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Senior Manager, Accounting

Octave Bioscience

Octave Bioscience

Accounting & Finance
San Francisco, CA, USA
USD 165k-185k / year + Equity
Posted on Aug 13, 2025

About the Company

Octave Bioscience is at the forefront of precision care, delivering data-driven insights for neurodegenerative diseases, starting with multiple sclerosis (MS). We’re on a mission to transform clinical decision-making through predictive analytics and biomarker intelligence. We are expanding our marketing team to include a Senior Manager, Digital & Performance Marketing, a strategic, tech-savvy leader with a strong track record in healthcare, bioscience, or digital health marketing.

About the Role

We are looking for a highly motivated Senior Manager, Accounting with a strong growth mindset, to lead our day-to-day accounting and financial operations. This is a high-impact role focused on strengthening our month-end close, improving processes, and partnering across teams to ensure accuracy, efficiency, and compliance. This is a great opportunity for someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment, enjoys solving complex problems, and wants to build meaningful partnerships across Finance and shared services.

Responsibilities

  • Monthly journal entries, account reconciliations, and variance analyses
  • Own payroll and equity reporting partnering alongside HR
  • Monthly revenue reporting on partnership projects and direct billing for MSDA services
  • Influence and drive process improvements and efficiencies for growth
  • Oversee third party accounting team
  • Prepare accounting memos on complex transactions such as new leases, debt refinancing, grant income and new partnership agreements
  • Maintain debt compliance reporting, lead the external audit process, Assist in system implementations
  • Manage compliance activities such as state taxes, business licenses and various business surveys

Qualifications

  • 8+ years of progressive accounting or finance experience
  • Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or a related field (CPA required)
  • Strong understanding of US GAAP and internal controls
  • Proficiency in Excel (e.g., pivot tables, VLOOKUPs)
  • Analytical mindset with strong attention to detail and problem-solving ability
  • Self-starter who thrives in a dynamic, fast-paced, evolving environment
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills and comfort working cross-functionally

Preferred Skills

  • Experience in a high-growth or tech-forward environment
  • Interest in or experience applying AI tools to accounting workflows
  • Familiarity with accounting systems like Netsuite, Floqast, and spend management systems (e.g. Certify and Rippling Spend Management)

Salary Range

$165K - $185K + Bonus + Equity + Benefits. The successful candidate's starting base salary will be determined based on experience, qualifications, work location and market conditions.

Join a fast-growing team committed to redefining how clinicians use data to make more informed treatment decisions in MS care. As a leader in the finance team, you will have the opportunity to shape Octave’s financial and control ecosystem, driving impactful operating decisions and long term strategy.