About Pharming Group N.V.
Pharming Group N.V. is a global biopharmaceutical company dedicated to transforming the lives of patients with rare, debilitating, and life-threatening diseases. We are developing and commercializing a portfolio of innovative medicines, including small molecules and biologics. Pharming is headquartered in Leiden, the Netherlands.
Our Vision
Our Vision is to develop a leading global rare disease company with a diverse portfolio and presence in large markets, leveraging proven and efficient clinical development, supply chain, and commercial infrastructure.
Life at Pharming
Today more than ever, we're positioned to realize our vision of becoming a leading global rare disease company. Our success will come from everyone's commitment to our patients, our ability to work with focus and clarity, and our shared dedication to building something meaningful together. We can only achieve this by embracing our biotech culture, Life at Pharming, which is dynamic, experimental, and shaped by what we learn together.
The role:
The Technical IFRS & External Reporting Manager acts as the internal subject matter expert on IFRS, technical accounting and external reporting. The role owns judgmental and complex accounting areas, related calculations and all external financial reporting deliverables of the Group. He / she supports the month end close on material and non-routine topics, ensures consistent application of IFRS and is accountable for the quality, completeness and timeliness of external reporting and related SOX-compliant documentation.
Areas of responsibility:
- Prepare technical accounting position papers, accounting memos and conclusions for complex, non-routine and judgmental accounting matters.
- Prepare and review complex accounting calculations, including share-based compensation, impairment assessments, lease modifications, convertible instruments, provisions and other technical IFRS areas.
- Support the month end close by resolving technical accounting topics and reviewing material accounting entries, judgments and disclosures.
- Own and coordinate all external financial reporting deliverables of the Group, including the Annual Report, IFRS Financial Statements, 20-F financial information, press releases with financial content, audit committee financial reporting materials, statutory financial statements and other required external filings.
- Own, coordinate and review statutory financial statements and other external filings for relevant entities, including CBS reporting where applicable, and ensure timely and accurate submission.
- Maintain and update accounting policies and technical guidance and support consistent application.
- Drive continuous improvement of external reporting ad related processes and leads the assessment and implementation of new accounting and reporting requirements (e.g. IFRS 18).
- Participate in improvement projects related to reporting, controls, documentation, SOX compliance etc.
Your profile:
Knowledge:
- Master’s degree, preferably in Auditing, Accounting, Finance or in a comparable study in combination with a professional qualification such as ACCA, RA, CPA or equivalent.
- Strong knowledge of IFRS and external financial reporting.
- Strong technical accounting skills, with eye for detail and first-time right mentality.
- Experience with complex accounting calculations and accounting position papers.
- Strong communication skills.
- Familiar with SOX and the administrative documentation of the work performed.
Experience:
- At least 5 years of proven experience in technical accounting, financial reporting or external audit.
- Ideally working experience with a Big 4 audit firm and / or in a listed company environment.
- Proven experience in owning and coordinating preparation of the Annual Report, IFRS Financial Statements, 20-F and statutory reporting in a listed company environment.
- Working experience in a multinational, multicultural company
What it’s like to work here
At Pharming, every role helps move rare disease therapies closer to the people who need them. We make it happen together, across teams, disciplines, and borders, because breakthroughs don’t happen in silos. Rare diseases are complex, and meaningful progress takes people who ask better questions, challenge each other, and turn insight into action. Here, you won’t work on the sidelines. Pharming is a place for builders, problem-solvers, and bold thinkers who move with urgency, take ownership, and stay focused on what matters most: improving the lives of people living with rare diseases. Advancing rare disease care isn’t the work of one team or one leader. It’s all of us, building what’s next together.
In addition, we offer:
- Competitive year salary
- 8.33% holiday allowance
- A minimum of 30 vacation days for a healthy work-life balance
- Excellent pension plan to secure your future
