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Senior Staff Accountant

Pinpoint Talent

Senior Staff Accountant

San Francisco, CA
Full Time
Paid
  • Responsibilities

    Who They Are:

    An innovative, specialty pharmaceutical company in the Bay Area has a great opportunity for a Senior Staff Accountant. If you’re seeking a work-life balance, then this is the perfect role for you. This position can be hybrid, two days in the office and working three days from home. They also offer 15 paid holidays and 15 days of PTO. The ideal candidate for this role will have proven their ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced, dynamic, and complex environment.

    They have recently raised over $40 million and have two products that went commercial in EU and one that just finished phase 3.

     

    What You’ll Do:

    • Accounting operations functions of accounts payable, expense reporting, purchase order processing, and payroll
    • Work with team members across the organization and interface with external parties
    • As the role requires operational diligence as well as a working understanding of accounting concepts, a mix of technical and functional experience is preferred. The candidate should be able to independently tackle challenges and have a strong work ethic
    • Provide customer service to internal organization and external vendors.
    • Manage A/P activities ensuring timely and accurate processing of vendor invoices.
    • Maintain cash accounts, track daily transactions, and review exceptions, upload positive pay.
    • Review purchase orders from approved purchase requisitions and ensure appropriate approvals per signature authority, backup support and account coding.
    • Manage expense reporting system including oversight of expense report processing, audits, new hire training, and system administration.
    • Perform expense report payment processing.
    • Ensure appropriate classification of expenses/capital items, reflected in an appropriate period, in accordance with GAAP.
    • Analyze A/P and PO transactions for required monthly accruals.
    • Handle corporate credit card program including month-end journal entry, receipt support, and account coding.
    • Responsible for the month-end close of AP sub ledger and account reconciliation.
    • Generate support and analysis needed for standard journal entries and balance sheet reconciliations.
    • Administer semi-monthly payroll, using third-party service provider Paylocity, including changes, benefits, stock, new hires, terminations, and annual mileage and benefit entries.
    • Maintain accuracy of vendor master file in accordance with SOX controls, including new vendor setup and verification of payment instructions.
    • System maintenance for tax reporting compliance and year-end processing of 1099s.
    • Maintain appropriate internal control structure and documentation to ensure efficiency, accuracy, and completeness of SOX compliance.
    • Update and document internal control reviews, SOX walkthroughs, and annual audits to provide requested information.
    • Participate in quarterly and annual external audits and other reviews including preparation of audit schedules and addressing auditor requests and inquiries.
    • Work with team members to resolve process issues and implement process improvements.

     

    Top Requirements:

    • Accounting or Finance degree and 2+ years of relevant work experience.
    • Experience with Great Plains and Concur Expense/Invoice preferred.
    • Proficient in MS Office, especially Excel.
    • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
    • Detail-oriented, organized, dependable with strong analytical skills and self-driven initiative.
    • Prior work experience in the biotechnology or pharmaceutical industry a plus.