Senior Associate, Private Equity Accounting
SS&C Technologies
Senior Accounting Manager
Asimov
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Boston • Massachusetts • 🇺🇸 United States
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Senior
About the role
- Ensure timely and accurate recording of revenue, COGS, and expenses across all product lines. Maintain reconciliations, accruals, and closing schedules.
- Lead preparation for the annual audit, liaise with auditors on technical issues (e.g., revenue recognition, asset classification), and ensure compliance with tax and regulatory requirements.
- Monitor spend against budget, provide variance analyses, and maintain rolling forecasts with input from department leads.
- Recommend and implement scalable general ledger and procurement systems (e.g., Prendio or equivalents) to improve reporting, visibility, and spend control.
- Produce monthly cash flow reports, identify risks to runway, and flag required actions.
- Prepare accurate and timely monthly/quarterly financial statements, management reports, and supporting schedules for leadership and investors.
- Manage scalable payroll systems and processes, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and compliance across multiple states, while partnering with HR to support an expanding and distributed workforce.
Requirements
- You have a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Accounting or Finance with 7+ years of progressive experience in accounting/finance. CPA certification is strongly preferred.
- You ideally have prior life sciences, biotech, or high-growth tools/services experience.
- You have strong technical accounting expertise, including revenue recognition, COGS tracking, accruals, and GAAP compliance.
- You have experience with audits, tax compliance, and working directly with external auditors.
- You are proficient with general ledger systems, procurement platforms, and financial reporting tools.
- You’ve demonstrated the ability to build scalable accounting processes and internal controls in a high-growth company.
- You have an analytical mindset with attention to detail; able to identify variances, trends, and risks early.
- You have excellent communication skills, able to translate accounting into clear business insights.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
revenue recognitionCOGS trackingaccrualsGAAP compliancefinancial reportingvariance analysiscash flow reportingaudit preparationtax complianceinternal controls
Soft skills
analytical mindsetattention to detailcommunication skillsability to build processescollaboration with HRleadershipproblem-solvingadaptabilitystrategic thinkingstakeholder management
Certifications
CPABachelor’s degree in AccountingMaster’s degree in Finance
