Job description
Us
We are a microbiome science company pioneering innovations in probiotics and living medicines to impact human and planetary health. Founded to realize the potential of microbes, our platform enables the translation of breakthrough science across a portfolio that encompasses both indication-specific and preventive applications across gastrointestinal and digestive health, women’s health, skin and dermatological health, oral care, pediatrics, gut-brain function, metabolic function, and nutrition.
Our consumer innovations are commercialized under Seed® with a mission to bring much-needed precision, efficacy, education and perspective-shifting science communication to the global category of probiotics. And our environmental research is conducted under SeedLabs, which was founded to develop novel bacterial interventions to enhance biodiversity and restore ecosystems impacted by human activity. LUCA Biologics, our women’s health biotech company co-founded with Dr. Jacques Ravel, develops living medicines targeting the vaginal microbiome for urogenital and reproductive health.
Founded in Venice, CA with a global team across Europe, Australia, Asia and North America, Seed Health was co-founded by Ara Katz and Raja Dhir, alongside a scientific board comprised of leading scientists, researchers, and clinicians across the fields of microbiology, immunology, bioinformatics, dermatology, oral health, vaginal health, gastroenterology, mental health, pediatrics, and nutrition.
- seedhealth.com • seed.com • luca.bio
Who you are
Impact drives you to excel and you are passionate about precision within a rapidly scaling business. You are enthralled with seeing the trends across productivity, strategy, and quality as it pertains to finance and accounting. You have direct experience overseeing all aspects of accounting and were born ready to support Seed’s growing business ecosystem. You’re seeking a new chapter with the rare opportunity to design and implement thoughtful and scalable internal controls and accounting processes within a dynamic organization. You are energized by the idea of building from the ground up and automatically operate three steps ahead on the chess board. You seamlessly shift from long-term strategic thinking to tactical day-to-day operations and thoroughly enjoy process design and improvement. You exhibit entrepreneurial finesse and are excited to lead by example as you build an internal accounting department and transition daily accounting operations and logistics in-house. You are eager to make an impact, not only within our quickly growing business but within microbial science, all in the interest of advancing human and planetary health.
What you’ll do
- Oversee all accounting operations: monthly close processes and reconciliations, inventory control and management, AP, AR, cash management, payroll recording and tax processing
- Develop and implement process improvements that create efficiency in the monthly close processes, which is currently 5 days
- Ensure compliance with GAAP and deliver timely / accurate financial reporting
- Serve as the financial leader for ERP enhancements, partnering with your Operations counterparts to deliver greater supply chain automation
- Publish detailed monthly financial reports, including product and channel level income statements, and key financial metrics to leadership and lead investors
- Streamline AP processes to ensure vendor communication and expectations
- Manage cash management activities and reconciliation to provide leadership greater visibility into cash flow
- Recruit, manage and mentor growing Accounting team as company transitions from external accounting support to inhouse team
- Coordinate tax planning strategies, and oversee sales and income tax filings
- Review internal controls and implement process improvements to insulate risk and protect company assets
- Manage the annual audit with external auditors
Your Background
- CPA with 10+ years of experience and advanced knowledge of GAAP and technical accounting expertise
- Experience with a mix of Big 4 or large accounting firm is preferred
- Consumer products experience with a complex supply chain and inventory management
- High growth DTC subscription and omni-channel distribution
- Analytical problem solver with who enjoys the ‘build stage’ as the company scales
- Process-oriented and always looking to find solutions to help automate, streamline and reduce risk of manual error
- Able to seamlessly adjust from high-level strategic thinking to understanding the details
- A strong leader and manager who enjoys building and mentoring a growing team
- Excellent communicator and collaborator
- Interested in growing microbiome research and the potential for positive impact on human and planetary health
- Eager to make an impact in a growing business on the forefront of microbiome science
The annual pay range for this full-time position is $220k-$240k + equity + benefits across all US locations (this position is 100% remote-US). Our pay ranges are guided by discipline, level and experience required. Within the range, individual pay may vary based on additional factors, including: your specific location, desired skills/ technical competency, relevant experience and advanced education/ training.Benefits include: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, AD&D, LTD, Mental Wellness, EAP, Wellness Stipend + 401(k) match.
Seed is an equal opportunity employer. For us, diversity isn’t an HR metric—it is the result of billions of years of evolution; it’s our nature. To serve our community inclusively means to cultivate a relative abundance of perspectives, backgrounds, geographies, and experiences. Like in biology, each role and its function is key to the productivity, sustainability, and resilience of our ecosystem.
Seed Health does not accept unsolicited resumes from individual recruiters or third party recruiting agencies in response to job postings. No fee will be paid to third parties who submit unsolicited candidates directly to our hiring managers or any employee of the Seed team. All candidates must be submitted via our Applicant Tracking System by approved Seed Health vendors who have been requested to make a submission by our Talent Acquisition team for a specific job opening.
