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# Accounting Manager at Cala Health

- **Company:** Cala Health
- **Location:** San Mateo, CA
- **Posted:** 2026-10-08
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-18
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/calahealth/jobs/6220980004

## Job description

## 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

As our Accounting Manager, this individual will take full ownership of our core accounting operations—from driving the month-end close and handling complex journal entries to managing revenue, COGS, and clinical accruals.

Beyond the day-to-day close, they’ll play a major strategic role in strengthening our financial infrastructure—building out scalable internal controls, managing audit relationships, and serving as our technical GAAP subject matter expert as the company expands.

Title: Accounting Manager Reports to: Controller Location: Hybrid, 3 days a week at our San Mateo, CA Office Employment type: Full Time, Exempt Pay range: $130,000 - $150,000

**Final compensation is based on experience, skills, market benchmarks, and internal equity.**

Responsibilities:

Financial Close Leadership: Lead month-, quarter-, and year-end close processes, managing journal entries, reconciliations, and complex revenue, COGS, and R&D/clinical accruals. Financial Analysis & Reporting: Perform monthly budget variance and quarterly flux analyses, preparing routine and ad hoc accounting schedules for internal and external stakeholders. Technical Accounting: Serve as the US GAAP subject matter expert, author technical memos and build process flowcharts. Audit, Compliance & Tax: Act as primary contact for external/internal auditors, maintain SOX compliance procedures, and manage state sales tax submissions. Systems & Process Optimization: Oversee financial systems, assist with ERP implementations, design internal controls, and partner cross-functionally to drive continuous accounting process improvements.

## Qualifications & Skills

Required Qualifications

- Minimum of 6+ years of experience working in a public company or as an auditor (Big 4 experience a plus)
- Experience dealing with IPO or public company clients strongly recommended
- CPA designation or equivalent certification required.
- Ability to work independently with minimal supervision
- Bachelor’s degree in finance, Accounting or its equivalent
- Strong understanding of financial accounting principles (US GAAP)
- Ability to work independently with strong analytical skills and attention to detail
- Ability to apply policies and standards consistently
- Able to meet deadlines

## Preferred Qualifications

- People management experience a plus
- Experience with ERP systems a plus

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.

## About Cala Health

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Cala Health is a bioelectronic medicine company developing non-invasive wearable neuromodulation therapies, starting with the FDA-cleared Cala kIQ system for treating hand tremors in essential tremor and Parkinson’s disease.
- **Entity Type**: Private (total funding of $298.3M across 8 rounds)
- **Headquarters**: San Mateo, California, United States
- **Founded**: 2014
- **Founders**: Kate Rosenbluth, PhD (President & Chief Innovation Officer) [calahealth.com](https://calahealth.com/about-us/)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Medical Equipment Manufacturing / Bioelectronic Medicine / Healthcare
- **Target customers**: B2B (physicians, healthcare providers, payors) and B2C (patients with essential tremor and Parkinson’s disease). Serves both Medicare/VA beneficiaries and commercial insurance patients.
- **Mission**: “To free people from the burden of chronic disease” and “set a new standard of care for chronic disease” [calahealth.com](https://calahealth.com/about-us/)

## Products & Services
- **[Cala kIQ™ System](https://calahealth.com/)**: An FDA-cleared, physician-prescribed wearable device that delivers transcutaneous afferent patterned stimulation (TAPS) therapy. Provides on-demand tremor relief lasting over 90 minutes per session. The device is covered by Medicare and the VA. Includes a patient portal (MyCala.com) for tracking therapy data and sharing results with clinicians.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation**: Not publicly available (private company)
- **Key Metric**: Annual revenue of $11.3M (latest estimate) [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/cala-health-inc)
- **Total Funding**: $298.3M (8 prior funding rounds) [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/cala-health-inc)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Backed by leading healthcare and technology investors (specific names not disclosed in provided sources). Partners include Medicare (CMS), the VA, and various commercial insurance plans. [calahealth.com](https://calahealth.com/)
- **Growth Signals**: Headcount grew 37.5% YoY (82 employees). Job postings increased 50% monthly and 200% quarterly. Expanded presence to Japan. Launched next-generation Cala kIQ system. Received FDA Breakthrough Device Designation for Parkinson’s disease tremors. CMS created unique HCPCS codes and a positive Local Coverage Determination for TAPS therapy. [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/cala-health-inc) [calahealth.com](https://calahealth.com/about-us/)

## Competitive Advantages
- **First-mover in non-invasive prescription tremor therapy**: Cala kIQ is the only FDA-cleared wearable device for action hand tremor in essential tremor and Parkinson’s disease.
- **Proprietary TAPS technology**: Combines neuroscience and wearable electronics to deliver individualized peripheral nerve stimulation.
- **Strong clinical evidence**: Completed the largest noninvasive therapeutic clinical study for essential tremor (PROSPECT study) and a multi-center randomized controlled trial (ET-03). Published long-term real-world evidence.
- **Reimbursement path**: Medicare coverage and unique HCPCS codes reduce barriers for patient access.

## Strategic Focus
- **Expanding indications**: Developing therapies for neurology, cardiology, and psychiatry beyond essential tremor.
- **Scaling commercial reach**: Growing sales, marketing, and therapy access teams (e.g., Director of Marketing, Sales Operations Manager).
- **Product iteration**: Continuous improvement of the Cala kIQ platform and patient data insights.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Patient-first mindset with values of “One Team”, “Trust”, and “Bold Innovation”. Emphasis on community through GOYA (Get Off Your A**) mentoring and LHF (Let’s Have Fun) event planning. [calahealth.com](https://calahealth.com/about-us/careers/)
- **Benefits**: Competitive pay, health & wellness benefits, 401(k) savings plan, company equity, onsite gym, cell phone reimbursement, paid holidays, flexible time off, educational stipend, lunch & learns, professional development and mentorship. [calahealth.com](https://calahealth.com/about-us/careers/)
- **Work model**: Mix of on-site (San Mateo, CA) and remote roles. Engineering and manufacturing roles are in the Bay Area or Minneapolis/St. Paul. Some positions (e.g., Sales Operations Manager) are fully remote. [greenhouse.io](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/calahealth/jobs/5982842004)
- **Engineering culture**: Hands-on hardware and software development with direct impact on patient lives. Opportunities in firmware, full-stack, mechanical design, and manufacturing engineering.

## Sources
1. [calahealth.com](https://calahealth.com/about-us/) – Company history, leadership, mission, FDA milestones, clinical studies
2. [calahealth.com](https://calahealth.com/about-us/careers/) – Careers page with benefits, values, culture details
3. [calahealth.com](https://calahealth.com/) – Product page for Cala kIQ, therapy details, coverage information
4. [greenhouse.io](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/calahealth/jobs/5982842004) – Open job listings and office locations
5. [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/cala-health-inc) – Company details: headcount, revenue, funding, employee growth, department breakdown

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