Senior Accountant

You + HelixHelix is a place where innovators and doers gather in order to drive significant progress in population genomics. We have come together to work at the intersection of clinical care, research, and genomics.  
If you’re excited by the idea of making a meaningful impact and joining a team where we pride ourselves on driving innovation through fostering an environment with an emphasis on empowering one another to grow, Helix might be the place for you!
Helix + The WorldHelix is the leading population genomics company. Helix enables health systems, public health organizations and life science companies to accelerate the integration of genomic data into patient care and public health decision making.We are continuing to scale our world-class team to support our dedication to empowering every person to improve their life through DNA. 
Helix + TransparencyAt Helix, we value transparency. You will find the expected compensation, interview process, what to anticipate during onboarding, and your first 90 days listed in the job description for all Helix roles.
What is special about this role?We are looking to hire a Sr. Accountant with a well-rounded breadth in accounting operations and US GAAP to be an integral part of our growing team. This role will primarily be responsible for all aspects of the accounting workflow, including month-end close,, audit support, and providing timely and accurate analytics \to Finance, Supply Chain, and Lab Operations colleagues. 
As a Sr. Accountant at Helix, you will:

• Perform month end close accounting responsibilities related to inventory and cost of goods sold including inventory including preparation of journal entries, account reconciliations, and other analyses such as cost variance reports.
• Analyze and report on inventory levels, gross margins, manufacturing spend, absorption, standard cost variances, E&O, reserves, and other standard costing concepts
• Manage inventory using a standard costing method and ensuring compliance with US GAAP
• Help to identify, perform and drive process improvement opportunities in the month end close process
• Play a hands-on role in the day-to-day accounting operations and work closely with cross-functional groups to develop and maintain processes, procedures and policies
• Help to prepare, consolidate, review and present cost analyses and KPIs on a monthly basis to finance and operations leadership teams
• Work with the Accounting Manager to improve processes and policies
• Conduct physical count of inventory and monitor cycle count program
• Support quarterly and annual audits by the external auditors
• Participate in the maintenance of the internal financial control environment ensuring data integrity, accurate financial statements and safeguarding company assets
• Support / drive ad-hoc process improvement initiatives.

About you:

• BS in Accounting or Finance required; CPA/CMA a plus
• Minimum 4 years experience in general accounting: cash and investments. prepaid assets, Fixed assets, accruals.
• Inventory management and reporting experience
• Understanding of Supply Chain and Cost Accounting – preferably in a manufacturing or laboratory environment
• Comfortable working with and analyzing large data sets, and summarizing results in a meaningful way for non-financial stakeholders
• Successful track record of effectively interfacing with supply chain, research, and manufacturing personnel to identify, support, and execute on value-added ideas to improve processes
• Proven ability to solve complex problems and influence cross functionally
• Experience with designing, implementing and monitoring internal controls
• Experience in analyzing and reporting causes of manufacturing variances and recommending corrective actions
• Attention to detail and strong analytical skills is a must
• Ability to communicate effectively with non-financial stakeholders and identify meaningful trends in financial data that impact business and operational decisions
• Excellent Microsoft Office Suite skills and related tools 

Pluses:

• Strong hands-on experience with NetSuite, SmartView Planning, Tableau and / or Google Suite (Sheets, Docs, Slides), preferred
• Experience working at a laboratory, a plus

What’s important to us:

• Curiosity — we are all passionate about the possibilities enabled by having access to your own genome
• Responsibility — we have an obligation to people and our partners to operate with highly credible research guided by well respected advisors, with clear and effective communication about our products
• Agility — flexibility and a desire to be nimble, smart, and effecti