Staff Accountant
LENZ Therapeutics
5 hours ago
Remote friendly (Solana Beach, CA)
United States
Corporate Functions
Overall Purpose
- Serve as a core member of the Finance team, supporting general ledger activities, journal entries, account reconciliations, and close execution, as well as accounts payable, expense management, vendor compliance, and cash application.
- Support GL processes that accelerate the 5-day close cycle, including revenue recognition, inventory accounting, and month-end reconciliations.
Key Responsibilities
Primary responsibilities – General Ledger & Close
- Prepare and post recurring and ad-hoc journal entries (e.g., Cash, Fixed Assets, Prepaids & Accruals) and complete monthly account reconciliations.
- Contribute to monthly and quarterly close activities; help streamline the close timeline and improve accuracy.
- Support revenue recognition and inventory accounting, including gross-to-net calculations.
- Prepare and maintain documentation to support SOX 404(b) compliance, internal/external audits, and efficient close processes.
Secondary responsibilities – Operational Accounting
- Accounts Payable: Assist with invoice review, coding, routing for approval; support NetSuite transaction posting and timely vendor payments.
- Vendor Operations & Compliance: Support contracts inbox workflow; collect vendor setup forms, verify signature authority, follow up with business partners, enter purchase orders in NetSuite; maintain vendor master data, vendor reconciliations, and annual 1099 reporting.
- Expense Management: Ensure Concur expense reports comply with policy; assist with timely reimbursements.
- Cash Application & AR: Apply customer payments; perform AR reconciliations and resolve unapplied cash.
- Process Improvement: Identify and implement workflow improvements; assist with ad hoc Finance projects.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field; CPA or CPA-track highly valued.
- 2–4 years of professional experience in public accounting (Big 4 or national firm preferred) and/or hands-on industry accounting operations (GL, reconciliations, accounts payable, expense report auditing, or cash application).
- Public company experience or exposure to SEC reporting.
- Familiarity with SOX internal controls and comfort working within a structured control framework.
Preferred Skills/Experience
- Prior NetSuite experience (strongly preferred).
- Strong Excel skills; comfortable with large data sets and transaction volumes.
- Serve as a core member of the Finance team, supporting general ledger activities, journal entries, account reconciliations, and close execution, as well as accounts payable, expense management, vendor compliance, and cash application.
- Support GL processes that accelerate the 5-day close cycle, including revenue recognition, inventory accounting, and month-end reconciliations.
Key Responsibilities
Primary responsibilities – General Ledger & Close
- Prepare and post recurring and ad-hoc journal entries (e.g., Cash, Fixed Assets, Prepaids & Accruals) and complete monthly account reconciliations.
- Contribute to monthly and quarterly close activities; help streamline the close timeline and improve accuracy.
- Support revenue recognition and inventory accounting, including gross-to-net calculations.
- Prepare and maintain documentation to support SOX 404(b) compliance, internal/external audits, and efficient close processes.
Secondary responsibilities – Operational Accounting
- Accounts Payable: Assist with invoice review, coding, routing for approval; support NetSuite transaction posting and timely vendor payments.
- Vendor Operations & Compliance: Support contracts inbox workflow; collect vendor setup forms, verify signature authority, follow up with business partners, enter purchase orders in NetSuite; maintain vendor master data, vendor reconciliations, and annual 1099 reporting.
- Expense Management: Ensure Concur expense reports comply with policy; assist with timely reimbursements.
- Cash Application & AR: Apply customer payments; perform AR reconciliations and resolve unapplied cash.
- Process Improvement: Identify and implement workflow improvements; assist with ad hoc Finance projects.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field; CPA or CPA-track highly valued.
- 2–4 years of professional experience in public accounting (Big 4 or national firm preferred) and/or hands-on industry accounting operations (GL, reconciliations, accounts payable, expense report auditing, or cash application).
- Public company experience or exposure to SEC reporting.
- Familiarity with SOX internal controls and comfort working within a structured control framework.
Preferred Skills/Experience
- Prior NetSuite experience (strongly preferred).
- Strong Excel skills; comfortable with large data sets and transaction volumes.