Senior Accountant - General Ledger #4850

Grailbio
Menlo Park, US
Hybrid

Who this role is best for

Aimed at senior accounting professionals with public company experience who thrive in evolving environments and can commit to hybrid work in Menlo Park.

Best fit for

  • Public company accountants with strong GAAP knowledge seeking process improvement roles.
    — “experience in a public company and/or public accounting environment, strong knowledge of U.S. GAAP
  • Candidates who excel in fast-paced, evolving accounting operations.
    — “ability to thrive in a fast-paced and evolving organization

Things to consider

  • Relocation to Sunnyvale required by Fall 2026.
    — “will move to Sunnyvale, California in Fall 2026
  • Minimum 60% on-site work commitment with key days in Menlo Park.
    — “a minimum of 60%, or 24 hours, of your total work week be on-site

How to stand out

  • Demonstrate specific examples of driving accounting process improvements.
    — “driving process improvements across the accounting organization
  • Highlight experience supporting internal controls in financial reporting.
    — “supporting internal controls
  • Showcase cross-functional partnership skills beyond basic accounting tasks.
    — “partnering with cross-functional stakeholders
Pace · SteadyCollaboration · MediumAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · TeamLevel · Senior

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What success looks like

  • accurate financial records
  • process improvements
  • cross-functional collaboration
Typical background
accountantpublic accountingfinancial analyst

Skills & requirements

Required

U.S. GAAPFinancial ReportingMonthly Close ProcessInternal Controls

Preferred

Public Company ExperiencePublic Accounting Environment

Stack & domain

AccountingFinance

About the role

Original posting from Grailbio via Lever

Our mission is to detect cancer early, when it can be cured. We are working to change the trajectory of cancer mortality and bring stakeholders together to adopt innovative, safe, and effective technologies that can transform cancer care.

We are a healthcare company, pioneering new technologies to advance early cancer detection. We have built a multi-disciplinary organization of scientists, engineers, and physicians and we are using the power of next-generation sequencing (NGS), population-scale clinical studies, and state-of-the-art computer science and data science to overcome one of medicine’s greatest challenges.

GRAIL is headquartered in the bay area of California, with locations in Washington, D.C., North Carolina, and the United Kingdom. It is supported by leading global investors and pharmaceutical, technology, and healthcare companies.

For more information, please visit grail.com

Reporting to the Associate Director of Accounting, the Senior Accountant - General Ledger is a key contributor in the Finance organization and will play a key role in the monthly close process, financial reporting, and accounting operations. This position will be responsible for maintaining accurate financial records, supporting internal controls, partnering with cross-functional stakeholders, and driving process improvements across the accounting organization. The ideal candidate is a detail-oriented accounting professional with experience in a public company and/or public accounting environment, strong knowledge of U.S. GAAP, and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced and evolving organization. 

This role is based in Menlo Park, California, and will move to Sunnyvale, California in Fall 2026. It offers a flexible work arrangement, with the ability to work from GRAIL's office or from home. Our current flexible work arrangement policy requires that a minimum of 60%, or 24 hours, of your total work week be on-site. Your specific schedule, determined in collaboration with your manager, will align with team and business needs and could exceed the 60% requirement for the site. At our Menlo Park campus, Tuesdays and Thursdays are the key days where we encourage on-site presence to engage in events and on-site activities.

Source: Grailbio careers (Lever)

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