Locust Walk
Job Description: Senior Staff Accountant

Office: Boston, MA; must currently reside in the Boston metro area or be willing to relocate there before starting; must have U.S. Citizenship or Visa

Overview:
Locust Walk is an investment bank that integrates the best of strategy consulting with strategic transactions and capital raising for innovative life science companies. We support management and board members through all aspects of a deal – from clearly defining and assessing all options to developing your company’s positioning and navigating through the full deal cycle from outreach to term sheet structuring to negotiating to close. Our suite of capabilities and data driven approach provides our clients with greater confidence on decision making, faster execution, and higher success working with a single team throughout the process. We have offices in Boston, New York, San Francisco, London, and Tokyo with clients throughout the world.

A week in the life for this role?
This role will perform mission critical tasks to ensure a streamlined & efficient finance process. On a week-to-week basis this person will be responsible for:

• Ensuring compliance with regulations and internal policies
• Preparing ad hoc reports for senior leaders of the firm
• Assisting in audit and tax return preparation and filings
• Representing the organization externally, as necessary, particularly regarding our banking relationships, clients, and vendors

• Managing billing functions:
o Preparing and sending invoices, maintaining, and updating records in ERP system D365
o Following up on outstanding payments and corresponding with internal personnel and clients to answer questions and resolve issues
• Managing Payables functions:
o Manage workflow in ERP system D365
o Maintaining and updating records, corresponding with internal personnel and vendors to answer questions and resolve issues
• Assist with month end including but not limited to:
o Booking prepaids, accruals, depreciation, and intercompany entries
o Completing bank recs for multiple accounts and credit cards
o Processing employee expenses and reimbursables
o Identifying and driving process improvements across all functions of accounting to improve efficiency and accuracy in working with other functional areas throughout the company
o Other finance and administrative duties as required

• Successful track record within accounting and finance:

o Prior public accounting and/or in-house finance team experience
o Fluency with Excel and QuickBooks, as well as cloud-based ERP systems such as MS Office 365 & MS Dynamics
o Strong communication skills and comfort speaking directly with vendors, clients and leadership team members

• Small firm experience. We're a small but nimble global organization that operates as a global firm. While experience in larger corporate frameworks will be valuable in bringing additional systems, organization and consistency into our firm, an understanding and experience in a smaller growth environment is critical for success.

• Finally, this person needs to be a self-starter looking to influence and drive the future of Locust Walk. We’re looking for a high-integrity individual with a solid academic pedigree who puts the Firm’s interests first and is transparent in their communications. A poised professional who effectively collaborates with other team members, clients and prospective partners and displays self-awareness, compassion, and especially a desire to have fun.

For More Information:
Visit www.locustwalk.com or email a copy of your resume to careers@locustwalk.com