Senior Accountant

The role

The Senior Accountant leads month-end close activities and partners with cross-functional teams. This role involves journal entries, account reconciliations, and financial statement fluctuation analyses at a clinical-stage biotech.

What you will do

• Prepare journal entries for month-end, quarter-end, and year-end general ledger close.
• Perform balance sheet account analyses and reconciliations.
• Maintain and review prepaid amortization schedules in BlackLine.
• Prepare open PO accruals and non-PO accruals.
• Collaborate with Clinical and other cross-functional departments.
• Prepare monthly and quarterly fluctuation analyses for management.
• Assist and implement internal controls under SOX Section 404.
• Support preparation of annual audit prepared-by-client list.
• Assist with the preparation of internal and external financial statements and related disclosures.
• Support the evaluation and implementation of financial systems, process improvements, and other special projects.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance.
• At least 5 years of progressive accounting experience, including accrual-basis accounting.
• Experience with an ERP system.
• Strong Excel skills.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks against strict deadlines with meticulous attention to detail.
• Positive work ethic and organizational skills.
• Collaborative team player.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Exceptional focus on customer service.

Nice to have

• Accounting experience at a publicly traded company
• Biotech or life sciences industry experience
• CPA, or active progress toward CPA licensure
• NetSuite, SAP and/or BlackLine experience
• Experience with AI: ChatGPT or Claude experience

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits
• Equity component

About the company

Vaxcyte is a clinical-stage vaccine innovation company engineering high-fidelity vaccines to protect humankind from bacterial diseases.