Senior Accountant - RSI

Growing publicly traded bio-technology company in Fremont is seeking a Senior Accountant with at 3+ years of experience. Our company offers excellent training and growth and compensation package.

We're looking for someone who is highly organized, extremely detail-oriented, and self-motivated, with the ability to work independently and take ownership of their work.

Our leadership team inspires our employees to be successful by providing an excellent work environment and training. We promote a team-oriented work culture, and our leaders care deeply about the staff’s well-being.

If you are looking for a position where you can apply your skills and build a thriving and rewarding career, please apply with us!

The Senior Accountant will report to the Senior Accounting Manager and play an active role in the financial close process and preparation of month-end/quarter-end journal entries. 

Responsibilities

• Actively participate in the monthly, quarterly, and year-end close process to ensure accurate and timely completion of expenses, accrual, and prepayments accounts

• Prepare journal entries in compliance with GAAP and the company’s policies and procedures. Support entries with proper documentation and approvals.

• Review and analyze R&D contracts and change orders, vendor financial reports and invoices as needed, to determine the appropriate journal entries.

• Communicate with business partners for information relevant to R&D activities

• Establish the integrity of accounting information by recording, verifying, consolidating, and entering transactions

• Prepare account reconciliations, roll forward schedules, other ad hoc schedules and analysis for reporting purposes

• Contribute to the implementation of new or enhancement of existing accounting systems, programs, and procedures.

• Assist with external audit requests and PBC items for the quarterly and year end audits

• Prepare flux analysis for assigned accounts

• Participate and support the maintenance of Sarbanes-Oxley internal control requirements with external SOX auditors

• Performing other accounting duties and supporting junior staff as assigned

• Assist with special ad-hoc projects as assigned

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in accounting operations

• BA in Accounting/Finance required, CPA preferred

• Advanced Excel skills required

• Strong knowledge of GAAP and SOX 404 compliance highly preferred

• Strong analytical skills

• Excellent communication skills are required

• Proven success working well under pressure, highly organized with the ability to meet deadlines

• Ability to work in an environment with continued process improvement and change 

• Experience with NetSuite and Coupa required

• Biopharmaceutical industry and public accounting experience desired

• Experience in interactions with external auditors (internal control/SOX auditors, external financial auditors)