Senior Inventory and Cost Accountant (Contractor)
Crinetics Pharmaceuticals
August 18, 2026
Remote friendly (United States)
United States
Corporate Functions
Responsibilities:
- Perform month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close activities, including journal entries, account reconciliations, and reporting schedules.
- Prepare and execute cost accounting activities, including standard costing, variance analysis, and inventory valuation.
- Own inventory accounting processes, including balance reviews, aging analysis, and reserve assessments.
- Ensure inventory accounting aligns with company policies; support technical accounting analyses as needed.
- Coordinate with 3PL vendors and contract manufacturing organizations (CMOs) to gather data supporting inventory accounting and reporting.
- Maintain internal controls and support audits by preparing schedules, maintaining documentation, and responding to audit requests.
- Assist with revenue accounting as needed (closing, reconciliations, analytics, and reporting).
- Improve reporting and automate recurring tasks to increase accuracy and efficiency.
- Other duties as assigned.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting or equivalent business administration area.
- At least 5 years of relevant and progressive experience.
- Experience in commercialized therapeutic biotechnology companies.
- Strong knowledge of inventory accounting processes (valuation, physical inventory, manufacturing and costing, and standard cost accounting conventions).
Preferred:
- Inventory cost accounting experience in NetSuite.
- Public accounting experience.
- CPA.
Benefits (as stated): discretionary annual target bonus, stock options, ESPP, 401k match; medical/dental/vision/basic life; 20 days PTO, 10 paid holidays, winter company shutdown.
- Perform month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close activities, including journal entries, account reconciliations, and reporting schedules.
- Prepare and execute cost accounting activities, including standard costing, variance analysis, and inventory valuation.
- Own inventory accounting processes, including balance reviews, aging analysis, and reserve assessments.
- Ensure inventory accounting aligns with company policies; support technical accounting analyses as needed.
- Coordinate with 3PL vendors and contract manufacturing organizations (CMOs) to gather data supporting inventory accounting and reporting.
- Maintain internal controls and support audits by preparing schedules, maintaining documentation, and responding to audit requests.
- Assist with revenue accounting as needed (closing, reconciliations, analytics, and reporting).
- Improve reporting and automate recurring tasks to increase accuracy and efficiency.
- Other duties as assigned.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting or equivalent business administration area.
- At least 5 years of relevant and progressive experience.
- Experience in commercialized therapeutic biotechnology companies.
- Strong knowledge of inventory accounting processes (valuation, physical inventory, manufacturing and costing, and standard cost accounting conventions).
Preferred:
- Inventory cost accounting experience in NetSuite.
- Public accounting experience.
- CPA.
Benefits (as stated): discretionary annual target bonus, stock options, ESPP, 401k match; medical/dental/vision/basic life; 20 days PTO, 10 paid holidays, winter company shutdown.