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

Accounting Sr. Associate (US GAAP)