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title: 'Accountant at Gator Bio'
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# Accountant at Gator Bio

- **Company:** Gator Bio
- **Location:** Palo Alto, CA
- **Compensation:** $95k–$115k
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** onsite
- **Posted:** 2026-10-22
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-25
- **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/gatorbio/238fae83-6946-40ae-b3c8-a47ac6951bb0

## Job description

Gator Bio is a biotech company located in Palo Alto, CA. We are creating innovative technologies to solve difficult problems facing today’s healthcare industries. We develop, manufacture and market instruments, biosensors, reagents, and consumables for in-vitro diagnostics and biotherapeutic development. Our mission is to simplify and accelerate biological analysis for biotherapeutic research and development.

Accountant will manage all financial transactions, from fixed payments and variable expenses to bank deposits and budgets. Accountant responsibilities include auditing financial documents and procedures, reconciling bank statements and calculating tax payments and returns. To be successful in this role, you should have previous experience with bookkeeping and a flair for spotting numerical mistakes.

## ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

- Overseeing daily sales transactions and related accounting activities.
- Performing advanced accounting functions and maintaining accurate financial transactions.
- Reconciliating cashflow.
- Cross-training and back up in performing other accounting jobs, including, but not limited to purchasing, Sales Order and fulfillment.
- Reconciling sync data from Bill.com, Divvy Card and SVB credit cards and resolving syncing errors.
- Applying payment to customer invoices.
- Managing transactions in Bill.com and Divvy Card
- Supporting Sales tax return and Property tax return filing
- Resolving account discrepancies by reconciling statements and transactions.
- Performing duties related to AR, AP, Cash Flow, GL entry and Accounting reporting as requested.
- Assisting in month-end closing, preparing monthly financial reports, and supporting worksheets.
- Helping to improve and automate accounting system processes to enhance efficiency, accuracy, and workflow optimization.
- Leading and/or participating in business office duties and projects, as requested.

## QUALIFICATIONS

- Bachelor’s degree in accounting is required.
- Two years of experience in Accounting (Experiences in NetSuite and Bill.com are preferred).
- Working knowledge of US GAAP, procedures, practices, and internal control.
- Computer and accounting application proficiency, with advanced proficiency in Excel (especially Pivot Table, VLOOKUPs, etc.), Microsoft 365.
- Ability to provide business office and accounting services in a start-up environment.
- Demonstrated skill with business judgment, communication, and problem solving.
- Demonstrated experience in defining and implementing process improvements.
- Highly organized, independent, accountable, detail-oriented, multi-tasking, flexible, and accurate, with the ability to meet deadlines.

## PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty and responsibility satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

- This role will require lengthy periods of standing and sitting.
- Ability to lift, push, pull, carry, and/or move up to 25lbs.
- The employee will be required to use hands for computer work.
- Health screening: N/A
- Travel: N/A

## About Gator Bio

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Gator Bio develops and commercializes next-generation Biolayer Interferometry (BLI) instruments, consumables, and software for label-free biomolecular analysis, enabling faster and more reliable drug discovery and life sciences research.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Other Investors)
- **Headquarters**: Palo Alto, California, United States
- **Founded**: 2001
- **Founders**: Not publicly available

## Core Business
- Primary industry/industries: Biotechnology, Life Sciences Tools & Services, Laboratory Analytical Instruments
- Target customers: B2B; pharmaceutical companies, biotech firms, academic research institutions, and contract research organizations (CROs) worldwide.
- Mission or purpose statement: "To power discoveries in the biomolecular universe, advancing the world in which we live."

