Job Description

Killer opportunity for first-class accounting talent

Who we are:

Engine Room serves as the finance and accounting nerve center for the West Coast's smartest venture-backed life science start-ups.

Whom we’re looking for:

Prime Senior Accountant talent

The Senior Accountant at Engine Room performs a wide range of accounting related functions in support of client deliverables. As part of several internal client teams, the incumbent will communicate and collaborate with various Engine Room staff, as well as with our clients, ensuring accurate work that meets deadlines. Responsibilities will be carried out following GAAP and Engine Room internal controls and processes consistently.

Essential Job Functions:

• Under senior level supervision, perform month-end close activities, including bank reconciliations, pre-paid expenses reconciliations, fixed assets records, accruals, equity roll-forwards, contract review, revenue recognition and more.
• Under senior level supervision will produce timely and accurate financial statements and regulatory reports.
• Review your own work for accuracy and completeness to ensure high quality client deliverables.
• Assist in business compliance reporting requirements and prepare and file necessary returns
• Prepare schedules for audit support and provide requested audit documentation.
• Review identified Accounts Payable teams’ work. Provide feedback to staff and Functional Managers on issues and performance regarding deadlines, coding, etc.
• Keep detailed and accurate records of client work in timekeeping systems for proper client billing
• Assist with implementation of accounting tools to help automate and streamline processes.
• Keep detailed and accurate records of client work in timekeeping systems for proper client billing.
• If assigned, follow established procedures to process client payrolls and maintain accurate and complete records.
• If assigned, on-board and off-board clients’ employees into the payroll system.
• Perform other job-related tasks or projects as needed.

Qualifications and Skills:

• Effectively collaborate in a dynamic environment often requiring toggling between responsibilities and/or clients
• Possess solid problem-solving skills
• Possess solid Excel skills
• Possess exceptional accounting and math skills to accurately accomplish work, meeting client deliverables
• Ability to communicate clearly and professionally with vendors, clients and teams both in writing and verbally
• Possess self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, and relationship management skills in all aspects of work
• Be highly detail oriented
• Able to work well in a team environment as well as independently
• Possess a proactive and efficient mindset to maximize time and resources, meeting the needs of both team members and clients

Education and Experience Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree, preferably in accounting, OR 5 years of relevant experience
• Minimum 2 years’ experience in operational accounting, auditing or consulting
• Solid experience with MS Office Suite, especially Excel
• Experience with expense management platforms

Education and Experience Preferred:

• Experience in the life sciences industry
• Experience working on multiple clients simultaneously a plus
• Experience with the following platforms: NetSuite, QuickBooks Online, BILL, Expensify, Box.

Physical Requirements:

• Remote or Telecommute work from home. Telecommuting employees have the choice to work in the Corporate Headquarters. The company reserves the right to change the telecommuting portion of this policy at any time.
• Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer

Our tight-knit team deploys cloud-based accounting systems and proven best practices to help start-ups stay streamlined and smart about F&A.

Contact us today if you want to:

-- work with the West Coast’s best start-ups, without all the stress and risk

-- accelerate your professional development

-- become part of a fun, energized, growing business

To learn more:

Go to engine-room.com/join-up. If it looks like a fit, send your resume to heidi.green@engine-room.com . NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE . Thanks!

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