Senior Director, Commercial Accounting

IDEAYA Biosciences • South San Francisco, CA

23d • $244,000 - $301,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

IDEAYA Biosciences is seeking a Senior Director, Commercial Accounting is a strategic finance leader responsible for overseeing all aspects of commercial product revenue accounting, gross-to-net (GTN) reporting and forecasting. Reporting to the Chief Accounting Officer, this role will ensure accurate revenue recognition in accordance with U.S. GAAP while building scalable processes, systems, and controls to support IDEAYA’s transition to and growth as a commercial-stage biotechnology company. This leader will serve as the subject matter expert for gross-to-net methodologies, revenue analytics, including building forecast models, and partnering cross-functionally with Commercial, Market Access, Government Pricing, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, FP&A, and Compliance teams to ensure financial integrity, margin visibility, and forecast accuracy. This position is based in our South San Francisco headquarter offices and required to be onsite four days per week per our company policy.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance; CPA strongly preferred.
• 12+ years of progressive accounting and finance experience, including 5+ years in a leadership role within a commercial-stage life sciences or biotechnology company.
• Deep expertise in U.S. GAAP revenue recognition (ASC 606), and gross-to-net accounting in the pharmaceutical/biotech industry.
• Demonstrated experience building and managing GTN forecasting models and accounting processes in a launch environment.
• Strong understanding of payer contracting, government pricing, chargebacks, rebates, distribution agreements, returns, and pharmaceutical supply chain operations.
• Experience operating in a SOX-compliant environment and working closely with external auditors.
• Proven ability to partner cross-functionally across Commercial, Market Access, Government Pricing, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, and FP&A.
• Strong analytical, leadership, and communication skills.
• All employees are expected to act with integrity and in full compliance with applicable laws, regulations, and IDEAYA policies, including IDEAYA’s Code of Conduct. Employees must demonstrate good judgement and ethical behavior in all business activities, maintain patient and product safety as a top priority, and report any suspected violations of law or Company policy through appropriate channels.
• This position requires you to work onsite in the office at the Company’s facilities for training & meetings, with work-from-home flexibility, and the Company requires that all employees working in its facilities be fully vaccinated (except as required by applicable law). Therefore, this position requires you to be fully vaccinated from COVID-19, subject to reasonable accommodations for medical or religious reasons, and/or as otherwise required by applicable law. The Company considers you fully vaccinated once 14 days have passed since you received either the second dose in a two-dose COVID-19 vaccine series or a single-dose COVID-19 vaccine. The vaccine must have been FDA approved, have emergency use authorization from the FDA, or, for persons fully vaccinated outside of the U.S., be listed for emergency use by the World Health Organization.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with inventory accounting (ASC 330) is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead all aspects of commercial product revenue accounting, including gross-to-net estimates, accruals, and revenue recognition in compliance with ASC 606.
• Oversee development, validation, and continuous improvement of gross-to-net forecasting methodologies, including rebates, chargebacks, returns, distribution fees, patient assistance programs, and other variable consideration components.
• Partner with Commercial, Market Access, Trade, and Government Pricing to align GTN assumptions with contracting strategies and payer dynamics.
• Oversee monthly, quarterly, and annual revenue close processes, including variance analysis and executive reporting.
• Establish and maintain robust internal controls over revenue processes, ensuring SOX compliance and audit readiness.
• Drive visibility into gross margin performance, including detailed analysis of cost drivers and scenario modeling for launch and scale-up activities.
• Collaborate with FP&A to integrate GTN and COGS analytics into budgeting, long-range planning, and scenario modeling.
• Support implementation and optimization of ERP systems and revenue/cost accounting modules to enable scalable commercial operations.
• Serve as a key liaison with external auditors regarding revenue recognition and related GTN methodologies.

Benefits

• Along with our inspiring mission, and highly collaborative and inclusive environment, IDEAYA offers a competitive total rewards package that reflects our pay-for-performance philosophy where employees are eligible to be considered for merit-based salary increases, company discretionary short-term incentive plan participation, and company discretionary stock option awards (based on board approval). Our comprehensive benefits package includes, but is not limited to, medical/dental/vision coverage (100% company paid for employees and 90% company paid for dependents), 401k, ESPP, and wellness programs.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Number of Employees: 11-50 employees