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BENAROYA RESEARCH INSTITUTE Senior Accountant in SEATTLE, Washington
The Senior Accountant is responsible for fixed asset accounting, monthly journal entry work, A/R analysis and reporting, A/P review, and general ledger account analysis.
The candidate is expected to follow a hybrid schedule, with Tuesdays designated as a mandatory in-office workday.
Responsibilities:
- Preparing standard monthly journal entries
- Reviewing non-standard revenue arrangements
- Preparing monthly and quarterly AR reports
- Investigating accounts receivable cash application issues
- Preparing monthly general ledger account analyses for prepaid expense accounts, misc. receivables, accrued liabilities, other income, lease activity, and other areas as assigned
- Assisting with preparation for annual financial statement and Single audits
- Reconciling operating bank accounts
- Entering monthly fixed asset additions data into the fixed asset system
- Preparing and posting monthly journal entries for fixed assets
- Preparing fixed asset tracking forms and obtaining authorized signatures
- Reconciling fixed asset accounts between the fixed assets system and the general ledger
- Completing federal procurement compliance forms and communicating with purchasers to obtain authorized signatures
- Maintaining records of new vendor excluded party review
- Back up for preparing monthly and quarterly state and city tax returns
- Reviewing invoices processed and batched for payment
- Collaborating with and serving as a resource to the A/P and IT team to address procurement software (Coupa) related issues
- Serving as a backup for preparing, reviewing, and distributing the monthly cost center reports
- Serving as backup for processing intercompany billings
- Serving as backup for accounting and intra-company billings for core lab activities
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Qualifications:
- Requires a bachelor's degree in accounting and an understanding of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
- 5+ years of accounting experience desired
- Single Audit experience a plus
- Requires strong computer skills, including Microsoft Office with intermediate skills in Excel
- Must be efficient in analyzing data and problem solving
- Must be able to meet deadlines and work well under pressure
- Must be able to provide clear verbal and written communications and provide exceptional customer service
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Compensation
$79,680 to $125,100 per year
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision hardware insurance
- Flexible spending accounts: health care, dependent care, commuter
- Short and long-term disability and life and AD&D insurance
- 403(b) retirement plan with matching funds after one year of employment
- PTO: 13 holidays, three weeks of vacation and two weeks of sick leave per year
- Employee assistance program
- Educational assistance program
- Subsidized bus pass
- YMCA rebate and other fitness club discounts
Voluntary benefits, e.g., pet insurance, accident, critical illness, identify theft
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About Us
Benaroya Research Institute (BRI) has a bold mission: To predict, prevent, reverse and cure immune system diseases, from autoimmune disease to cancer to COVID-19. We examine the immune system in both health and disease to understand how disorders start and how to rebalance the immune system back to health. Equipped with innovative tools and robust biorepositories, our team chips away at the biggest mysteries behind these conditions to work toward our vision of a healthy immune syste