Accounting Sr. Associate (US GAAP)

The Accounting Senior Associate supports healthcare and life sciences accounting operations, ensuring accurate financial reporting, timely delivery of client outputs, and effective coordination between offshore and onshore teams. This role plays a key part in managing month-end close activities, maintaining compliance, and driving process improvements in a dynamic, client-service environment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Support healthcare and life sciences accounting engagements, ensuring accurate and timely delivery of client work products
• Lead and oversee month-end close activities, ensuring deadlines are met and outputs are accurate and complete
• Review work prepared by team members to ensure quality, accuracy, and compliance prior to final submission
• Collaborate with offshore teams, managers, senior leadership, and clients to align deliverables, manage expectations, and support accounting strategies
• Ensure compliance with internal quality control procedures, accounting standards, and regulatory requirements
• Perform corporate accounting functions, including cash management, accounts receivable/accounts payable, payroll, and benefits accounting
• Prepare and review financial statements, consolidations, and general ledger reconciliations
• Identify and implement process improvements to enhance efficiency and service delivery
• Maintain strong client and stakeholder relationships through clear and responsive communication
• Support the mentoring, training, and development of junior team members
• Ensure adherence to professional ethics and regulatory standards (e.g., AICPA and applicable state requirements)
• Manage multiple priorities and ensure timely completion of deliverables within budget and deadlines
• Act as a technical resource for accounting systems, tools, and processes
• Proactively escalate issues and communicate challenges to leadership

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field (required)
• CPA preferred but not required
• 4+ years of accounting experience, with at least 1+ year in Healthcare, Life Sciences, or Biotechnology industry
• Strong experience in month-end close, financial reporting, and general ledger accounting
• Solid knowledge of GAAP and financial statement preparation
• Experience with consolidations, accruals, and corporate accounting processes (AR/AP, payroll, etc.)
• Familiarity with healthcare/life sciences operations, project costing, or contractor-based accounting is an advantage
• Understanding of HIPAA regulations is preferred
• Hands-on experience with accounting systems such as QuickBooks, NetSuite, Sage Intacct, or similar ERP/AP tools
• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Excel (pivot tables, VLOOKUP, SUMIFS, etc.)
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and attention-to-detail skills
• Strong communication, documentation, and stakeholder management skills
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and work under tight deadlines
• Proactive, self-driven, and collaborative team player