Accountant - $62.50 - $72.12 per hour

Overview

This Senior Staff Accountant role is a full-time, remote position in the United States. The position is an individual-contributor role reporting to the VP of Financial Operations and focuses on maintaining accurate financial records, managing complex revenue recognition processes, and supporting financial reporting and audit readiness.

Responsibilities

• Own day-to-day revenue accounting and ensure accurate application of ASC 606 to multi-element clinical trial contracts.
• Manage revenue recognition configurations, rules, and arrangements within NetSuite Advanced Revenue Management (ARM), including revenue arrangement setup, allocation, and schedule maintenance.
• Account for clinical trial milestones and revenue across clinical trial service configurations, including planning, recruitment, study conduct/eSource, and Phase 4 services.
• Review customer contracts and work orders to determine appropriate accounting treatment, revenue allocation, and recognition schedules.
• Ensure new contracts, amendments, pricing changes, and service configurations are accurately reflected in accounting records.
• Monitor project progress, units of service, investigator fees, and clinical trial milestones to align monthly revenue recognition with actual project activity.

Financial Reporting & Month-End Close

• Prepare and post month-end journal entries for deferred revenue, accrued revenue, unbilled receivables, and other closing activities, maintaining supporting accounting schedules.
• Reconcile complex balance sheet accounts, including deferred revenue, unbilled receivables, and accounts receivable.
• Investigate variances between NetSuite ARM output and the general ledger, identify discrepancies, and resolve reconciliation issues.
• Perform monthly flux and variance analysis for revenue and cost of goods sold (COGS) to support management reporting.
• Manage accounts receivable, customer billing, and collections analysis, including monitoring outstanding balances against billing schedules and standard days sales outstanding (DSO) terms.
• Oversee accounts payable workflows and vendor payments through RAMP, ensuring compliance with procurement requirements and appropriate transaction coding, approvals, and documentation.

Financial Statement Audits & Internal Controls

• Serve as a primary accounting contact for independent financial statement audits, coordinating audit planning, timelines, and deliverables with the CFO, Associate Director of Finance and Accounting, and external auditors.
• Prepare audit-ready accounting schedules, prepared-by-client (PBC) documentation, financial records, and system reports for quarterly and year-end audits.
• Support the design, documentation, implementation, and ongoing operation of internal controls over financial reporting.
• Identify opportunities to strengthen accounting processes, financial controls, and documentation as the finance function scales.
• Use RAMP to administer accounts payable processes, procurement approvals, and spending controls while ensuring transactions are properly authorized and supported.
• Contribute to financial statement preparation, footnote disclosures, and supporting audit workpapers.

Accounting Systems, Process Improvement & Collaboration

• Work with NetSuite administrators and third-party implementation partners to optimize Advanced Revenue Management functionality and automated accounting workflows.
• Investigate accounting system errors, troubleshoot NetSuite ARM issues, and improve the reliability of revenue recognition processes.
• Collaborate with Project Management, Clinical Operations, Commercial, FP&A, and Legal teams to track contract modifications, change orders, and project timelines affecting accounting treatment.
• Complete ad hoc accounting assignments and process improvement initiatives as financial systems, controls, and business operations evolve.
• Maintain hands-on ownership of accounting deliverables through direct execution rather than delegation or supervisory review.

Requirements

Required Experience

• 5-7+ years of progressive professional accounting experience, including at least 2 years in Contract Research Organization (CRO), biotechnology, or pharmaceutical environments.
• Advanced hands-on experience with NetSuite, including direct operational experience using the NetSuite Advanced Revenue Management (ARM) module.
• Practical experience applying ASC 606 revenue recognition requirements to complex service contracts, including milestone payments, pass-through costs, upfront fees, and multi-element revenue arrangements.
• Experience with RAMP or a comparable spend management or accounts payable automation platform.
• Direct experience supporting or managing year-end financial statement audits conducted by an independent audit firm.
• Experience with complex revenue arrangements in life sciences, clinical research, healthcare services, or other services-based business environments.
• Experience working in a scaling or high-growth organization with evolving accounting systems, processes, and financial controls.

Required Skills

• Strong technical accounting expertise in ASC 606, revenue recognition, contract accounting, and financial reporting for complex service arrangements.
• Advanced proficiency in NetSuite ARM revenue arrangements, recognition rules, allocations, schedules, and reconciliation with the general ledger.
• Ability to prepare and review journal entries, reconcile complex balance sheet accounts, and manage month-end accounting activities accurately.
• Strong analytical capabilities, including reconciliation of large datasets across accounting systems and enterprise resource planning (ERP) platforms.
• Ability to manage accounts payable, accounts receivable, billing, collections analysis, and related financial processes.
• Knowledge of financial statement audit requirements, audit documentation, supporting schedules, and internal controls over financial reporting.
• Exceptional attention to detail, critical analysis, and problem-solving skills when identifying and resolving accounting discrepancies.
• Ability to independently execute complex accounting responsibilities in a hands-on individual-contributor role.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain technical accounting concepts to non-accounting stakeholders.
• Ability to collaborate effectively across finance, project management, clinical operations, commercial, and legal functions.

Education & Certifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
• Active Certified Public Accountant (CPA) license required.

Compensation & Benefits

• $130,000-$150,000 annually, plus equity.

Location

• United States (Remote)

Employment Type

• Full-time

Experience Level

• 5-7+ years of progressive accounting experience, including at least 2 years in CRO, biotech, or pharmaceutical sectors