accountant Bothell, WA
Job description
BioLife Solutions is repeatedly named one of Washington’s 100 Best Companies to Work For, a list curated by Seattle Business Magazine. We welcome you to apply to join our dynamic, high-energy team. Here you will find a performance-based, family-oriented environment where authentic communication and treating colleagues with respect are required. Our employees receive a competitive benefits package, which includes generous company stock awards and a 401k matching program.
BioLife Solutions is a leading developer, manufacturer and supplier of class-defining cell and gene therapy bioproduction tools and services. Our solutions facilitate basic and applied research and commercialization of new therapies by maintaining the health of biologic source material and finished products during manufacturing, storage, and distribution. Our solutions offer commercial companies and clinical researchers significant improvement in shelf life and post-preservation viability and function of biologic materials. Our tools portfolio includes our proprietary, serum-free and protein-free, fully defined CryoStor® freeze media and HypoThermosol® shipping and storage media, ThawSTAR® family of automated, water-free thawing products, evo® cold chain management system, and Custom Biogenic Systems high-capacity storage freezers. Services include SciSafe biologic and pharmaceutical materials storage. For more information, please visit: www.biolifesolutions.com
General Summary and Purpose:
The Staff Accountant is a core member of the Finance Team. This role’s primary function is the processing of daily accounting transactions including accounts receivable billing, cash receipts, collecting activities on past due balances, and other AR and AP related functions. This position will also be responsible for period close activities and will work closely with the Senior Accountant with opportunities to further develop processes within our rapidly growing company. The ideal Staff Accountant will have experience with full cycle AR/AP accounting and the willingness to learn as a member of a public company accounting team.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Create customer invoices and manage billing processes.
- Process daily deposits and apply all payments to customer accounts (e.g. check, ACH, credit card)
- Contact customers for payment status on past due balances
- Respond to customer inquiries timely (e.g. payment discrepancies, account changes)
- Apply for and establish customer accounts
- Work with facilities teams to maintain accurate records and movement of fixed assets
- Process purchase requisitions
- Process full cycle accounts payable
- Understand and adhere to all internal control processes and responsibilities
- Support timely quarterly and year-end financial close processes
- Assist in process of year-end financial statement audit and quarter end financial statement reviews by
providing requested auditor support and responses to inquiries.
Other Duties
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities,
duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and
activities may change at any time with or without notice.
Reporting Relationships:
This position reports to the Assistant Controller.
Job Requirements:
- Ability to manage a large volume of documentation and multiple tasks simultaneously, while
maintaining a high level of organization - Ability to prioritize tasks and accomplish them in a detailed, timely manner
- Sound interpersonal skills to communicate effectively with team members and customers
- Ability to accurately enter data into an accounting system
- Basic accounting knowledge to research and resolve accounting issues
- MS Office products proficiency and an ability to quickly learn accounting software
- Open to change and willing to learn new skills
Job Specifications:
Required Experience
- 1 plus years of AR/AP experience
- Strong written and oral communication skills
- Proficient with Microsoft Outlook and Excel
- Preferred Experience
- Understanding of GAAP
- Bachelor or Associates Degree preferred
- Experience with accounting processes for multiple companies
- NetSuite experience
- Self-starter, detail oriented, and versatile individual
- Working in a cGMP regulated environment
BioLife Solutions provides a substance-free workplace, and all offers of employment will be contingent on opiate drug test and background check.
BioLife Solutions is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applications will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status.
The US base salary range for this position at full-time is $53,869- $80,752 (yr). Our salary ranges are determined by position, level, location, and market competitive benchmarks. Individual pay within a level is determined by work location, job related skills, experience, education, and training.
The BioLife Solutions total rewards program includes, but is not limited to medical, dental, vision, 401K with generous match, life and disability insurance as well as time off programs of Vacation and Sick time. Additionally, we believe in our team members sharing the success of our business and therefore we provide stock equity grants as a part of our total rewards package.
