Corporate Accountant, Benchling
$105.3-142.5k
+ Equity
More information about location
3+ days a week in office
Cloud-based platform for biotech R&D
Posted today
Cloud-based platform for biotech R&D
501-1000 employees
Posted today
$105.3-142.5k
+ Equity
More information about location
3+ days a week in office
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To unlock the power of biotechnology.
Role
Who you are
- BS/BA in Accounting or equivalent with a solid understanding of GAAP
- Minimum 3+ years of experience in public accounting and/or working directly in an accounting role
- Experience with SaaS is strongly preferred
- Proficiency in NetSuite is strongly preferred
- Proficiency in MS Office Suite with intermediate skills in Excel including VLOOKUP, if functions, pivot tables, etc. desired
- Detail-oriented with excellent time management, prioritization, and organizational skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Able to explain accounting topics in an understandable and logical manner
- Team player, able to prioritize needs of others and of the team in front of their own
- AI fluency preferred — comfort using AI tools (e.g., Gemini, Claude) to improve productivity, draft communications, analyze data, and streamline accounting workflows
What the job involves
- The Senior Accountant will play a key part in our day-to-day accounting operations, month-end close process, and share in leading towards continuous improvement across our Accounting team
- We are looking for an individual with an accounting background, good understanding of GAAP and general ledger structure, and a passion to learn
- We expect this individual to focus on certain processes mainly related to personnel costs (e.g., commission & bonus, employee benefits, stock based compensation ) but have flexibility to work across various areas of Accounting
- Financial Close and Reporting Processes:
- Prepare and post job-specific journal entries, taking responsibility for underlying calculations and support of varying complexity
- Prepare GL Account and Financial Statement flux analyses, understanding and communicating activity and drivers for areas such as commission & bonus, stockbased compensation, & employee benefits
- Prepare rollforward and reconciliation schedules for balance sheet and expense accounts, such as payroll liability, accrued & prepaid bonus, 401K liability, common stock
- Assist in the preparation of financial statements, including footnote disclosures, for areas of involvement
- Participate in the design, execution and continuous improvement of the overall closing task list, close calendar and team’s close performance
- Systems, Policies and Processes:
- Assist in the development and maintenance of policies and procedures for Close and Technical Accounting areas of involvement
- Collaborate on new and changing needs, questions and challenges in our systems and processes as they come up, conducting information-gathering, idea generation and solution implementation
- Participate in the development of best practices, policies, and internal controls that optimize team performance and enable compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley
- Other Accounting Team Responsibilities:
- Participate in and contribute to financial audits, including preparation of various audit schedules, collation of documents, responding to inquiries and meeting with auditors
- Lead or assist with other special Finance/Accounting ad hoc projects, as needed
- Collaborate cross-functionally with various teams throughout the organization including Strategic Finance, Payroll, Accounting, HR, Legal and external auditors
- Ensure that all activities related to this job position are accomplished in an ethical, prudent and secure manner
Application process
- As part of our interview process, you'll complete a brief AI-focused exercise or discussion so we can understand how you think about and use AI to drive impact in your role. Feel free to reference any tools, platforms, or workflows you use today
Our take
As the pioneer of the R&D Cloud, Benchling offers a cloud-based informatics platform tailored for biotechnology. Its platform enables scientists across the globe to make breakthrough discoveries and bring next-gen biotechnology to market.
There’s a sincerity and consciousness to Benchling’s approach that stands out. This has led to the company being adopted by over 200,000 scientists from 1,000+ companies and 7,500 academic and research institutions globally (including 23andMe, Moderna, and the U.S. Department of Defense).
The rapidly advancing Biotechnology industry was at the forefront of the so-called “fourth industrial revolution”, with the industry driving $2 to $4 trillion per year of economic impact over the next 20 years.
Benchling has put itself in a position of immense value within the industry with its expanding offerings. And now, off the back of over $400 million in total funding, the company is seeing accelerated growth.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-3% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 8 rounds)
Nov 2021
$100m
SERIES F
Apr 2021
$200m
SERIES E
Total funding: $411.2m
Company benefits
- Competitive salary and equity
- Robust healthcare benefits
- Family-forming benefits
- Four months of fully paid parental leave
- Retirement benefits
Company HQ
Yerba Buena, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Sajith Wickramasekara
(Co-Founder & CEO)Sajith studied at MIT before spending 2 years as a Research Assistant at Duke University Medical Centre and Liquidia Technologies. They used this biotechnology understanding to found Benchling in June 2012, serving as CEO since.
Ashu Singhal
(Co-Founder & President)They previously co-founded Hotspots.io which was later acquired by Twitter in 2012. After this, became Staff Software Engineer at Twitter for 2 years, leaving to co-found Benchling.
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