Senior Accountant, Accounts Payable & T&E

Halozyme • San Diego, CA

11h

About The Position

The Senior Accountant, Accounts Payable & T&E supports the Procure-to-Pay process, including accounts payable, vendor activity, accruals, and payment operations, as well as the corporate T&E and card administration processes. This role partners across the business to ensure accurate, timely, and compliant execution while leveraging NetSuite, Concur, direct bank interfaces, analysis, automation, and creative problem solving to improve processes, controls, reporting, and the employee and vendor experience.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field; equivalent experience may be considered.
• Minimum of five years of accounts payable, procure-to-pay, T&E and/or general ledger accounting experience in a public company or SOX-controlled environment.
• Experience in life sciences, pharmaceutical, biotech or manufacturing environments.
• Strong knowledge of full-cycle accounts payable processing, payment processing, accruals, expense reporting, corporate card programs, internal controls, and SOX compliance.
• Experience supporting month-end close, including accruals, journal entries, reconciliations, variance analysis, and AP/T&E reporting.
• Experience with domestic and international payments, including ACH, wire, check, foreign currency, and bank interfaces.
• Proficiency with ERP systems, AP automation, expense management tools, Microsoft Excel, and related financial systems.
• Demonstrated experience working effectively with vendors, third-party service providers, and cross-functional business partners.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and business partnering skills, with the ability to work effectively across functions and levels of the organization.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and critical thinking skills, with the ability to evaluate issues, identify root causes, and recommend practical solutions.
• High degree of accuracy, accountability, confidentiality, professional judgment, and attention to detail.
• Ability to manage competing priorities and consistently meet recurring close and payment deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Process, review, and analyze Procure-to-Pay transactions, including accounts payable, invoices, credit memos, purchase orders, vendor accruals, reconciliations, and related vendor activity.
• Support Procure-to-Pay and T&E processes, ensuring timely execution, accurate coding, policy compliance, and strong customer service.
• Administer the corporate T&E card program, including cardholder support, policy compliance, transaction monitoring, issue resolution, and related reporting.
• Perform vendor verification procedures for new and existing vendors, including validation of vendor information, banking details, tax documentation, and required approvals.
• Execute payment processes through NetSuite and direct bank interfaces, including ACH, wire, check, domestic, and foreign vendor payments.
• Research and resolve vendor, employee, banking, invoice, and payment inquiries in partnership with Finance, business partners, vendors, and auditors.
• Calculate and record accruals and prepare journal entries, account reconciliations, month-end schedules, fluctuation analyses, vendor aging reviews, and other AP/T&E reporting.
• Maintain required documentation, approvals, tax reporting support, audit support, Sunshine Act support, and SOX control compliance.
• Coordinate annual W-9 and 1099 reporting, including collection, review, filing, and maintenance of vendor tax documentation.
• Support testing, implementation, and ongoing improvement of NetSuite workflows, bank interfaces, reporting, Procure-to-Pay, and T&E processes, with a focus on driving automation and scalable solutions.
• Apply analytical and creative problem-solving skills to identify process gaps, evaluate root causes, recommend solutions, and improve accuracy, efficiency, and scalability.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Employee Stock Purchase Program
• 401(k) matching
• Opportunities to grow in a culture that prioritizes learning, development and progression through in-house programs
• Tuition reimbursement

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior