Supports financial compliance operations in a life sciences company by auditing healthcare professional spend, verifying transparency-reporting data, maintaining internal controls, reviewing expenses, preparing regulatory documentation, and tracking compliance initiatives. The role focuses on Open Payments and Sunshine Act reporting, aggregate spend analysis, risk mitigation, and translating financial data into actionable compliance guidance.
Liquidia is deeply passionate and committed to the discovery, engineering, and development required to bring novel therapies to patients who need them most, and to the healthcare providers who care for them. Our current drive is toward improving the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). We will continue to combine our proprietary, innovative PRINT Technology with new and established medications, offering the potential for both better precision and improved clinical outcomes. Our team members include some of the industry’s top scientists, clinicians, business strategists, engineers, and pharmaceutical executives. We work together to help people lead longer, healthier, and happier lives.
Job Summary
The Financial Compliance and Operations Associate – Life Sciences serves as a core link between financial operations and regulatory requirements and supports compliance operations throughout the company. This role is responsible for executing financial compliance audits, monitoring HCP-related spend, maintaining robust internal controls, supporting accurate transparency reporting, including Open Payments Act (aggregate spend) requirements and also supports compliance operations including centralization and tracking of different compliance projects and initiatives. The position requires a strong foundation in accounting and audit, understanding and attention to healthcare compliance risks, the ability to translate complex financial data into actionable compliance guidance and excellent organizational skills.
Job requirements
Education and Experience
Job responsibilities
Benefits
Job Summary
The Financial Compliance and Operations Associate – Life Sciences serves as a core link between financial operations and regulatory requirements and supports compliance operations throughout the company. This role is responsible for executing financial compliance audits, monitoring HCP-related spend, maintaining robust internal controls, supporting accurate transparency reporting, including Open Payments Act (aggregate spend) requirements and also supports compliance operations including centralization and tracking of different compliance projects and initiatives. The position requires a strong foundation in accounting and audit, understanding and attention to healthcare compliance risks, the ability to translate complex financial data into actionable compliance guidance and excellent organizational skills.
Job requirements
Education and Experience
- Associate’s or bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or a closely related discipline required.
- Three to five years of professional experience in financial analysis, corporate auditing, or regulatory compliance required; experience in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device, or healthcare sectors is highly preferred.
- Relevant professional certifications such as Certified Public Accountant, Certified Internal Auditor, or Certified Compliance & Ethics Professional preferred.
- Direct experience working with Netsuite or similar ERP platform, Concur, Veeva.
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including VLOOKUPs and Pivot Tables.
- Working knowledge of life sciences financial regulations and compliance expectations, including the Anti-Kickback Statute, Sarbanes-Oxley, global transparency laws, and federal and state Open Payments reporting.
- Strong understanding of financial auditing, internal controls, aggregate spend reporting, and healthcare compliance risk mitigation.
- Exceptional written communication and presentation skills, with the ability to communicate complex financial information clearly to non-finance stakeholders.
- Strong analytical judgment, attention to detail, and ability to identify trends, gaps, and risks within financial and compliance data.
Job responsibilities
- Perform regular, data-driven financial audits and analyses related to HCP-related spend to identify potential compliance gaps.
- Lead the collection, consolidation, and data-integrity verification of transfer-of-value data for global transparency submissions, including Sunshine Act/Open Payments reporting as well as partner-related submissions.
- Maintain, document, and test internal controls and process maps to mitigate compliance risks around HCP-related spend.
- Stay abreast of changes and best practices around aggregate spend reporting and recommend updates to internal procedures and policies as needed.
- Serve as support to Compliance regarding financial questions, analyses, expense report reviews, and compiling financial documentation, preparing briefs, and supporting responses to regulatory inquiries.
- Supports compliance operations including centralization and tracking of different compliance projects and initiatives around field monitoring, HCP engagement and promotional opportunities review.
Benefits
Liquidia offers a competitive compensation package (base salary and commission) as well as a comprehensive benefits package that includes Medical, Dental, Vision, STD, LTD, 401(k) Savings Retirement Plan, ESPP, Unlimited Paid Time Off and more!
Liquidia is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position.
Recruiting Agencies, Please Note :
Liquidia will not accept unsolicited assistance from recruiting/search agencies for this employment opportunity. Please, no phone calls or emails. All resumes submitted by recruiting or search agencies to any employee at Liquidia via email, the Internet or in any form and/or method without a valid written search/recruitment agreement in place for this position will be deemed the sole property of Liquidia. No fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by Liquidia as a result of the referral or through other means.
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