What are the responsibilities and job description for the Accounts Payable Associate position at Fate Therapeutics?
San Diego, CA
General & Administrative – Finance /
Non-exempt Full-time /
On-site
Fate Therapeutics is seeking a highly motivated accounts payable professional to join our accounting team to support the accounts payable function. This is a full-time position reporting to the Corporate Controller, and is located at our corporate headquarters in San Diego, CA.
Responsibilities
- Day to day invoice processing, verifying and reconciling invoice discrepancies, while heavily utilizing Microsoft Dynamics, PairSoft PaperSave, and Fraxion procurement software.
- Verify invoice 3-way and 2-way matching, while ensuring proper account coding, and that proper approvals and packing slips are obtained.
- Communicate with vendors and employees on payment inquiries, and billing discrepancies.
- Work alongside the Business Planning & Sourcing and Shipping/Receiving departments to resolve issues as needed.
- Maintain and file electronic AP files & keeping electronic vendor files up to date.
- Lead the preparation of check runs.
- Assist in ad hoc requests and month endclose.
- Able to work independently in a fast-paced and high-volume setting.
Qualifications
- Associates degree with a focus on accounting/ business or equivalent experience preferred.
- Ideal candidate will have 1 or more years of prior hands on accounts payable experience, preferably in the biotechnology or pharmaceutical industry.
- Strong communication skills & organizational skills.
- Able to self-manage and meet monthly deadlines.
- Software savvy (experience with Microsoft Dynamics preferred).
- High attention to detail, professional attitude and reliable.
- Proficient in Microsoft Excel
- Proficient in Adobe PDF
Working Conditions and Physical Requirements
- May require occasional evening and weekend work
- Subject to extended periods of sitting and standing, vision to monitor, and moderate noise levels
$25 - $35 an hour
The preceding job description indicates the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. Additional and incidental duties related to the primary duties may be required from time to time.
Equal Employment Opportunity
Fate Therapeutics, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
About Fate Therapeutics, Inc.
Fate Therapeutics is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company dedicated to bringing a first-in-class pipeline of induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC)-derived cellular immunotherapies to patients with cancer and autoimmune diseases. Using its proprietary iPSC product platform, the Company has established a leadership position in creating multiplexed-engineered iPSC lines and in the manufacture and clinical development of off-the-shelf, iPSC-derived cell products. The Company’s effector cell pipeline includes multiplexed-engineered, iPSC-derived natural killer (NK) cell and T-cell product candidates, which incorporate novel synthetic controls of cell function, such as chimeric antigen receptors (CARs) to target tumor-associated antigens and are intended to deliver multiple mechanisms of therapeutic importance to patients including in combination with well-established cancer therapies. Fate Therapeutics is headquartered in San Diego, CA.
Salary : $25 - $35
