Accountant, Finance
Vancouver, BC, Canada
Full Time
Mid Level
Company Profile
Genevant is a technology-focused nucleic acid delivery company with world class platforms, the industry’s most robust and expansive lipid nanoparticle (LNP) patent portfolio, and decades of experience and expertise in nucleic acid drug delivery and development. We have laboratories and a key office based in beautiful Vancouver, British Columbia.
We leverage our innovative delivery systems and related technologies to bring new medicines to patients who need them. We do this by selectively collaborating with leading pharma and biotech companies and fostering a culture of innovation that allows us to maintain our leadership position in the space. If you find that inspiring, we want to work with you!
Position Summary
Genevant has an opportunity for a highly skilled and motivated individual to join our Finance team as an Accountant. Reporting to the Senior Manager, Finance, the successful candidate will be responsible for the full cycle of accounts payable, recording multi-currency inter-company transactions, participating in month-end close accounting activities, preparing sales tax remittances, and performing accounting analysis. This role can accommodate a hybrid of home and office time.
Responsibilities:
Requirements, Knowledge, skills, and abilities:
Benefits & Compensation
We’ve worked to create an environment at Genevant that makes our people feel empowered, supported and appreciated so they can focus on doing incredible work that can change the future. To that end, we offer competitive salaries, performance bonus opportunity, as well as a generous benefits package including health, dental, vision, wellness, short- & long-term disability, accident death & dismemberment, and life insurance programs; company match towards retirement savings and ample time off through our flexible PTO and annual company shutdown!
The Canadian base salary range for this position is $75,000 – $110,000 excluding performance bonus and benefits. The base salary is determined by various factors including, but not limited to, education, qualifications, experience, and internal equity. The salary offered may be higher or lower than the posted range, depending on the candidate’s qualifications and other factors.
Genevant is a technology-focused nucleic acid delivery company with world class platforms, the industry’s most robust and expansive lipid nanoparticle (LNP) patent portfolio, and decades of experience and expertise in nucleic acid drug delivery and development. We have laboratories and a key office based in beautiful Vancouver, British Columbia.
We leverage our innovative delivery systems and related technologies to bring new medicines to patients who need them. We do this by selectively collaborating with leading pharma and biotech companies and fostering a culture of innovation that allows us to maintain our leadership position in the space. If you find that inspiring, we want to work with you!
Position Summary
Genevant has an opportunity for a highly skilled and motivated individual to join our Finance team as an Accountant. Reporting to the Senior Manager, Finance, the successful candidate will be responsible for the full cycle of accounts payable, recording multi-currency inter-company transactions, participating in month-end close accounting activities, preparing sales tax remittances, and performing accounting analysis. This role can accommodate a hybrid of home and office time.
Responsibilities:
- Full Accounts Payable cycle:
- Verify, process, and reconcile invoices using the NetSuite system and ensure that month-end closing goes smoothly.
- Resolve invoice discrepancies and issues with vendors or statements of account.
- Prepare payment summaries and pay vendors and employee expenses biweekly; verify payment is received and send remittances to vendors as needed.
- Update vendor profiles in NetSuite with banking information and tax forms in accordance with company practices.
- Participate in external audits, providing information, ensuring reports are maintained, and informing any corrections or reports after audits to the VP of Finance.
- Assist other departments with vendor or billing inquiries.
- Prepare balance sheet reconciliations, including bank, AP; prompt team for journal entries; resolve issues and discrepancies.
- Coordinate with internal and external stakeholders, maintain monthly accrual schedule, prepare analyses and journal entries, reconcile accrual GL balance to schedule.
- Prepare inter-company bank transaction journal entries.
- Prepare GST and PST sales tax remittance analysis and related journal entries.
- Support accounting team month-end close and other accounting projects and analyses as assigned.
Requirements, Knowledge, skills, and abilities:
- Accounting diploma or university degree required
- Minimum 2 years accounting professional experience
- Previous AP experience required.
- Professional discretion with handling confidential information needed
- Accuracy/attention to detail required
- Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills
- Highly organized, self-starter, and a good communicator
- Natural inclination to collaborate and work well with others
- Drives process improvements and workflow efficiencies
- Experience working with multiple foreign entities, intercompany transactions and foreign currencies would be a bonus
- Advanced MS Excel skills
- Experience with Oracle NetSuite is an asset
Benefits & Compensation
We’ve worked to create an environment at Genevant that makes our people feel empowered, supported and appreciated so they can focus on doing incredible work that can change the future. To that end, we offer competitive salaries, performance bonus opportunity, as well as a generous benefits package including health, dental, vision, wellness, short- & long-term disability, accident death & dismemberment, and life insurance programs; company match towards retirement savings and ample time off through our flexible PTO and annual company shutdown!
The Canadian base salary range for this position is $75,000 – $110,000 excluding performance bonus and benefits. The base salary is determined by various factors including, but not limited to, education, qualifications, experience, and internal equity. The salary offered may be higher or lower than the posted range, depending on the candidate’s qualifications and other factors.
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