Senior Accountant II

Remote; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 95,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

BridgeBio invites an experienced accounting professional to join our San Francisco hybrid team. You will manage monthly GL close activities, focusing on debt, royalty liabilities, ASC 350-40 capitalization, and ASC 842 lease accounting, while ensuring SOX compliance and strong internal controls.

You will liaise with multiple business units, prepare journal entries and reconciliations, and support audits and tax requests in a fast-paced biopharma environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in accounting or equivalent.
• CPA preferred for progression and compliance understanding.
• 7+ years in a publicly traded company setting is highly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Prepare monthly close workpapers for assigned GL accounts with focus on long-term debt, royalties, ASC 350-40, and ASC 842 lease accounting.
• Review contracts for new POs to ensure proper accounting for expenses, prepaids, and accruals.
• Prepare journal entries and supporting workpapers ensuring quality and compliance.
• Prepare GL reconciliations and fluctuation analyses for assigned accounts.
• Coordinate with other business units to manage prepayments and accruals, and address open items.
• Prepare audit and tax schedules and respond to requests in a timely manner.
• Maintain SOX-compliant documentation and support external audits and internal controls.

Skills

Accounting

CPA preferred

Big 4/SEC experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in accounting

Tools

SAP

Oracle

Coupa

Job description

Mavericks Wanted

When was the last time you achieved the impossible? If that thought feels overwhelming, you might want to pause here, but if it sparks excitement...read on

In 2015, we pioneered a “moneyball for biotech” approach, pooling projects and promising early-stage research from academia together under one financial umbrella to reduce risk and unleash innovation. This model allows science and small teams of experts to lead the way. We build bridges to groundbreaking advancements in rare disease, and develop life-changing medicines for patients with unmet needs as fast as humanly possible.

Together we define white space, push boundaries, and empower people to solve problems. If you're someone who defies convention, join us and work alongside some of the most respected minds in the industry. Together, we'll ask "why not?" and help reengineer the future of biopharma. At BridgeBio, we value curiosity and experimentation—including the ethical & thoughtful use of AI to improve clarity, speed, and quality of work.

What You'll Do

Manage monthly closing of assigned general ledger (GL) accounts with emphases on, but not limited to, long-term debt, royalty monetization liabilities, embedded derivative liability, software capitalization (ASC 350-40), and G&A prepayments and accruals, lease accounting (ASC 842) and fixed assets

Responsibilities

• Prepare monthly accounting close workpapers and analyses for the assigned GL accounts to ensure accurate and timely recognition of expenses, prepayments and deposits, and accrual accounts.

• Review contracts for new POs to ensure proper accounting for expenses, prepaids, and accruals.

• Prepare journal entries and related supporting workpapers adhering to the quality and compliance requirements.

• Prepare general ledger account reconciliations for assigned accounts.

• Prepare fluctuation analyses on assigned GL accounts.

• Discuss and liaise with key contacts in other business units to manage prepayment and accrual processes, including organizing meetings and resolving outstanding items.

• Prepare audit and tax requested PBC schedules, confirmations and address follow up items.

• Compliance with SOX requirements—ensure control procedures are executed and workpaper documentations are SOX compliant; prepare all required data and analysis to support external audit, internal control and SOX testing requests, among others.

Where You'll Work

This is a hybrid role and requires in-office collaboration 2-3x per week in our San Francisco Office.

This is a U.S.-based remote role that will require quarterly, or as needed visits to our San Francisco Office.

Who You Are

• Degree in accounting. CPA preferred.

• 7+ years of relevant experience in a publicly traded company (combination of Big 4 or similar in SEC clients and industry experience) – strongly preferred

• Biotech experience a plus

• Experience with ERP systems (e.g., SAP, Oracle, Coupa)

• Proficient in Microsoft Office such as Word, Excel, and PowerPoint

• Proficient in AI tools such as ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot, Google Gemini