Senior Accounting Manager

BillionToOne • Menlo Park, CA

31d • $171,495 - $203,651 • Onsite

About The Position

The Senior Accounting Manager will oversee the accounting operations of a newly public company in its first full year of SOX 404(b) compliance, including managing the month-end close process, owning the integrity of the general ledger, and serving as a named control owner within our SOX framework. Reporting to the Director of Accounting, this role leads a team of GL and AP accountants, acts as a primary day-to-day contact for our external auditors, and is accountable for the monthly management reporting package including flux analysis and cost-per-test economics. The ideal candidate has experience in a fast-paced, post-IPO environment and brings the experience and knowledge to drive operational and process improvements.

Requirements

• 8-10+ years of progressive accounting experience, including 3+ years managing the close and leading a team of direct reports; post-IPO experience strongly preferred.
• CPA required with deep US GAAP fluency.
• Hands-on SOX 404(b) experience as a control owner including familiarity with control narratives in functional areas outside accounting & reporting , IPE requirements, and deficiency remediation.
• Strong NetSuite experience required, with the ability to query the system directly (saved searches, and ideally SuiteQL), FloQast, Expensify, and Workiva experience are pluses.
• Advanced Excel and analytical abilities.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across departments.
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in life sciences, diagnostics, or another high-growth regulated industry is a plus.
• Big 4 or national audit firm experience is a plus.
• FloQast, Expensify, and Workiva experience are pluses.

Responsibilities

• Manage the month-end and quarter-end close on a dependency-gated calendar in FloQast, including the journal entry control log, reconciliation sign-offs, and close checklist completion driving continuous compression of the close timeline while raising quality and audit-readiness.
• Own the accuracy and integrity of the general ledger in NetSuite, including review of recurring and non-standard journal entries, balance sheet reconciliations across the full account population, and root-cause resolution of posting and configuration issues.
• Serve as a named owner and reviewer for financial reporting, GL, and close-cycle controls. Maintain control narratives and supporting documentation, ensure IPE (information produced by the entity) meets completeness and accuracy standards, and remediate deficiencies with urgency. Coordinate submission of deliverables with key business partners.
• Act as a day-to-day point of contact for our Big 4 external auditor and consulting advisors, managing PBC requests, walkthrough support, sample pulls, and interim and year-end fieldwork.
• Own the monthly management reporting package: month-over-month flux analysis by functional area (COGS, R&D, S&M, G&A), cost-per-test analytics for the prenatal and oncology products, and a management summary suitable for the CFO and leadership team.
• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of GL and AP accountants spanning general ledger, fixed assets, accounts payable, and payroll, setting clear expectations, building review discipline into every deliverable, and growing the team’s technical depth as the company scales.
• Operationalize technical accounting conclusions in areas including ASC 842 lease accounting including embedded lease assessment, ASC 730 R&D cost treatment, and self-funded health plan IBNR reserves.
• Drive improvements to the close and accounting processes bringing both increased speed & efficiency and demonstrated operational compliance.
• Provide senior oversight of the vendor master and disbursement control environment, partnering with the Supply Chain team to provide support and governance of procurement across the AP and payment cycle.

Benefits

• Working alongside brilliant, kind, passionate and dedicated colleagues, in an empowering environment, toward a global vision, striving for a future in which transformative molecular diagnostics can help millions of patients
• Open, transparent culture that includes weekly Town Hall meetings
• The ability to indirectly or directly change the lives of hundreds of thousands patients
• Multiple medical benefit options; employee premiums paid 100% of select plans, dependents covered up to 80%
• Extremely generous Family Bonding Leave for eligible employees (16 weeks, paid at 100%)
• Supplemental fertility benefits coverage
• Retirement savings program including a 4% Company match
• Increase paid time off with increased tenure
• Latest and greatest hardware (laptop, lab equipment, facilities)
• Free daily on-site lunches provided from top eateries
• A variety of perks on campus (state of the art gym, restaurant)
• Free on-site EV charging (compatible with all EVs, including Tesla)
• competitive base pay
• the opportunity for professional growth
• industry leading company benefits (free healthcare options, 401k match, very generous fully paid parental leave etc.)

What This Job Offers

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