Staff Accountant

Company Description

Deciphera, a member of ONO, is a biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering, developing and commercializing important new medicines to improve the lives of people with cancer. We are leveraging our proprietary switch-control kinase inhibitor platform and deep expertise in kinase biology to develop a broad portfolio of innovative medicines.

Enabled by our proprietary drug discovery platform, Deciphera has developed a diverse pipeline of wholly-owned drug candidates. QINLOCK® (ripretinib) is Deciphera’s switch control inhibitor developed for the treatment of fourth-line GIST. QINLOCK is approved in Australia, Canada, China, the European Union, Hong Kong, Switzerland, Taiwan, the United States, and the United Kingdom. We wholly own QINLOCK and all of our drug candidates with the exception of a development and commercialization out-license agreement for QINLOCK in Greater China. In addition to QINLOCK, we have identified and advanced multiple product candidates from our platform into clinical studies, including vimseltinib and DCC-3116.

See here for more details on our portfolio.

We offer an outstanding culture and opportunity for personal and professional growth guided by our “PATHS” Core Values and how we work together. We are proud to be Great Place to Work Certified 2023 and rank #25 on Fortune’s Best Places to Work Small and Midsized Biotech Companies in 2023. Find more details about our award-winning culture here. 

Job Description

The Staff Accountant is responsible for ensuring high-quality financial information is created and used to drive decisions and operations. This position requires both Corporate Accounting and Organizational skills and will be expected to provide support to our dynamic and collaborative Finance Department through the processing of various day-to-day general ledger accounting and transactions, assisting in the month-end closing process, and providing financial analysis and performing other general accounting activities. This exciting role offers exposure to many areas of general ledger accounting and reporting, providing the right individual an excellent opportunity with our growing Company.

This position will report to the Associate Director, Assistant Controller, and work on-site at our Waltham, MA office. Deciphera expects a minimum number of three days a week on site, with flexibility as to hours on site on any given day to accommodate work/life balance. Specific days and times spent in the office should be determined in conjunction with your manager.

What You’ll Do:

• Responsible for various month-end, quarter-end, and year-end closing processes – including account reconciliations, journal entries, accruals, and quarterly flux analyses
• Responsible for cash, investments, and fixed asset accounting in accordance with US GAAP
• Interface with the Accounts Payable (AP) and Payroll teams to ensure cash is reconciled on a regular and timely basis
• Partner with the Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) team to ensure accruals are appropriate
• Collaborate with cross functional teams across the organization (e.g., I&T and Facilities, RPN, etc.), as needed, to gather information on contracts to determine the appropriate accounting treatment
• Prepare audit/review schedules and interact with auditors for semi-annual reviews and the annual audit
• Ad-Hoc accounting and finance projects as required

Qualifications

What You'll Bring: 

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Accounting
• 0-2 years of relevant experience
• Strong organizational skills, with the ability to meet daily deadlines and prioritize tasks
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and manage well through ambiguity and complexity
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to work in a cross functional team environment across multiple senior levels of management
• Experience with Oracle Fusion ERP system preferred 

Additional Information

Deciphera offers competitive compensation and a comprehensive benefits package that includes the following:

• Non-accrual paid time off
• Summer vacation bonus
• Global, company-wide summer and winter shutdowns
• An annual lifestyle allowance
• Monthly cell phone stipend
• Internal rewards and recognition program
• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Life and Supplemental life insurance for family 
• Short- and Long-Term Disability Insurance
• Health savings account
• Flexible spending account for either health care and/or dependent care
• Family Planning benefit

Deciphera, a member of ONO, is a company headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts. Our state-of-the-art research facility is located in Lawrence, Kansas and our European operations are run out of Switzerland.

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY INFORMATION

Deciphera is committed to equal employment opportunity and values diversity. To ensure that we comply with reporting requirements and to learn more about how we can increase diversity in our candidate pool, we invite you to voluntarily provide demographic information in a confidential survey at the end of this application. Providing this information is optional. It will not be accessible or used in the hiring process, and has no effect on your opportunity for employment. This information will also be treated confidentially. Our commitment to increasing diversity in our candidate pool does not affect our commitment to equal employment opportunity, including our ongoing commitment to make all hiring and other employment decisions solely on a nondiscriminatory basis.