San Mateo, United States
Senior Accountant
Cala Health · San Mateo · United States
Posted: 10/12/2026 · Last checked: 10/12/2026
Job description
Quoted in full from Cala Health's job posting. Gavroche does not edit it.
About Cala
At Cala, we’re working to free people from the burden of chronic disease. We began by creating the first non-invasive prescription therapy for hand tremor. After years of careful fine-tuning and improvements, we recently released kIQ® Plus, our most sophisticated therapy yet. Our products have empowered thousands of people to get back to their lives with confidence and ease.
But we won’t stop there. Our pioneering technology can be applied across neurology, cardiology, and beyond. It’s all part of our mission to help people in their struggle with chronic disease. We’re only just getting started
The Opportunity
The Senior Accountant is responsible for all core accounting and related compliance activities at Cala Health. In this fast-paced environment, you will own the month-end close, support SOX and public-company readiness initiatives, and partner with cross-functional teams to streamline our financial controls.
Title: Senior Accountant
Reports to: Controller
Location: Hybrid, 3 days a week
Employment type: Full-time, exempt
Pay range: $115,000 - $126,000
**Final compensation is based on experience, skills, market benchmarks, and internal equity**
Responsibilities:.
- Serve as a key player in the month/quarter/year end close process
- Take ownership of month-end and quarter-end accounting close for areas of functional responsibility, including preparing monthly journal entries and account reconciliations
- Take lead on monthly revenue reconciliation process
- Perform monthly analysis of account balances and expenses versus history and budgets
- Collaborate with the accounting team on internal and external audits
- Become a thought leader on technical accounting matters along with drafting of technical accounting memos and process flow charts
- Submission of monthly sales tax to various state government agencies
- Develop and perform procedures to ensure SOX compliance
- Prepare accounting schedules and analysis routinely, and as requested, for internal and external reporting and audit requirements
- Team up with cross functional teams to implement accounting process improvements
- Establish rapport with other team members, build effective relationships, and share wins and successes
- Complete ad hoc projects and support accounting operations as necessary
Qualifications & Skills
- Minimum of 3 years of experience working in a public company or as an auditor (Big 4 experience a plus)
- Preferably with CPA or working towards CPA designation or equivalent certification.
- Bachelor’s degree in finance, Accounting or its equivalent
- Strong understanding of financial accounting principles (US GAAP)
- Strong analytical skills and attention to detail
- Ability to apply policies and standards consistently
- Able to meet deadlines
Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis, or eligible for work authorization through a sponsorship path that Cala Health is able to support. Sponsorship decisions are made individually based on role, timeline, and cost considerations, and are not guaranteed.
Cala Health believes our success is based on diversity of people, teams and thinking. We offer all employees the tools, training and mentoring they need to succeed. Our selection process is driven by the key requirements for the role rather than bias or discrimination on the basis of a candidate’s sex, gender identity, age, marital status, veteran status, non-jobrelated disability/handicap or medical condition, family status, sexual orientation, religion, color, ethnicity, race or any other legally protected classification.
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