Job Description
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Crinetics Pharmaceuticals is a pharmaceutical company based in San Diego, California, focused on developing therapies for endocrine diseases. The Accounts Payable Clerk will process invoices, manage workflows, resolve discrepancies, and assist with accounting period-end close accruals while ensuring compliance with company policies and industry regulations. Responsibilities • Process a high volume of invoices in Coupa, ensuring proper coding, tax classification and approval routing. • Communicate with vendors, team members, and other individuals as needed to resolve invoice/purchase order discrepancies or obtain missing documents. • Monitor and maintain accounting mailbox, effectively responding to external supplier, and internal customer inquiries promptly. • Onboard new suppliers, obtaining completed tax forms and payment information, verbally verifying all new banking information to guard against fraud. • Review and reconcile vendor statements for completeness, payment status, and reconcile any differences. • Establish cross-functional relationships while driving process efficiency. • Work with shipping and receiving regarding invoices pending product receipt. • Review employee expense reports for compliance with Crinetics policies. • Follow up on past due expense reports to ensure their timely submission and processing. • Continually assess and enhance the expense reporting process with the Compliance team, implementing best practices and providing additional training to users when necessary. • Identify, provide input to and/or support improvements to systems and processes to drive efficiency and enhance effectiveness. • Assist with SOX and compliance audit requests. • Perform internal quality control audits to ensure compliance with Federal Sunshine Act and state law reporting requirements; resolve audit escalations if necessary. • Assist in the month-end closing process for accounts payable, reconciling accounts, and providing accurate financial data for reporting purposes. • Support and/or perform the issuance of Form 1099’s and similar tax documents. • Other duties as assigned. Prioritizing processing invoices based on due dates and resolving escalated issues in a timely manner. Skills • Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance or related business field • Minimum 2 years of experience with general ledger coding • Exceptional data analysis and analytical skills • Ability to identify and define problems, collect supporting data, establish facts, propose solutions, and meet deadlines • Effective communication: ability to productively interact with others at all levels – within and outside the Finance department • Motivated to develop and maintain internal and external relationships • Self-starter who is drawn towards taking initiative, can multi-task, and possess the ability to respond to inquiries and effectively present information to accounting and business managers • Working knowledge and experience with Sunshine Act Compliance Company Overview • Crinetics is a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company that develops therapies for people with rare endocrine diseases. It was founded in 2008, and is headquartered in San Diego, California, USA, with a workforce of 501-1000 employees. Its website is Apply tot his job