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

• Ganzheitliche Verantwortung für Debitoren und Kreditoren: Eigenverantwortliche Betreuung und Verbuchung sämtlicher debitorischer und kreditorischer Geschäftsvorfälle, von Ein- und Ausgangsrechnungen über Umsätze bis hin zu Rückstellungen und Rechnungsabgrenzungen nach HGB. • Effizientes Forderungs- und Zahlungsmanagement: Steuerung des Forderungsmanagements inklusive Mahnwesen sowie Überwachung von Zahlungseingängen, Banktransaktionen und der fristgerechten Abwicklung aller Zahlungen – in enger Abstimmung mit internen und externen Stakeholdern. • Kontenabstimmung und Transparenz: Eigenverantwortliche Abstimmung und Überwachung der Debitoren- und Kreditorenkonten zur Sicherstellung einer korrekten und transparenten Buchführung. • Jahresabschluss & Prüfung: Aktive Mitwirkung bei der Erstellung der Jahresabschlüsse sowie Vorbereitung und Begleitung der Wirtschaftsprüfung für die verantworteten Accounting-Bereiche. • Reporting & Business Insights: Erstellung aussagekräftiger betriebswirtschaftlicher Auswertungen und Reports sowie Ansprechpartner:in für Stakeholder aus anderen Fachbereichen bei accountingrelevanten Fragestellungen. • Prozessoptimierung und Automatisierung: Identifikation und Umsetzung von Optimierungspotenzialen in unseren Buchhaltungsprozessen, um Effizienz, Genauigkeit und Automatisierung nachhaltig zu steigern.

• Record day-to-day financial transactions in the accounting system. • Maintain general ledger and ensure proper account classification. • Prepare journal entries, accruals, and adjustments. • Monitor prepaid expenses, provisions, and fixed assets. • Verify and book vendor invoices with appropriate approvals. • Perform monthly bank reconciliations. • Assist in monthly, quarterly, and annual financial closing. • Support GST, TDS, STPI PF, PT, and Income Tax compliance.

• Review and refine AI-generated responses involving accounting principles and complex financial scenarios • Assess outputs for compliance with relevant accounting standards, accuracy, and real-world applicability • Draft realistic accounting situations, including bookkeeping, financial reporting, tax, audit procedures, and management accounting • Evaluate AI reasoning on matters like internal controls, reconciliations, asset valuation, and regulatory requirements • Identify errors, omissions, or unrealistic assumptions in accounting logic • Create scenario variations from diverse stakeholder perspectives, such as auditor, finance manager, regulatory official, or client