General Accounting Senior Manager

Latigo Bio

$120K — $145K *
Pharmaceuticals & Biotech
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, or a related field
  • 3+ years of progressive accounting experience
  • Strong knowledge of U.S. GAAP and general ledger accounting
  • CPA preferred
  • Experience in biotechnology, life sciences, or R&D accruals preferred
  • Familiarity with NetSuite required; experience with Prendio, Coupa, and Expensify beneficial
  • Strong skills in Excel and analytical reasoning

Responsibilities

  • Manage general accounting areas including R&D and CMC accruals
  • Support financial reporting while ensuring compliance with U.S. GAAP
  • Prepare journal entries, reconciliations, and supporting schedules
  • Collaborate across functions for monthly accrual input and assumptions
  • Analyze financial results and resolve accounting issues
  • Assist with internal and external audits by preparing schedules
  • Draft and update accounting policies and SOPs
  • Implement AI and automation tools for process improvements

Benefits

  • Hybrid work model allowing flexibility
  • Opportunity for cross-functional collaboration
  • Role in a growing biotech company
  • Focus on process improvement through automation
  • Supportive audit preparation environment
Full Job Description
Job Title: General Accounting Senior Manager

Location: San Francisco, CA (hybrid)

Position Type: Full Time

Position Summary

Latigo Biotherapeutics is seeking a hands-on Senior Accountant with strong general accounting experience to support the Company's growing accounting function.

Key Responsibilities
  • Manage general accounting areas such as R&D and CMC accruals and other liabilities, among others
  • Support the team in various other financial reporting activities while ensuring compliance with U.S. GAAP and company accounting policies
  • Prepare related journal entries, reconciliations, roll forwards, supporting schedules, and flux analyses
  • Cross collaboration with other functions to obtain critical inputs and assumptions for monthly accrual determination
  • Analyze financial results, account activity, and balance sheet reconciliations while identifying and resolving accounting issues, unusual transactions, and reporting variances
  • Support internal and external audits by preparing audit schedules, responding to auditor requests, and ensuring timely completion of audit requirements
  • Help drafting accounting policies and SOPs and keeping them current
  • Use AI, automation and process simplification to identify and implement process improvements that strengthen financial reporting, accounting controls, operational efficiency, and compliance


Qualifications
  • Bachelor's degree in accounting, Finance, or a related field
  • 3+ years of progressive accounting experience
  • Strong knowledge of U.S. GAAP, general ledger accounting, financial reporting, account reconciliations, and internal controls.
  • CPA preferred
  • Biotechnology, life sciences, CMC or R&D accrual experience preferred.
  • Experience supporting system implementations, workflow automation, data validation, or AI-enabled tools is a plus
  • Experience with NetSuite required, experience with Prendio, Coupa and Expensify is beneficial
  • Strong Excel, analytical, organizational, and communication skills

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