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Senior Finance/Accounting Manager

Mix Talent · Menlo Park, CA · 2 wk ago
On-siteFinance$110k–$175k/yrFull-time

About the role

This is not a traditional Accounting Senior Manager role. It’s a rare opportunity to step into a foundational finance leadership seat inside a highly capitalized, multi-entity life sciences platform at the moment where structure is being built from scratch. The company has a long history of strong revenue, with capital actively being deployed across a diversified portfolio spanning manufacturing, clinical development, consumer health, and data infrastructure. Every dollar is tracked, pressure-tested, and reallocated in real time. Finance is not a back-office function here, it’s a strategic control center. You’ll work directly with a highly driven, detail-oriented CEO who relies on financial data to make rapid, high-stakes decisions. This environment is intense, fast-moving, and expects excellence, but for the right person, it offers something rare: A clear path to CFO-level responsibility as you earn trust and prove your ability to scale alongside the business.

Why This Role Is Different

This is not a traditional Accounting Senior Manager role. It’s a rare opportunity to step into a foundational finance leadership seat inside a highly capitalized, multi-entity life sciences platform at the moment where structure is being built from scratch. The company has a long history of strong revenue, with capital actively being deployed across a diversified portfolio spanning manufacturing, clinical development, consumer health, and data infrastructure. Every dollar is tracked, pressure-tested, and reallocated in real time. Finance is not a back-office function here, it’s a strategic control center. You’ll work directly with a highly driven, detail-oriented CEO who relies on financial data to make rapid, high-stakes decisions. This environment is intense, fast-moving, and expects excellence, but for the right person, it offers something rare: A clear path to CFO-level responsibility as you earn trust and prove your ability to scale alongside the business.

What You’ll Own

  • Owning multi-entity accounting operations and consolidations
  • Leading all close processes (monthly, quarterly, annually) in accordance with GAAP
  • Producing board- and investor-ready reporting that directly informs capital allocation decisions
  • Tracking deployment of investor contributions across multiple strategic investment buckets, with variance analysis used by leadership to reallocate capital in real time
  • Designing and implementing scalable systems, controls, and workflows from the ground up
  • Overseeing manufacturing and inventory accounting, including lot-level cost accounting across production runs
  • Managing 409A valuations and QSBS tracking (real-time, not retrospective)
  • Leveraging AI and automation to increase speed, accuracy, and insight

Who Thrives Here

  • Wants to build, not inherit
  • Is energized by complexity, ambiguity, and high expectations
  • Can operate as both a strategic partner and hands-on executor
  • Is comfortable being in the room where decisions are made—and challenged
  • Understands that trust is earned through precision, speed, and ownership

Compensation

The role offers a competitive base salary in the range of $110,000 – $175,000. Final compensation will be determined based on experience, qualifications, and overall fit.

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