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At uniQure, we are delivering on the promise of gene therapy and delivering hope for patients facing urgent unmet medical needs. Every role in our organization carries profound purpose; whether you're in research, operations, access, or support, your contributions impact patients. We're seeking passionate professionals who thrive in high-stakes environments, uphold rigorous quality standards, and share our relentless commitment to transforming the lives of patients.  Join us in making the impossible possible, where your expertise becomes a catalyst for life-changing treatments.

The Associate Director, Inventory & Accounting Operations is a senior contributor and people-management role and responsible for the integrity of inventory accounting and the day-to-day operations of the global accounting function at uniQure. This role is key for succession planning in the team. This person owns the end-to-end accounting for the company’s gene therapy inventory — spanning clinical supply through commercial supply — and partners closely with manufacturing 3rd parties, Supply Chain, various R&D departments and the broader finance organization. In parallel, the role drives the global month-, quarter-, and year-end close, monitors and assist to manage the financial close review, balance sheet reconciliations of key accounts, manages transfer pricing accounting, and supports Dutch tax matters including WBSO R&D tax credits and VAT.

• Own the complete accounting for inventory (both US GAAP & IFRS compliant) across clinical supply and finished goods commercial supply and movement through the supply chain.
• Determine appropriate inventory capitalization timing, including the assessment of clinical, pre-approval, and pre-launch inventory and the point at which costs should be capitalized versus expensed.
• Accounting configuration in SAP to monitor and reconcile intercompany inventory transfers across global entities, including intercompany revenue and cost of sales elimination.
• A key component will be that this person will contribute to key-users in SAP related to inventory, which entails owning and working closely with 3^rd party SAP implementation partners to achieve the desired ERP configuration.
• The financial reporting frameworks that apply are both US Gaap and IFRS.

• Lead and partner with the Senior Director, Global Accounting on the global month-, quarter-and year-end close process, ensuring timely and accurate completion of journal entries, accruals, and account reconciliations within SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud.
• Own the quality of balance sheet reconciliations of key accounts — including inventory, accruals, prepaid expenses, intercompany , fixed assets, and other significant balances — ensuring reconciling items are understood, documented, and resolved on a timely basis.
• Establish and enforce reconciliation quality standards, review thresholds, and aging targets, and report on reconciliation status and open items to accounting leadership.
• Review journal entries and supporting documentation prepared by team members.
• Collaborate closely with the revenue accounting team to ensure inventory, cost of sales, and related balances are aligned with revenue recognition and reported consistently across the close.

• Own the calculation, accounting of intercompany transactions and monitoring of eliminations across the Group entities. This requires close collaboration with the Tax Finance team.
• Design and implement intercompany processes and elimination reports in SAP.
• Manage the accounting and reconciliation for Dutch Value Added Tax (VAT/BTW), supporting accurate VAT determination, periodic VAT returns, and the resolution of VAT-related reconciling items in coordination with Tax and external advisors.

• Maintain the integrity of the general ledger, chart of accounts, and supporting subledgers within SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud.
• Support the preparation of consolidated financial statements and reporting packages, and contribute to external reporting requirements (e.g., SEC filings) as needed.

• Design, implement, and maintain effective internal controls over inventory accounting, the close process, overall balance sheet reconciliations, transfer pricing accounting, and tax-related accounting in compliance with SOX (Sarbanes-Oxley) requirements.
• Serve as a primary liaison with external auditors for inventory, intercompany, close, transfer pricing accounting and operational accounting matters.
• Manage the accounting and reconciliation for Dutch Value Added Tax (VAT/BTW), supporting accurate VAT determination, periodic VAT returns.
• Partner with technical accounting on the application of relevant accounting standards primarily US GAAP, with IFRS also applicable and the documentation that supports accounting positions.

• Key user in SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud related to inventory and SAP close activities, which entails owning and working closely with 3^rd party SAP implementation partners to achieve scalable process.
• Proactively identifying and eliminating manual processes wherever possible to increase accuracy, control, and efficiency.
• Serve as a finance contributor on SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud initiatives, including process design, configuration input, testing, and data integrity for inventory, GL, and close-related modules.
• Manage and develop accounting staff, setting clear objectives and fostering a culture of accountability and growth. The GL accounting team will report into this role.
• Build strong cross-functional partnerships with Supply Chain, R&D departments and the broader finance organization.