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Sr Accountant

Role overview

Summary

This role is for a Senior Accountant at Baylor Genetics, responsible for overseeing accounting processes and ensuring accuracy in financial reporting. You will support various financial activities and collaborate with cross-functional teams on finance-related projects.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field.
  • 5 + years of progressive experience in accounting or financial roles.
  • Preferred: CPA designation

Responsibilities

  • Prepare and review financial statements, ensuring accuracy and compliance with GAAP.
  • Perform month-end and year-end close processes, reconciliations, and journal entries.
  • Analyze financial data and provide insights to support decision-making processes.
  • Maintain the general ledger, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and compliance.

Key facts

Hard skills

Other skills

  • Detail Oriented
  • Collaboration
  • Decision Making

About the company

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Baylor Genetics

  • Diagnostics & Laboratories
  • 501–1,000
Baylor Genetics is a leading diagnostic genomics partner offering a full spectrum of clinically relevant genetic testing, including Whole Genome Sequencing, Whole Exome Sequencing, and focused panels. Baylor Genetics combines rapid and comprehensive precision diagnostics options with the support of genetic counselors to help clinicians avoid a lengthy diagnostic odyssey for their patients, guide medical management, and ensure no patient with a genetic disorder gets left behind. Baylor Genetics’ testing menu covers family planning, pregnancy, neonatal and pediatric testing, oncology, and many other specialized testing options. Located in Houston’s Texas Medical Center, Baylor Genetics serves clients in 50 states.

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Job description

JOB SUMMARY 

We are seeking a highly motivated and detail-oriented Senior Accountant to join our finance team. This role will be responsible for overseeing accounting processes, ensuring accuracy in financial reporting, and supporting various financial activities.

KEY RESPONSIBILITES 

  • Prepare and review financial statements, ensuring accuracy and compliance with GAAP. 
  • Perform month-end and year-end close processes, reconciliations, and journal entries. 
  • Analyze financial data and provide insights to support decision-making processes. 
  • Maintain the general ledger, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and compliance. 
  • Assist in the development and implementation of accounting policies and procedures, identify opportunities to improve accounting processes and implement best practices for greater efficiency and accuracy 
  • Coordinate with auditors, ensuring all documentation and financial statements are accurate and audit ready. 
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams on various finance-related projects. 

QUALIFICATIONS 

Required 

·       Education: Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field. CPA designation preferred. 

·       Experience: 5 + years of progressive experience in accounting or financial roles. 

COMPETENCIES 

PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORK ENVIRONMENT 

  • Frequently required to sit. 
  • Frequently required to utilize hand and finger dexterity. 
  • Frequently required to talk or hear. 
  • Frequently required to utilize visual acuity to operate equipment, read technical information, and/or use a keyboard. 

EEO Statement: 

Baylor Genetics is proud to be an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace. We welcome and encourage applicants from all backgrounds to apply. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, childbirth, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. If you need an accommodation during the application process, please contact our Human Resources team.  

Note to Recruiters:

We value building direct relationships with our candidates and prefer to manage our hiring process internally. While we occasionally partner with select recruitment agencies for specialized roles, we do not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or agencies without a written agreement executed by the authorized signatory for Baylor Genetics ("Agreement"). Any resumes submitted to Baylor Genetics in the absence of an Agreement executed by Baylor Genetics' authorized signatory will be considered the property of Baylor Genetics, and Baylor Genetics will not be obligated to pay any associated recruitment fees.

 

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