Strive to Bring a Profound Difference to our Patients

At Avidity Biosciences, we are passionate about the impact of every employee in realizing our vision of improving people’s lives by delivering a new class of RNA therapeutics. Avidity is revolutionizing the field of RNA with its proprietary AOCs, which are designed to combine the specificity of monoclonal antibodies with the precision of oligonucleotide therapies to address targets and diseases previously unreachable with existing RNA therapies. If you are a committed, solution-oriented thinker, join us in making a difference and become part of our growing culture that is integrated, collaborative, agile and focused on the needs of patients. 

Avidity Biosciences, Inc.'s mission is to profoundly improve people's lives by delivering a new class of RNA therapeutics - Antibody Oligonucleotide Conjugates (AOCs™). Utilizing its proprietary AOC platform, Avidity demonstrated the first-ever successful targeted delivery of RNA into muscle and is leading the field with clinical development programs for three rare muscle diseases: myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1), Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) and facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD). Avidity is broadening the reach of AOCs with its advancing and expanding pipeline, including programs in cardiology and immunology through internal discovery efforts and key partnerships. Avidity is headquartered in San Diego, CA. For more information about our AOC platform, clinical development pipeline, and people, please visit www.aviditybiosciences.com and engage with us on LinkedIn and Twitter.

The Opportunity

The Senior Accountant is an important part of the Accounting team and is responsible for assisting the Senior Manager, Technical Accounting & Reporting with SEC filings, technical accounting research, preparation of whitepapers, and management of the SOX program.  Further, the Senior Accountant will assist the Senior Manager, Accounting with accruals for manufacturing costs, revenue recognition models, and the search for unrecorded liabilities.  The ideal candidate possesses a positive attitude, is self-motivated, and eager to learn new things while having an impact across a broad scope of areas at the Company.  Further, the ideal candidate will have a desire to continually re-evaluate, challenge, and propose improvements to existing processes as the company grows over time.

What You Will Contribute

• Prepares complex journal entries, reconciliations, and accounting analysis applicable to the group
• Researches technical accounting issues and proposes potential solutions
• Prepares technical accounting memos
• Develop strong understanding of holistic Avidity business and processes to ensure appropriate execution of SOX program and preparation of SEC filings
• Provides support and direction to other departments and business areas
• Has a customer service mindset when working with other groups
• Intellectually curious and drive to understand the “why” behind each process and procedures
• Ability to think outside the box and develop new processes and process improvements
• Typically works autonomously with little instruction on day-to-day work
• Seeks out growth opportunities
• Self-starter with strong internal drive
• Builds cross functional relationships

What We Seek

•           4+ Years of experience that includes both Auditing and Corporate Accounting
•           Strong knowledge of US GAAP and able to articulate accounting theory
•           Advanced self-review skills
•          Advanced organizational skills
•           Intermediate knowledge of SOX and audit requirements
•           Intermediate Excel/MS Office & ERP skills

Preferred Background

• Big 4 or other Large National Audit Firm experience
• Corporate Accounting experience in a SOX environment
• Cost Accounting experience
• Experience with D365 or other large ERP systems
• Biotech experience
• Licensed CPA or in progress with the CPA Exam

What We will Provide to You:

• The base salary range for this role is $95,000-$115,000. The final compensation will be commensurate with such factors as relevant experience, skillset, internal equity and market factors.
• Avidity offers competitive compensation and benefits which includes the opportunity for annual and spot bonuses, stock options and RSUs, as well as a 401(k) with an employer match. In addition, the comprehensive wellness program includes coverage for medical, dental, vision, and LTD, and four weeks of time off.
• A commitment to learning and development which includes a variety of programming internally developed by and for Avidity employees, opportunities for job-specific training offered by industry, and an education reimbursement program.