Key Responsibilities
MAIN PURPOSE OF JOB
To work with the finance/accounting team on key specialised Group activities focusing on external reporting, technical accounting and SOX internal controls. A key position within the Finance organisation ensuring external deliverables are met for SEC reporting and UK Statutory accounting compliance, within a rapidly expanding and evolving business for a US-listed organisation.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
External Reporting
o Accountable for working with the Director, External Reporting for the Group’s quarterly and annual financial reporting to the SEC, ensuring they are filed on a timely basis by co-ordinating across the various teams both within Finance and across the business to achieve this.
o Responsibility for the consolidated plc accounts filed at Companies House and the subsidiary external financial reporting under IFRS.
o Accountable for working with Director, External Reporting and the Business to understand the impact of new external financial reporting requirements that may arise as the Group expands its operations, using external support as required.
o Accountable for forming the disclosures within all external financial reports ensuring the Group’s activities are correctly and accurately presented in accordance with accounting standards and other appropriate regulations, in keeping with the Immunocore style.
Technical accounting
o Responsibility for assessing and coordinating adoption of US GAAP and IFRS accounting updates and new accounting standards that may impact the Group, and ensuring all external financial reports are technically correct.
o Accountable for working with process owners across Finance to review and understand how technical accounting matters (such as new transactions) will impact current processes and work with the wider Finance Team and business to ensure any accounting changes are successfully implemented.
o Supporting the Senior Manager, External Reporting with finance review and data processing for share-based payment expenses, which are managed within an equity administration tool.
Sarbanes Oxley
o Support the External Reporting team and the third-party SOX internal control partner, as well as Finance, HR, IT and Legal, to ensure testing is completed and any observations or deficiencies are assessed for severity and identify any changes required in internal controls to ensure we maintain the level required for auditor certification, including a high level of understanding of the processes involved and identifying risks that require mitigating controls.
o Working with the wider Finance Team and business, ensure all identified changes in processes or controls are implemented.
o Support the External Reporting team with reviewing the overall internal control framework and identifying risk and control gaps or opportunities where we can simplify.
Experience & Knowledge
Essential
Strong technical accounting experience in both IFRS and US GAAP
Experience of undertaking reporting to the SEC, including writing SEC-compliant disclosures
Experience of working in or closely with international companies, ideally with a US presence
Proven ability to drive change in a fast-moving environment
Evidence of credibility with management and external stakeholders
Experience of performing or testing internal controls in a SOX environment
ACA/ACCA/CIMA/CPA accounting qualification essential
Desirable
Experience with Pharma/Biotech
Experience of UK statutory filings
Experience in public accounting
KEY BEHAVIOURAL ATTRIBUTES
Openness and honesty
Readily offering information pertaining to work in hand whether positive or negative.
Taking responsibility
Being prepared to accept full responsibility for tasks entrusted to them; seeing tasks through to completion and dealing with the consequences of failure or success.
Flexibility
Being flexible to new ideas and approaches; changes of plans, objectives and/or priorities. Handling disjointed tasks effectively.
Team spirit
Being able to work productively with others to achieve tasks. Showing consideration for the needs and feelings of others.
Education & qualifications
Professional accounting qualification
About the Company
Immunocore (NASDAQ: IMCR) is a pioneering, commercial-stage T cell receptor biotechnology company whose purpose is to develop and commercialize a new generation of transformative medicines which address unmet patient needs in oncology, infectious diseases and autoimmune disease. Our leaders in R&D are internationally recognised as some of the biotech industry’s most successful drug developers. We are creating not just an environment where great minds can interact but an innovation powerhouse answering the big questions.
Focused on delivering first-in-class biological therapies to patients, we have developed a highly innovative soluble TCR platform. Our ImmTAX molecules underpin a new generation of precision engineered drugs that harness the immune system to treat a broad spectrum of diseases with high unmet medical need, including oncology, infectious diseases and autoimmune diseases.
At Immunocore, we recognize that our employees are our greatest asset. We value the unique contributions each person brings to our team. By embracing Science, Trust, Respect, Integrity, Diversity, and Entrepreneurship (STRIDE), we create an environment where collaboration thrives, ideas flourish, and transformative changes happen. STRIDE represents more than just letters; it embodies our shared identity and drives our mission. We are dedicated to developing breakthrough therapies that transform patients’ lives, advancing medicine, and supporting one another in these pursuits.
Immunocore is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. As such, we are committed to fostering an inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued, respected, and empowered. We encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
