Senior Manager of Technical Accounting and Reporting, Benchling
$154.3-208.7k
3 days a week in office
Cloud-based platform for biotech R&D
Be an early applicant
Cloud-based platform for biotech R&D
501-1000 employees
Be an early applicant
$154.3-208.7k
3 days a week in office
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To unlock the power of biotechnology and empower their global customers to get to milestones & market faster.
Role
Who you are
- 8+ years of combined experience at Big 4 public accounting + technical accounting and SEC reporting at a public company
- BS/BA in Accounting or equivalent and CPA designation required
- Significant experience with ASC 606, ASC 718, ASC 805, as well as GAAP and SEC (including XBRL) reporting and disclosure requirements required
- Project management experience required, including demonstrated savvy in working with cross functional partners through proactive prioritization of tasks to meet deadlines and balancing demands
- Hands-on experience in the preparation, review and filing of SEC reports; and SOX 404 design, implementation, and monitoring required
- Concise and effective communicator with teammates, leadership and a variety of other internal and external stakeholders. Able to flex communication style, terms, and methods based on what is most effective, and distill (translate!) complex accounting issues for non-accounting audiences
- Analytical, skeptical and curious with excellent judgment. Able to identify relevant risks and explain them to stakeholders, along with creative solutions to solve problems where available and appropriate
- Versatile and creative thinker, enjoys working in a fast-paced environment and managing multiple projects
- Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail
- Excel, Netsuite, Workiva
What the job involves
- The Senior Manager, Technical Accounting and Reporting will be Benchling's leader in technical accounting and reporting excellence. You will serve as the go-to expert for the accounting organization and the business, proactively surfacing issues before they arise and elevating the entire function’s technical acumen
- As we look to the future, you will own SEC reporting and will be a key leader in public company readiness. Not just SOX compliance, but partnering with other stakeholders to develop a world-class public company accounting function that enables Benchling to accelerate scientific discovery and transform biotech R&D
- Serve as the trusted advisor on technical accounting matters that arise as we innovate and grow. Issues range from new product offerings and associated revenue recognition models, to equity and other compensation arrangements, to M&A, leasing and beyond. Deep experience in these areas is needed
- You will partner within accounting and across the organization to help identify impacts, scenario plan, consider alternatives, and ensure conclusions are sound, scalable and (of course) documented
- Actively engage with cross functional leaders to keep abreast of business priorities, strategies and developments, and proactively identify and advise on associated issues and solutions. Effective relationship and communication skills are key here to build on and expand the relationships accounting has established and demonstrating the value accounting can provide
- Lead, coach, and train the broader accounting team to aid in their technical development, and raise the technical skill levels of the organization to the next level. Serve as an active contributor to the organization’s growth and development of the next generation of leaders
- Provide support for month/quarter/year-end close activities, ensuring higher-risk and higher complexity areas like EPS, equity, inter-company and consolidations, revaluation, etc., in addition to non-standard transactions, are accurately executed
- Support external annual audit engagements and future quarterly reviews
- Oversee the Company's financial reporting processes, including refining and optimizing with cross function partners to include SEC filings (10-K, 10-Q, 8-K, S-8 etc.), XBRL processes, and other financial and governmental statutory reporting. Experience in streamlining and scaling reporting processes will be important
- Serve as a key leader in the company’s registration process, including partnering with internal and external stakeholders on the S-1, drafting responses to comment letters, leading pre-clearance issues, and clearing proxy, and proforma filing requirements
- Serve as a leader in planning and executing IPO and SOX readiness tasks with other cross functional leaders. Collaborate with the 3rd party consultants and internal stakeholders to own day-to-day project management and deliverables. Lead the accounting org’s continued SOX compliance as we mature into public company operations
- Lead or assist on special tasks and projects as needed
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. 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: $411.9m
Company benefits
- 4 months paid parental leave
- 401k plan
- Pre-tax commuter benefits
- Flexible paid time off
- Work from home opportunities
- 100% premiums covered for health, dental, & vision
- Fertility healthcare and family-forming benefits
Company HQ
Yerba Buena, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Sajith Wickramasekara
(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
(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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