Senior Accountant

What You'll be Building

• Revenue Operations & Execution

• Contract Analysis & Translation

• Financial Close & Reporting

• Billing Operations & Partner Reporting

• Process Design & Systems Optimization

• Cross-Functional Partnership

What You'll Need to Succeed

• 4–7+ years of accounting experience with meaningful exposure to revenue recognition and ASC 606

• Strong working knowledge of ASC 606; demonstrated ability to apply it to complex, real-world revenue arrangements

• Proven experience operationalizing revenue processes: billing, revenue tracking, reconciliations, and close activities

• Ability to read, interpret, and translate contracts into clear accounting and operational workflows

• Exceptional attention to detail, organizational discipline, and ability to manage multiple complex agreements simultaneously

• Strong communication skills and demonstrated ability to work cross-functionally with diverse stakeholders

Bonus Points For

• Experience in biotech, life sciences, or deep tech environments

• Hands-on experience with licensing agreements, collaboration agreements, milestone-based revenue, or cost-sharing arrangements

• Experience with NetSuite or comparable ERP systems

• CPA or candidate

What You Bring

• Execution mindset: You take ownership of outcomes and drive work to completion

• Rigor in detail: You catch errors before they matter and maintain documentation that stands up to scrutiny

• Translation ability: You can take ambiguous or complex contracts and make them operationally clear

• Collaborative problem-solving: You seek to understand other functions' needs and find solutions that work across the organization

• Comfort with evolution: You thrive in fast-moving environments where processes and complexity change as the company grows

Compensation

We offer competitive base compensation with bonus potential and generous early-stage equity. Your final offer will reflect your background, expertise, and expected impact.

About LILA

Lila Sciences is building Scientific Superintelligence™ to solve humankind's greatest challenges. We believe science is the most inspiring frontier for AI. Rather than hard-coding expert knowledge into tools, LILA builds systems that can learn for themselves.