Jim Kihara

SVP, Finance/Chief Accounting Officer at Acadia Pharmaceuticals

Speaker

Jim Kihara is Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief Accounting Officer at Acadia Pharmaceuticals and a CPA with more than 20 years of finance, accounting, and leadership experience. He has extensive experience across financial reporting, FP&A, strategic planning, technical accounting, SEC reporting, internal controls, M&A, and finance transformation. Prior to Acadia, Jim held Segment CFO roles at Cubic Corporation, where he provided financial leadership across multiple businesses. He began his career at Ernst & Young, where he spent more than a decade in assurance and advisory services, primarily serving public and private companies across the life sciences and healthcare sectors. Jim earned a B.S. in Accounting from San Diego State University.