Staff Accountant

Sanguine Biosciences; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Sanguine Biosciences in San Diego, CA is seeking a detail-oriented Staff Accountant to own day-to-day AR/AP, support month-end close, and assist payroll in a fast-growing biotech environment.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, ensure accurate financial records, and help maintain compliance with multi-state tax and regulatory requirements while supporting ERP processes.

Qualifications

• 5–8 years of progressive accounting experience with AP/AR and month-end close.
• Experience using NetSuite and multi-state tax compliance.
• Strong organizational and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage full-cycle AR and AP processes, invoicing, collections, vendor payments, and reconciliations in NetSuite.
• Support month-end close activities, including journal entries and financial reporting.
• Assist with payroll processing and related activities for accuracy and timeliness.
• Ensure compliance with multi-state tax regulations across AP/AR and payroll.
• Prepare weekly cash forecasts and assist with special projects and process improvements.
• Maintain NetSuite data, saved searches, reports, and cross-functional reporting needs.

Skills

Accounts payable

Accounts receivable

Month-end close

Payroll processing

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

NetSuite

Salesforce

Procurify

Rippling

Google Sheets

Advanced Excel

Job description

Sanguine Biosciences is accelerating personalized medicine research by empowering patients with their healthcare data and making it as easy as possible for them to participate in the medical research process. We partner with patients and pharmaceutical companies to accelerate precision medicine R&D by securely and efficiently collecting and providing patient samples and relevant health data. We are helping thousands of researchers at 20 of the top 40 global pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies increase the speed and quality at which they are conducting their research. It is an exciting time; our biotech company is growing quickly and needs the best team members to join us.

We are looking for a detail-oriented Staff Accountant to join our growing Accounting team. In this role, you will own the day-to-day management of accounts receivable and accounts payable, support the month-end close process, and assist with payroll activities. You will work closely with cross-functional teams and play a key role in maintaining accurate financial records while ensuring compliance with multi-state tax and regulatory requirements. This is a great opportunity for a hands-on accounting professional who thrives in a fast-paced, growing biotech environment.

Primary Responsibilities

• Manage the full-cycle accounts receivable and accounts payable processes, including invoicing, collections, vendor payments, and reconciliations in NetSuite
• Support month-end close activities, including journal entries, account reconciliations, and financial reporting
• Assist with payroll processing and related payroll activities, ensuring accuracy and timeliness
• Ensure compliance with multi-state tax regulations and reporting requirements across AP, AR, and payroll
• Assist on special projects related to process improvement, systems optimization, and general accounting initiatives
• Support NetSuite ERP administration, configuration, and day-to-day system operations.
• Maintain system data, reports, saved searches, and business processes.
• Support procurement, inventory, manufacturing, and supply chain operations.
• Perform daily bank and credit card reconciliations across multiple accounts and financial institutions, and prepare and present weekly cash forecasts and AP bill payment files
• Create and distribute client invoices, including for major pharmaceutical and biotech partners, across NetSuite, client billing portals, and Salesforce-to-NetSuite workflows; manage cash application and respond to AR mailbox inquiries
• Calculate and record interest accruals on notes, convertibles, and other financing instruments, and process recurring accrual, reclass, and allocation journal entries
• Maintain accurate vendor, employee, and entity records in NetSuite, and build and maintain saved searches and custom reports to support Accounting and cross-functional reporting needs
• Support payroll allocation by department/class, including creating, validating, and running allocation schedules and batches for journal entry creation

Position Requirements:

• 5-8 years of progressive accounting experience, including hands-on responsibility for accounts payable, accounts receivable, and month-end close
• Systems; NetSuite, Salesforce, Procurify, Rippling, Google Sheets, Advanced Excel.
• Strong working knowledge of multi-state compliance and tax requirements
• Strong organizational and communication skills, with the ability to manage competing deadlines in a fast-paced environment

Salary

Compensation based on experience education and candidate qualifications.

Range

$70,000 - 80,000 Annual / Bonus Eligible

Sanguine Biosciences is proud to provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified individuals without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, pregnancy, age, national origin, physical or mental disability, military or veteran status, genetic information, or any other protected classification. Minorities, women, LGBTQ candidates, Veterans, and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply.Sanguine Biosciences is proud to provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified individuals without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, pregnancy, age, national origin, physical or mental disability, military or veteran status, genetic information, or any other protected classification. Minorities, women, LGBTQ candidates, Veterans, and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply.