Senior Director, Corporate Controller

PacBio•Menlo Park, CA

6d•$225,300 - $337,900•Hybrid

About The Position

We are seeking a strategic and operationally focused Controller to lead global accounting operations, controllership, SOX governance, treasury oversight, and statutory compliance in support of a fast-paced public genomics and life sciences organization. This role is responsible for maintaining a scalable and effective control environment, providing leadership oversight of the global close and accounting operations, and driving process improvement, automation, and operational efficiency across the finance organization. The ideal candidate brings deep expertise in public-company accounting, strong operational leadership capabilities, and experience supporting complex global organizations within life sciences, biotech, diagnostics, or genomics industries, or manufacturing environment. The Controller will partner closely with Technical Accounting & SEC Reporting, FP&A, Operations, Commercial, IT, HR, Legal, and executive leadership to support scalable growth, financial integrity, and operational excellence. This position reports to the CFO and leads a high-performing accounting organization.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance, or related.
CPA required.
12+ years of progressive accounting/finance experience, including leadership roles.
Public company experience, preferably within life sciences, biotech, diagnostics, medical devices, or genomics.
Strong knowledge of U.S. GAAP, SEC reporting, and SOX compliance.
Familiarity supporting revenue accounting environments.
Inventory and manufacturing accounting experience.
ERP systems (SAP, NetSuite, Oracle, or similar) experience.
Multi-entity/global consolidations experience.
Proven leadership and organizational development capabilities.
Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills.
Candidates must have current authorization to work in the United States without the need for present or future sponsorship.

Nice To Haves

Big 4 public accounting background.
Experience supporting high-growth or publicly traded technology/life sciences companies.
Experience with international operations and transfer pricing considerations.

Responsibilities

Provide executive oversight of the monthly, quarterly, and annual close processes to ensure accurate, timely, and compliant financial reporting in accordance with U.S. GAAP and SEC requirements.
Oversee the global accounting organization responsible for financial statement preparation, management reporting, consolidations, and international accounting activities.
Partner with accounting leadership to drive close efficiency, process standardization, and scalable operational improvements across the accounting function.
Champion the adoption of automation, AI-enabled tools and technology solutions to streamline accounting operations, reduce manual effort, strengthen controls, and improve reporting accuracy and efficiency.
Provide leadership oversight of external and internal audit coordination and support a strong audit and control environment across domestic and international operations.
Provide executive oversight of the SOX compliance framework and broader internal control environment, ensuring effective governance, accountability, and control execution across the organization.
Partner cross-functionally with Finance, IT, HR, Operations, Supply Chain, Commercial Operations, and other business functions to ensure control owners are appropriately executing and documenting controls in accordance with SOX and policy requirements.
Oversee the IT General Controls (ITGC) environment including user access management, segregation of duties, system provisioning/deprovisioning controls, privileged access monitoring, and change management governance.
Lead coordination with external SOX auditors, including oversight of testing, remediation activities, process documentation, and audit readiness efforts.
Drive accountability across departments to ensure timely completion of control activities, remediation plans, and audit support deliverables.
Support the continued enhancement of scalable controls, automation, and monitoring processes to strengthen compliance while improving operational efficiency.
Partner with Accounting leadership on accounting policy implementation, updates, complex accounting matters, and compliance initiatives.
Oversee global accounting operations including general ledger, treasury support, payroll and payroll accounting, accounts payable, accounts receivable, consolidations, fixed assets, VAT, sales and use tax, stock administration, and operational accounting activities.
Provide leadership oversight of accounting operations supporting procure-to-pay, payroll, commissions, order-to-cash, and operational finance processes.
Lead treasury oversight activities including banking relationships, cash management, investments, and related financial governance processes.
Partner with Operations Finance, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Procurement, Commercial Operations, Legal, HR, and IT to support operational scalability and financial governance.
Support inventory valuation, excess and obsolete inventory reserve governance, standard costing processes, and gross margin reporting in partnership with Operations Finance and Supply Chain leadership.
Drive operational efficiency initiatives focused on process optimization, automation, standardization, and scalable financial operations.
Build, mentor, and develop a high-performing global accounting organization focused on accountability, collaboration, operational excellence, and continuous improvement.
Serve as a strategic business partner to executive leadership and cross-functional stakeholders across Finance, Operations, Commercial, IT, HR, Legal.
Collaborate with FP&A on forecasting, budgeting, cash planning, and financial analytics.
Develop organizational scalability through process optimization, automation, technology adoption, and talent development initiatives.
Support strategic initiatives including ERP enhancements, systems implementations, organizational transformation, and international expansion activities.