Senior Accountant - Fully Onsite - Virtual Company
La Jolla, CA 92111
About the Job
About the Company: Publicly Traded Biotechnology Company
Title: Senior Accountant
Location: San Diego - Fully Onsite
Salary: $100-125k + Bonus + RSUs
Description:
The Senior Accountant will be performing essential accounting duties such as maintaining monthly accruals relating to contracts and consulting services, preparation of journal entries and balance sheet account reconciliations, review of fixed assets and supporting quarterly and annual review and audit processes.
Responsibilities:
- Prepares monthly journal entries and balance sheet account reconciliations timely and accurately, primarily relating to contract and consultant accruals. Includes obtaining confirmations from outside vendors and meeting with internal contract leads to assess status of services completed.
- Assists with procure to pay process: Creates, validates and maintains vendors within the accounting systems and assists with purchase order creation.
- Reviews and maintains fixed asset ledger: CIP, capitalization, depreciation, fixed asset rollforward, IRS property tax prep, asset tagging, annual physical count, etc.
- Prepares monthly lease accounting entries and related reconciliations.
- Manages and oversee monthly reconciliation company credit cards.
- Prepares schedules and deliverables for tax advisors for preparation of annual provision and tax return.
- Prepares detailed schedules and support as requested by outside auditors in conjunction with quarterly and annual financial reviews and audits.
- Ensures accuracy and compliance with US GAAP, SOX, and company policies and procedures.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting or related area
- 5 years of general accounting experience; biotech industry experience preferred.
- Must be familiar with SOX compliance.
- Experience with NetSuite preferred.
Vaco values a diverse workplace and strongly encourages women, people of color, LGBTQ+ individuals, people with disabilities, members of ethnic minorities, foreign-born residents, and veterans to apply.
EEO Notice
Vaco is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race (including but not limited to traits historically associated with race such as hair texture and hair style), color, sex (includes pregnancy or related conditions), religion or creed, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, status as a veteran, union membership, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, political affiliation, or any other protected characteristics as required by federal, state or local law.
Vaco LLC and its parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries are committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, Vaco LLC and its parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact HR@vaco.com .
Vaco also wants all applicants to know their rights that workplace discrimination is illegal.
By submitting to this position, you agree that you will be giving Vaco the exclusive right to present your as a candidate for the foregoing employment opportunity. You further agree that you have represented information about yourself accurately and have not affirmatively misrepresented your qualifications. You also agree to maintain as confidential, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any information you learn from Vaco about the position and you will limit disclosure of information about the position only to the extent necessary to perform any obligations in furtherance of your application. In exchange, Vaco agrees to exercise reasonable efforts to represent you through all solicitation, job screening and resume dispersal.
Privacy Notice
Vaco LLC and its parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries (“we,” “our,” or “Vaco”) respects your privacy and are committed to providing transparent notice of our policies.
- California residents may access Vaco’s HR Notice at Collection for California Applicants and Employees here.
- Virginia residents may access our state specific policies here.
- Residents of all other states may access our policies here.
- Canadian residents may access our policies in English here and in French here.
- Residents of countries governed by GDPR may access our policies here.
Pay Transparency Notice
Determining compensation for this role (and others) at Vaco depends upon a wide array of factors including but not limited to:
- the individual’s skill sets, experience and training;
- licensure and certification requirements;
- office location and other geographic considerations;
- other business and organizational needs.
With that said, as required by local law, Vaco believes that the following salary range referenced above reasonably estimates the base compensation for an individual hired into this position in geographies that require salary range disclosure. The individual may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses.
