Title: – Sr Accountant
Location: San Diego, CA, United States
Duration: Six months
Pay: $50/hr. – $55.17/Hr.
Summary–
Performs a variety of accounting responsibilities while ensuring compliance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX), and company policies and procedures.
Responsibilities:
- Ensures accuracy and compliance with GAAP, SOX, and company policies and procedures.
- Maintains the integrity of financial systems.
- Prepares and maintains schedules calculating accruals, including research and development accruals.
- Performs reconciliations and analyses of certain General Ledger (GL) and bank accounts.
- Prepares and records journal entries.
- Prepares reports for internal reporting.
- Prepares schedules, reports, and documentation for internal and external audits.
- Performs month-end close activities.
- Performs data entry and analysis of transactions.
- Ensures that all actions, both internally and externally while working on Client’s behalf, are in compliance with all laws, regulations, and policies and demonstrate Client values.
- Completes special projects as required.
Skills:
- Experience operating with candid transparency, professionalism, strong emotional intelligence, and the highest degree of integrity.
- Working knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (US GAAP).
- Experience with NetSuite is a plus.
- Skilled in Microsoft Office Suite, with intermediate to advanced Excel skills.
Education, Education and Skills:
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting, Finance or related field.
- Targeting 2 to 5 years of general accounting experience, preferably in pharmaceutical, biotech industry, or public accounting.
- Familiarity with manufacturing, cost accounting, pubic accounting, auditing, and payroll.
- Experience with GL module of ERP systems.
- NetSuite preferred.
- An equivalent combination of relevant education and applicable job experience may be considered.
Physical Requirements:
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, see, talk or hear in a standard office environment.
- Employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 15 pounds.