as other analyses in support of performance assessment.
  • Responsibility for preparation of 10-Qs, 10-Ks, 8-Ks and other SEC reporting requirements.
  • Work with the CFO, Investor Relations, FP&A, Legal, and Corporate Communications in the preparation of shareholder communications of quarterly financial results.
  • Work with our FP&A team in analyzing trends, business drivers, and variance analysis.


Internal Controls 

  • Lead 23andMe’s initial implementation of it’s SOX program and its ongoing maintenance.
  • Develop a plan to add an Internal Audit function over time. 
  • Assure a collaborative and transparent dialogue on control matters with the Independent Auditors and the Audit Committee Chairperson.


Financial Operations 

  • Manage compliance with federal, state and local tax requirements; assure appropriate tax planning. 
  • Manage treasury activities, including near-term cash forecasting, investment of cash balances, L/C requirements, working capital funding.
  • Be the leader and strive for continual improvement in cross functional processes.


Transaction support

  • Provide support for corporate transactions including equity funding, debt funding, in-licensing and out-licensing deals, strategic partnerships and M&A.


Organization

  • Assure organizational design which can accommodate our growth and increasing complexity.
  • Be a technical and experiential resource to the Accounting & Control organization.
  • Grow, manage, and mentor Finance team members.
  • Continue the current evolution of the Accounting & Control function in it relatively-new status as a publicly-listed company.

 

What You’ll Bring 

Experience 

  • A minimum of 5+ years in a public-listed Chief Accounting Officer (CAO) or Controller role.
  • Prior experience in Big 4 auditing. 
  • Bachelors or Masters in Finance or Accounting; CPA required (Active). 
  • Demonstrated experience in managing large Accounting & Control teams (25+ professionals).
  • Experience in support of complex transactions including equity and debt financings, M&A and strategic collaborations. 
  • Experience with in-house public company financial reporting, disclosure, SOX-compliance and investor communications support.
  • Experience with managing audits for publicly traded companies.
  • Technical skillsStrong technical knowledge of GAAP, accounting processes, internal controls and systems.
  • Strong analytical and financial modeling skills; significant experience with large-scale enterprise systems; direct experience with NetSuite is a plus.
  • Experience with multi-currency and international accounting consolidation of financials.
  • Interpersonal skillsOutstanding organizational leader and mentor, with a track record of organization/team-building, talent attraction, and retention, driving individual development.
  • Ability to build collaborative relationships with stakeholders from various functions to help lead change-management initiatives.
  • Exceptional communication skills with an ability to coordinate processes across multiple stakeholders; comfortable with presentations and interactions at all levels.
  • Detail-oriented, organized and resourceful.
  • Willingness and ability to get hands-on with systems and analytical tools.

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