Staff Accountant

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Our client, a successful biotech company in Boston, is looking for a Staff Accountant to join their team. Reporting to the Controller, the Staff Accountant will partner with many departments within the company and work with the Controller to continue building a high-performing finance function.

$60,000.00/yr - $75,000.00/yr

• Assists Accounting department with preparing journal entries, performs reconciliations, and performs account analysis
• Applies generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) to prepare income and balance sheet statements and various other accounting statements and reports
• Process various types of accounts payable transactions including vendor invoices, recurring payments, and manual check requests in accordance with policies and controls
• Ensure invoices are accurately coded, approved, posted and processed within established deadlines
• Investigate and resolve problems associated with processing of invoices and purchase orders
• Monitor disbursements dashboard to ensure timely payments
• Respond and interact with internal customers and vendors/suppliers
• Generate reports for review such as exception reports, accounts payable aging reports, and other month-end reports as requested
• Ensure the completeness, timeliness and accuracy of the data
• Ensure vendor maintenance is kept up to date and respond to all vendor inquiries
• Assist in month end closing
• Other projects, as assigned

• 1-3+ years directly applicable accounting/finance experience preferred
• Strong customer service-type attitude and ability to successfully deal with employee and vendor questions and resolve issues
• Absolute integrity and the use of good judgment to handle the confidential nature of duties, tasks and information
• Incredibly detail-oriented and results driven
• Ability to meet critical deadlines

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and consider qualified applicants for employment regardless of race, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, color, religion, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, or any other protected factor.

• Entry level

• Full-time

• Accounting/Auditing

• Staffing and Recruiting and Biotechnology Research

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