Senior Accountant

Description

RxSight® is an ophthalmic medical technology corporation headquartered in Aliso Viejo, California that has commercialized the world’s first and only adjustable intraocular lens (IOL) that is customized after cataract surgery. The company’s mission is to revolutionize the premium cataract surgery experience by allowing surgeons to partner with their patients to achieve optimized results for every unique eye.

OVERVIEW:

The Senior Accountant is a key contributor to the Company’s financial close and reporting process, with direct responsibility over multiple areas of the balance sheet and income statement. This role goes beyond routine close execution and requires strong judgment, technical rigor, and ownership of complex reconciliations and analyses. The Senior Accountant works in a fast-paced public company environment, partnering closely with cross-functional teams and auditors, and is expected to deliver precise, high-quality results under tight reporting deadlines while supporting a strong SOX control framework.

Requirements

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Perform various month-end close activities in the areas of AP and related accruals, prepaid expenses, fixed assets, investment accounts & operating expenses 
• Prepare monthly flux/variance analysis, analyzing trends across a variety of departments and accounts. Recommend journal entries to adjust for reclasses, missed accruals & incorrectly posted items
• Partner with AP team to ensure invoices are posted accurately, and coordinate month end accruals by utilizing our integrated AP software
• Book monthly investment accounting entries from the Clearwater platform and provide reports to SEC team for 10-K/10-Q disclosures
• Ensure proper amortization of prepaid expenses including insurance, patent annuities and software licenses
• Prepare and post consolidation-related journal entries and supporting schedules as part of the monthly, quarterly, and annual close process
• Perform monthly sales tax reconciliations between Avalara and GL, investigating and resolving variances, validating tax liability balances, and supporting timely and accurate sales tax filings.
• Bank reconciliations for US and OUS entities
• Fixed Asset journal entries, & roll forward, corresponding with asset owners for asset status & year-end impairment testing
• Partnering with the procurement team to generate supplier spend reports and various other analyses
• Continuous process improvement to streamline the month end close, reconciliations and operational processes
• Various balance sheet reconciliations for areas of responsibility
• Support the annual external audit and provide documentation to satisfy audit requests
• Setup of customer and supplier master records in QAD
• Other duties as assigned

REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

• Advanced MS Excel (Pivot Tables, VLOOKUP, etc.)
• Solid understanding of U.S. GAAP
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute average, ratios, percent.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations. 
• Must have good phone skills and interact well with others. 
• Must always present themselves professionally.
• Requires minimal supervision.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• None

EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE, and TRAINING:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or Finance; minimum 3 years of accounting experience. 2 or more years of experience in public accounting preferred
• CPA preferred
• Must be flexible and adaptable to change
• Self-motivated with the ability to prioritize multiple projects under tight deadlines and work independently
• Ability to work professionally with all levels of management.
• Support our company values (Customer Focused, Agility, Sense of Urgency, Transformative).
• Training to be completed per the training plan for this position as maintained in the document control system
• The training requirements on TRN-10007 Insider Trading Policy, TRN-10008 Global Anti-Bribery and Anti-Corruption Policy and TRN-10009 Code of Business Conducts and Ethics must be diligently completed within 30 days from the hiring date and on an annual basis

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS:

• None

COMPUTER SKILLS:

• ERP
• MS Office (Excel, Word, Powerpoint, Outlook).

Notice to Staffing Agencies and Search Firms

RxSight does not accept unsolicited resumes or candidate submissions from staffing agencies or search firms for any employment opportunities. All agency engagements must be authorized in writing for a specific position by RxSight’s Talent Acquisition department. Any resumes or candidate information submitted without such specific engagement will be considered unsolicited and the property of RxSight. No fees will be paid in the event a candidate is hired under these circumstances.