Senior Accountant, Accounts Payable & T&E
Halozyme Therapeutics
San Diego, CA · Posted September 18, 2026
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Welcome to an inspired career.
At Halozyme, we are reinventing the patient experience and building the future of drug delivery. We are passionate about the important work we do and constantly strive to do more. We embrace transformation and work hard to innovate for the future. We do this together, as One Team – we rise by lifting others up and believe in the power of working together for the collective win. That’s why we need you—to help us make a significant impact by taking on increasingly complex challenges, leaping beyond the status quo, advancing our mission and making our One Team culture thrive.
Join us as a Senior Accountant, Accounts Payable & T&E , and you’ll be part of a culture that welcomes diversity, thinks differently to solve problems, works collaboratively as one team, and delivers meaningful innovations that impact people’s lives.
How you will make an impact
The Senior Accountant, Accounts Payable & T&E supports the Procure-to-Pay process, including accounts payable, vendor activity, accruals, and payment operations, as well as the corporate T&E and card administration processes. This role partners across the business to ensure accurate, timely, and compliant execution while leveraging NetSuite, Concur, direct bank interfaces, analysis, automation, and creative problem solving to improve processes, controls, reporting, and the employee and vendor experience.
In this role, you’ll have the opportunity to:
• Process, review, and analyze Procure-to-Pay transactions, including accounts payable, invoices, credit memos, purchase orders, vendor accruals, reconciliations, and related vendor activity.
• Support Procure-to-Pay and T&E processes, ensuring timely execution, accurate coding, policy compliance, and strong customer service.
• Administer the corporate T&E card program, including cardholder support, policy compliance, transaction monitoring, issue resolution, and related reporting.
• Perform vendor verification procedures for new and existing vendors, including validation of vendor information, banking details, tax documentation, and required approvals.
• Execute payment processes through NetSuite and direct bank interfaces, including ACH, wire, check, domestic, and foreign vendor payments.
• Research and resolve vendor, employee, banking, invoice, and payment inquiries in partnership with Finance, business partners, vendors, and auditors.
• Calculate and record accruals and prepare journal entries, account reconciliations, month-end schedules, fluctuation analyses, vendor aging reviews, and other AP/T&E reporting.
• Maintain required documentation, approvals, tax reporting support, audit support, Sunshine Act support, and SOX control compliance.
• Coordinate annual W-9 and 1099 reporting, including collection, review, filing, and maintenance of vendor tax documentation.
• Support testing, implementation, and ongoing improvement of NetSuite workflows, bank interfaces, reporting, Procure-to-Pay, and T&E processes, with a focus on driving automation and scalable solutions.
• Apply analytical and creative problem-solving skills to identify process gaps, evaluate root causes, recommend solutions, and improve accuracy, efficiency, and scalability.
• Perform other duties as assigned.
To succeed in this role, you’ll need:
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field; equivalent experience may be considered.
• Minimum of five years of accounts payable, procure-to-pay, T&E and/or general ledger accounting experience in a public company or SOX-controlled environment.
• Experience in life sciences, pharmaceutical, biotech or manufacturing environments.
• Strong knowledge of full-cycle accounts payable processing, payment processing, accruals, expense reporting, corporate card programs, internal controls, and SOX compliance.
• Experience supporting month-end close, including accruals, journal entries, reconciliations, variance analysis, and AP/T&E reporting.
• Experience with domestic and international payments, including ACH, wire, check, foreign currency, and bank interfaces.
• Proficiency with ERP systems, AP automation, expense management tools, Microsoft Excel, and related financial systems.
• Demonstrated experience working effectively with vendors, third-party service providers, and cross-functional business partners.
Other Skills and Abilities
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and business partnering skills, with the ability to work effectively across functions and levels of the organization.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and critical thinking skills, with the ability to evaluate issues, identify root causes, and recommend practical solutions.
• High degree of accuracy, accountability, confidentiality, professional judgment, and attention to detail.
• Ability to manage competing priorities and consistently meet recurring close and payment deadlines.
In return, we offer you:
• Full and comprehensive benefit program, including an Employee Stock Purchase Program and 401(k) matching.
• Opportunities to grow in a culture that prioritizes learning, development and progression through in-house programs and tuition reimbursement.
• A collaborative, innovative team that works as one to amplify your impact—on your career, the work you do and patients’ lives.
The most likely base pay range for this position is $100K - $130K per year. Several factors, such as experience, tenure, skills, and particular business needs, will determine an individual’s exact level of compensation. Base salary is only one element of employee compensation at Halozyme. Total compensation could include bonuses, sales incentives, and equity awards.
Halozyme, Inc. is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer. It is the policy of the Company to provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information.
Accessibility and Reasonable Accommodations:
Halozyme is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans during our application process. If you need assistance or accommodation due to a disability, contact Human Resources at hrbox@halozyme.com.
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