Senior Accountant

1000 Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc.; Menlo Park (CA); On-site; USD 112,000 - 168,000; Full time

Job summary

PacBio is seeking a Senior Accountant based in Menlo Park, CA to drive the monthly, quarterly, and year-end close with accuracy and timeliness. You will handle journal entries, reconciliations, and analysis for key accounts in a fast-growing life sciences company.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years of corporate accounting or audit experience, a Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance, and strong Excel/ERP skills (SAP). CPA designation is preferred; onsite work Monday-Thursday may apply.

Qualifications

• Five or more years of corporate accounting experience or audit experience with increasing responsibility.
• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance, or equivalent.
• Experience with SAP or other robust ERP systems.
• Fluency in Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Adobe Acrobat.
• Knowledge of COSO framework and SOX compliance.

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of month-, quarter-, and year-end close for key balance sheet and income statement accounts, including journal entries and reconciliations.
• Oversee end-to-end accounting for areas like construction in progress, fixed assets, prepaid expenses, and intangibles.
• Apply US GAAP and internal policies; memorialize interpretations in white papers.
• Collaborate with partners across the organization to obtain required data.
• Provide guidance on Fixed Assets accounting and lead asset counts.

Skills

CPA designation

Excel

SOX compliance

Analytical skills

Attention to detail

Teamwork

Education

Bachelor's degree in accounting/finance

CPA designation in progress

Tools

SAP

Job description

Senior Accountant PacBio (NASDAQ: PACB) is a premier life science technology company that designs, develops, and manufactures advanced sequencing solutions to help scientists and clinical researchers resolve genetically complex problems. Our mission is to enable the promise of genomics to better human health. Genomics is core to all biological processes, and our advanced genomics tools provide scientists and clinical researchers the insights to better understand biology and health. We are now entering the century of biology and genomics is at the heart of the next revolution. Become part of the new paradigm in gene sequencing and help shape the future of genomic study by joining the PacBio team.

Position Summary

PacBio is looking for a motivated and results-oriented candidate to join our growing accounting team as a Senior Accountant based in Menlo Park, CA. This position will be a key player in the financial close process to ensure its accuracy, integrity, and timeliness. This position addresses tight deadlines and a multitude of accounting activities including the monthly accounting close and financial statement preparation cycle, quarterly external reviews, annual audit, SOX compliance activities and ongoing business process transformation activities. The ideal candidate will be a self‑motivated problem solver with strong teamwork skills and a desire to drive change. You will play an integral role in the corporate accounting team while working through technical accounting areas, transactions, and projects independently as well as collaboratively with other finance and cross‑functional team members within a fast‑growing organization. Candidates must possess a strong desire to learn, grow and develop their skills while providing enhancement to the current accounting function. Attention to detail and good analytical skills are essential.

Responsibilities

• Be responsible for accurate and timely month‑end, quarter‑end, and year‑end close procedures for certain key balance sheet and income statement accounts, including preparing journal entries, account reconciliations, and analyses
• Own the end‑to‑end accounting for a broad range of accounting areas, including construction in process, fixed assets, prepaid expenses, and intangibles
• Apply GAAP and relevant internal accounting policies to transactions and contribute to the preparation of accounting white papers to memorialize interpretations and conclusions
• Liaise with business partners throughout the organization to receive all necessary data
• Provide guidance to the business and FP&A on Fixed Assets accounting, including presentations and training, and periodically lead fixed asset physical counts
• Prepare footnotes and schedules for SEC reporting
• Support the Finance team in enhancing the Company’s existing accounting procedures and internal controls and seek opportunities to improve accounting operational efficiency and effectiveness
• Prepare audit schedules for quarter‑end and year‑end, as necessary
• Serve as the accounting reviewer for purchase requisitions, approving requests and ensuring proper account coding, including fixed asset requisitions, to verify compliance with the Company’s Fixed Asset policy and GAAP, including reviewing coding and capitalization appropriateness
• Review significant contracts to determine and implement the proper accounting in accordance with US GAAP
• Identify and drive process improvements
• Support for ad‑hoc projects as required

Required Qualifications

• Five plus years of relevant corporate accounting experience and/or audit experience with a CPA firm with increasing levels of responsibility
• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance, or equivalent
• Experience with SAP or other robust ERP system(s)
• Fluency in Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint, and Adobe Acrobat
• Knowledge of 2013 COSO framework and experience applying it in a manner that supports SOX compliance and operational efficiencies
• Strong technical and analytical skills
• Strong ability to identify and implement process improvements
• Self‑motivated, deadline driven, and results oriented with superior attention to detail
• Problem‑solving mindset with the desire to drive change and strong teamwork skills
• Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills

Preferred Experience

• Fixed assets accounting experience
• CPA Designation completed or in process and/or corporate publicly‑traded company experience
• Experience in life science, healthcare or technology industries

Other

• Candidates must have current authorization to work in the United States without the need for present or future sponsorship.
• Non‑Field Based Employees are required to be onsite Monday‑Thursday (Friday work from home).
• Depending on the role, some employees may be required to be 100% onsite.
• You may be required from time to time to visit and work at PacBio locations and for such times as the Company considers necessary for the proper performance of your duties.
• All listed tasks and responsibilities are deemed as essential functions to this position; however, business conditions may require reasonable accommodations for additional tasks and responsibilities.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, sex, color, religion, national origin, protected veteran status, or on the basis of disability, gender identity, and sexual orientation.

If you are an individual with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application process, or are limited in the ability or unable to access or use this online application process and need an alternative method for applying, you may contact us at 650‑521‑8000, or [e-mail] for assistance.

Salary Range: $112,000.00 - $168,000.00