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Senior Corporate Accountant

Benchling · San Francisco, CA · Remote

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About Benchling

Backed by Y Combinator, a16z and ICONIQ.

About the role

The Senior Accountant will play a key part in our day-to-day accounting operations, month-end close process, and share in leading towards continuous improvement across our Accounting team. We are looking for an individual with an accounting background, good understanding of GAAP and general ledger structure, and a passion to learn.

What they're looking for

  • BS/BA in Accounting or equivalent with a solid understanding of GAAP
  • Minimum 3+ years of experience in public accounting and/or working directly in an accounting role
  • Experience with SaaS is strongly preferred
  • Proficiency in NetSuite is strongly preferred
  • Proficiency in MS Office Suite with intermediate skills in Excel including VLOOKUP, if functions, pivot tables, etc. desired
  • Detail-oriented with excellent time management, prioritization, and organizational skills
More about this role

We are rebuilding biotech for the AI era.

When a breakthrough is delayed, the world waits. Getting a molecule from discovery to patients, or a crop from lab to field, involves thousands of slow, manual, disconnected steps. AI has the potential to change this, compressing decades of R&D work into years. But that only happens when clean, structured scientific data and AI are built into how science gets done.

Benchling is the AI platform for biotech R&D. Scientists use Benchling to design experiments, capture structured data, and run AI agents and models directly in their workflows. Over 200,000 scientists around the world trust Benchling to power their most important work, from academic labs to Sanofi, Moderna, and more than half of the world's top 50 biopharma.

We’re building an AI scientist for our customers. We can’t do that if we haven’t built the muscle ourselves. AI fluency is the foundation we build on; it's core to how we work, and we're committed to helping every new hire integrate it into their day-to-day. As part of our interview process, you'll complete a brief AI-focused exercise or discussion so we can understand how you think about and use AI to drive impact in your...

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