Senior Accountant, Formation Bio

• We are looking for a driven and organized senior accountant who is excited to join a fast-paced and collaborative team
• This person should be ready to roll up their sleeves and get into the details
• 3+ years of experience in public accounting or in-house Finance/Accounting department with a bachelor’s degree in accounting/finance/related field
• Detail oriented and ownership mentality
• Willingness to go above and beyond expectations
• NetSuite or similar ERP experience
• GAAP proficient
• Strong understanding of how the financial statements interact
• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Excel

• The person who will excel in this role is a fast learner who will quickly learn how things are currently done, take full ownership of key processes and continually seek to identify and implement improvements
• This role is critical in enhancing the efficiency and structure of TrialSpark’s financial reporting
• Lead the monthly close and handle complex components of the process
• Manage the company’s expenses for 3rd party payments
• Perform monthly balance sheet reconciliations
• Conduct financial system implementations, integrations, and improvements
• Perform regular flux analysis to deliver key insights to the team and key stakeholders
• Collaborate with Strategic Finance to deliver insights from actuals and how they impact future results
• Collaborate cross-functionally with other departments
• Support technical accounting requests, such as stock comp, ASC 842, taxes as needed
• Assist in external financial audit with timely and accurate PBC requests and supporting schedules
• Respond to ad hoc financial requests and implement processes to support them

Total funding: $530.3m

Clinical drug trials are lengthy and expensive, delaying the supply of vital new drugs to patients and costing lives. For Formation Bio, this is an efficiency issue - one which it hopes to solve with its end-to-end automation solution.