## Products & Services
- **Gator® BLI Instruments (Hardware/SaaS)**: A family of label-free analysis systems based on Biolayer Interferometry that measures biomolecular interactions (kinetics, affinity, quantitation, epitope binning) without complex sample prep or fluorescent labels. Validated across 400+ installations.
- **Biosensor Consumables**: Over 30 proprietary biosensor options covering antibodies, proteins, and small molecules, designed for high reproducibility (<5% CV) and low cost of operation (up to 20 regeneration cycles).
- **Gator Bio Software (SaaS)**: Intuitive software for instrument control, data acquisition, and analysis, including AI-driven design tools for high-throughput automation and emerging applications.
- **GeneSwift Reagents (Reagents)**: A novel reagent line launched in May 2025 for genome titer and genome integrity analysis, expanding the company's offering into gene therapy analytics.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed (private company).
- **Key Metric**: Total funding not publicly disclosed; company is described as privately held with a round labeled "Other Investors."
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Not publicly disclosed beyond an exclusive distribution agreement with I&L Biosystems (2022). Partners include leading pharmaceutical, biotech, and academic institutions globally.
- **Growth Signals**: +2.9% headcount growth YoY (50 employees), +24.6% LinkedIn follower growth yearly, global expansion with team members in 6 countries (US, China, Germany, Canada, Singapore, Japan), launch of GeneSwift reagents in 2025, active patent filing in 2025 for a microplate evaporation prevention apparatus.

## Competitive Advantages
- **High reproducibility**: <5% CV across runs, critical for regulatory submissions in drug development.
- **Lower total cost of ownership**: Reduced consumables cost (20+ regeneration cycles per biosensor) compared to legacy platforms.
- **Broad application range**: Covers monoclonal antibodies, gene therapies, and next-gen biologics, recently expanded into gene therapy titer analysis via GeneSwift reagents.
- **Engineer-led innovation**: Deep team of PhD-level application scientists and proprietary hardware/software design from the ground up.

## Strategic Focus
- **Innovation in BLI**: Continuously pushing boundaries with high-throughput automation, AI-driven design, and expanded applications (e.g., gene therapy analytics).
- **Global commercial expansion**: Active hiring for field application scientists and regional sales managers across US and international markets (Boston, Washington DC, and likely other regions).
- **Operational scale**: Growing from a small team of ~50 to support a larger installed base (400+ instruments) while maintaining quality and customer support.

## Why Work Here
- **Mission-driven work**: Directly contribute to accelerating breakthroughs in biotherapeutics, vaccines, diagnostics, and gene therapy for leading research institutions worldwide.
- **Collaborative culture**: Described as a team that values scientific curiosity, mutual respect, and a healthy dose of good humor—"serious about science, but never take ourselves too seriously."
- **Career growth**: Opportunities to learn, lead, and make impact across R&D, marketing, manufacturing, sales, and customer success in a growing company.
- **Work-life balance**: Generous PTO and strong commitment to employee well-being.
- **Competitive benefits**: Health, dental, vision, 401(k), life insurance, FSA, floating holidays, employee referral program, plus workers' compensation and various leave policies.
- **Remote/hybrid/office policy**: Hybrid model; some roles are remote (e.g., Field Service Engineer) while others are on-site in Palo Alto (e.g., People Operations Coordinator). HQ is in Palo Alto, CA.
- **Engineering culture**: A blend of startup energy with deep scientific expertise; team members span the globe and include scientists, engineers, and innovators.

## Sources
1. [gatorbio.com - About Us](https://www.gatorbio.com/about/)
2. [gatorbio.com - Careers](https://www.gatorbio.com/careers/)
3. [linkedin.com - Gator Bio Company Profile](https://linkedin.com/company/gatorbio)
4. [cbinsights.com - Gator Bio Profile](https://www.cbinsights.com/company/gator-bio)
5. [jobs.lever.co - Gator Bio Openings](https://jobs.lever.co/gatorbio)
6. [pharmiweb.com - GeneSwift Launch (via LinkedIn)](https://www.pharmiweb.com/press-release/2025-05-13/gator-bio-unveils-novel-new-geneswift-reagents-revolutionizing-genome-titer-and-genome-integrity-analysis)

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