What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Accountant position at Beam Therapeutics?
Company Overview
Beam Therapeutics is a biotechnology company committed to establishing the leading, fully integrated platform for precision genetic medicines. To achieve this vision, Beam has assembled a platform that includes a suite of gene editing and delivery technologies and is in the process of building internal manufacturing capabilities. Beam’s suite of gene editing technologies is anchored by base editing, a proprietary technology that is designed to enable precise, predictable and efficient single base changes, at targeted genomic sequences, without making double-stranded breaks in the DNA. This has the potential to enable a wide range of potential therapeutic editing strategies that Beam is using to advance a diversified portfolio of base editing programs. Beam is a values-driven organization committed to its people, cutting-edge science, and a vision of providing life-long cures to patients suffering from serious diseases.
Position Overview:
The Senior Accountant will be responsible for supporting many aspects of Beam’s accounting processes. This role will be a close partner who can successfully interact with other teams – Research, Development, Operations, Legal, and IT – to understand their strategy, concerns and issues to ensure that we are appropriately accounting for our operations. The senior accountant will play a key role in the accounting team’s transition to support the Company’s commercial readiness.
This is a hybrid position with the expectation onsite 1x/week.
Responsibilities:
- Contribute to the monthly close, including issue resolution, journal entries and account reconciliations
- Monitor and maintain financial systems
- Participate in preparation of internal and external financial statements
- Provide support for annual financial statement audits and periodic reviews, including Sarbanes-Oxley control reviews
- Collaborate cross-functionally to obtain information needed to estimate monthly accruals
- Be able to work within accounting systems and help with implementation of new systems and processes
- Ad hoc analysis and other special projects as necessary
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting and 3 years of accounting experience
- Previous Biotech experience preferred
- Strong analytical, problem solving skills and collaborative skills
- Must be able to make judgment calls regarding the resolution of issues
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to multi-task on competing and deadline sensitive priorities
- Ability to work effectively with all levels in the organization
- Experience with Netsuite, SAP, Coupa and Blackline a plus
- Strong organizational skills and process orientated
