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

Corporate Accountant

Responsibilities

Qualification

Required

Benefits

Company

Benchling

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