Senior Accountant

Job Description

About Drug Hunter

Drug Hunter is the trusted knowledge platform for drug discovery teams. We help scientists and R&D leaders move faster and more confidently by curating and contextualizing the most relevant discoveries from literature, patents, and conferences — all in one place. Over 200 leading biotech and pharma R&D organizations rely on Drug Hunter to stay ahead of the curve.

We’re a mission-driven, product-focused company backed by top-tier investors and trusted by the world’s leading R&D organizations.

About the Role

The Senior Accountant will own critical financial workflows and help design scalable finance operations as the company grows. This is a high-ownership role with meaningful influence over finance systems, process design, and internal controls in a growing venture-backed SaaS company. You will lead payroll (U.S. and international), own accounts payable and expense management, support accounts receivable (A/R) billing operations, contribute to the month-end close, and drive process improvements that strengthen accuracy and internal controls. You’ll work closely with QuickBooks Online, Coastal Payroll, Brex, Bill.com, and invoicing/procurement platforms.

This high-impact individual contributor position requires a detail-oriented, autonomous, and proactive accountant capable of handling complex accounting tasks in a fast-growing, venture-backed environment. The scope of this role will expand as the company grows.

Success for this role in the first 6–12 months will include:

• Completing payroll seamlessly across U.S. and international teams
• Manage and continuously improve accounts payable workflows in Bill.com
• Oversee ongoing effectiveness and enhancement of expense management controls through Brex
• Improving A/R collections and billing workflows
• Maintaining a streamlined close and increasing automation of recurring reporting
• Strengthening internal controls across payroll, payables, and employee expenses

Key Responsibilities

1.     Payroll Management

• Lead end-to-end payroll operations for U.S. (Coastal Payroll) and international employees (in partnership with a PEO provider)
• Comply with payroll laws (federal, state, local), tax regulations, and employment agreements
• Reconcile payroll-related accounts and benefits
• Serve as the internal subject matter expert for payroll-related matters
• Review payroll tax filings, including quarterly and annual reports (e.g., 941, W-2)
• Improve the process and increase automation of payroll and benefits

 2.     Accounts Payable & Expense Management

• Oversee, document, and continuously improve the company’s accounts payable and expense management processes
• Own end-to-end accounts payable operations using Bill.com, including vendor onboarding, bill coding, approval routing, and payment processing
• Ensure timely and accurate vendor payments while maintaining strong internal controls
• Manage corporate card and employee expense programs through Brex, including policy enforcement, review, coding, and reimbursement workflows
• Partner with department leaders to ensure appropriate expense classification and adherence to company policy
• Reconcile AP and expense-related accounts, including credit cards and accrued liabilities
• Support 1099 tracking and year-end vendor reporting
• Continuously improve AP and expense workflows to increase automation, visibility, and compliance

 3.     Accounts Receivable & Billing Operations

• Support and improve day-to-day A/R and billing operations, including proactive collections follow-up
• Partner with customers and internal stakeholders to resolve billing issues
• Issue invoices using third-party systems (e.g., Coupa, Ariba/SAP, Tungsten) when required
• Respond to customer requests for supplier forms, invoicing information, and payment inquiries

 4.     Close & Financial Reporting

• Prepare and post payroll and employee-related journal entries
• Reconcile AP, prepaid expenses, credit cards, and accrued liabilities
• Assist with audit support related to payroll, AP, and expense processes
• Play a key role in month-end and year-end close, ensuring timely and accurate financial reporting
• Contribute to ad hoc financial analyses and modeling
• Create and automate dashboards to summarize key financial data and performance metrics

Requirements

Required

• 7+ years of progressive accounting experience
• Experience managing multi-state payroll
• Understanding of payroll compliance and tax regulations
• Experience with payroll audits and internal controls
• Experience managing accounts payable workflows in Bill.com or similar platforms
• Experience administering corporate card and expense management platforms (e.g., Brex, Ramp, Expensify)
• Advanced Excel skills (e.g., Pivot Tables, XLOOKUP)
• Experience with QuickBooks Online or similar accounting software
• Exceptional attention to detail, problem-solving skills, and ability to manage multiple priorities
• Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration skills

 Preferred

• Experience in SaaS or subscription-based revenue environments
• Familiarity with revenue recognition principles (ASC 606)
• Background in fast-paced, growing companies or with large, complex financial systems