Senior Accountant

Mural Health is a fast-growing clinical technology start-up that makes clinical trials easier for participants. Our mission is to eliminate any barriers participants or caregivers experience while being part of a clinical trial. Mural Health is looking to expand our team with a Senior Accountant. Who are you? We're looking for a detail-oriented and forward-thinking Senior Accountant to own our core finance operations while actively building the systems and automation infrastructure that will scale with us. This role sits at the intersection of accounting fundamentals and operational innovation — you'll keep the books clean and the close tight while continuously finding smarter, more automated ways to work. If you're the type who finishes a manual process and immediately asks "how do we never do this by hand again," this role is for you. Role Location: Remote - US Reports To: CFO You will: Accounts Payable Own the end-to-end AP cycle with a bias toward automation-first design — actively reducing manual touchpoints in invoice intake, coding, approval routing, and payment disbursement Build and maintain smart aging and payment term workflows that proactively surface cash flow risks, with alerting and escalation handled programmatically where possible Enforce internal controls and approval hierarchies that are scalable by design — structured for audit-readiness as transaction volume grows Invoicing & Accounts Receivable Own the invoicing process end-to-end, with a focus on automating generation and distribution at scale across contract types, billing schedules, and revenue streams Drive a collections process supported by automated follow-up sequences, intelligent prioritization of delinquent accounts, and exception-based escalation workflows Build and maintain AR reconciliation infrastructure capable of handling high payment volumes across multiple processors with minimal manual intervention Produce AR aging and collections reporting through automated pipelines, with human review focused on exceptions and strategic decisions Maintain daily cash visibility through automated payment receipt reporting across all channels General Ledger & Financial Reporting Prepare and post journal entries for accruals, prepayments, depreciation, and recurring transactions — with a priority on automating recurring entries and reducing manual posting over time Maintain general ledger integrity, including account coding standards and period-end close accuracy, and help build the control frameworks that make automation safe and auditable Lead month-end and year-end close contributions with a continuous improvement lens — identifying steps in the close process that can be templatized, accelerated, or automated Support financial statement preparation and variance analysis, building toward reporting that is increasingly self-serve and real-time Reconciliation & Data Management Design and own reconciliation frameworks that scale — built to handle growing transaction volumes across bank accounts, payment processors, merchant accounts, and sub-ledgers with accuracy and speed Identify, investigate, and resolve discrepancies across platforms, with a focus on building detection logic that catches issues before they require manual discovery Collaborate cross-functionally to ensure data integrity between accounting systems and operational platforms, and help define the data standards that make automation reliable Build monitoring and exception-handling for scheduled vs. actual payment activity — flagging timing differences, failed transactions, and duplicates systematically Finance Systems & Automation Serve as a key driver of finance automation strategy — owning the identification, prioritization, and implementation of automation opportunities across AP, AR, reconciliation, and reporting Lead or co-lead the evaluation and rollout of AI tools, automation platforms, and system integrations that reduce manual effort and unlock scale Partner with finance and technolo