Senior Accountant

Element Biosciences; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 97,000 - 118,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the scientific community is seeking a Senior Accountant in San Diego. This role involves preparing financial statements, enhancing internal controls, and interacting with third-party providers. Ideal candidates will have a strong accounting background and a passion for teamwork.

Benefits

Stock options

Discretionary annual bonus

No cost health insurance plans

401k with company match

Flexible paid time off

Qualifications

• Minimum of 2 to 5 years of broad, progressive accounting experience.
• Experience with preparation of financial statements in a multi-entity, multi-currency environment.

Responsibilities

• Prepare monthly journal entries and account reconciliations.
• Assist with the preparation of monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements.
• Support the establishment and enhancement of a strong internal control environment.

Skills

Communication

Teamwork

Continuous Improvement

Education

Bachelors and/or Masters degree in Accounting

CPA designation

Tools

NetSuite

MS Excel

MS Word

MS PowerPoint

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At Element Biosciences, we are passionate about our mission to empower the scientific community with more freedom and flexibility to accelerate our collective impact on humanity. We have built a highly efficient product-driven organization where employees can learn, grow, and thrive in a challenging but encouraging environment. We are committed to scientific integrity, collegiality, honesty, objectivity, and openness.

We are seeking an experienced Senior Accountant who will play a pivotal role in ensuring the accurate and timely delivery of Element’s financial statements. This is an incredible opportunity for someone who is passionate about contributing to the success of a future, world-class finance organization. We are looking for candidates with a solid background in a wide range of accounting topics who can grow and assume new responsibilities as the company evolves. Experience working in a public accounting firm or a publicly traded company is highly desired. This role will report to the Director of Accounting and will be an on-site/San Diego based role.

If you possess the following and want to make a meaningful impact, we invite you to explore this role.

Essential Functions And Responsibilities

• Prepare monthly journal entries and account reconciliations
• Assist with the preparation of monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements
• Support the establishment and enhancement of a strong internal control environment
• Own the accounting process over key balance sheet and income statement accounts
• Effectively interact with third-party providers to ensure the proper accounting for areas such as indirect taxes
• Support and/or perform the processing of certain indirect tax filings
• Identify, provide input to and/or support improvements to systems and processes to drive efficiency and enhance effectiveness
  
  
  

Education And Experience

• Bachelors and/or Masters degree in Accounting, Finance or a related discipline with a minimum of 2 to 5 years of broad, progressive accounting experience
• A CPA designation is preferred but not required
• Experience with the preparation of financial statements in a multi-entity, multi-currency environment preferred
• NetSuite proficiency preferred
• Proficiency with MS Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
• Excellent communications and interpersonal skills with the ability to effectively engage with both internal and external stakeholders
• A passion for teamwork and continuous improvement
  
  
  

Physical Requirements

• Ability to sit and/or stand at a work station for long periods of time
• Ability to move objects weighing up to 20 pounds
  
  
  

Location:

• San Diego, CA – on-site
  
  
  

Travel

• Up to 5% or as needed
  
  
  

Job Type

• Full-time, Exempt
  
  
  

Base Compensation Pay Range

• $97,000 - $118,000
  
  
  

In addition to base compensation noted above, you will be eligible for stock options, discretionary annual bonus, no cost health insurance plans, 401k with company match, and flexible paid time off.

Please note: Base compensation will depend on multiple factors, including geographic location, qualifications, and experience.

We foster an environment such that all people are afforded the freedom to pursue their passions without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, gender (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, veteran status or any other characteristics protected by law.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Accounting/Auditing and Finance

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