Senior Accountant - Fully Onsite

About Vaco:   Vaco provides expert consulting, permanent placement, executive search, and strategic staffing for companies around the world, in the areas of accounting, finance, operations, administration and more. As a premier talent solutions firm, Vaco connects people to their dream jobs and helps leading companies find talent to grow their business.                               
                
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.