Senior Accountant, Finance

The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative was founded in 2015 by Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg to harness the power of technology to pursue some of societys most ambitious goals from curing or preventing all disease to transforming how students learn.

At CZI youll join a deeply collaborative mission-driven community where your work helps drive breakthroughs across our flagship nonprofit organizations Biohub and Learning Commons. Whether enabling scientific breakthroughs via open science and AI-powered biology or strengthening the tools teachers and students rely on every day your contributions help turn bold ideas into real-world impact.

Our teams operate at the intersection of innovation and scale building the infrastructure partnerships and capabilities that allow scientists educators and innovators to tackle some of the most complex challenges of our time and to do so with urgency integrity and optimism.

The Team

The Operations team is a key partner in enabling Biohubs pioneering work to combine frontier AI with frontier biology to solve disease and Learning Commons mission to build AI infrastructure that aligns how students learn with the tools that shape their learning experiences.

Operations includes our Central Tech Finance Marketing & Communications People and Real Estate / Workplace / Events / Facilities / Security (REWFS) teams. Together these teams create the systems programs and experiences that empower our partners and colleagues across Biohub and Learning Commons to drive impact.

This work requires strategic and operational rigor creativity and deep collaboration. Whether designing world-class employee experiences safeguarding data and infrastructure or shaping how we communicate our impact Operations plays a critical role in helping deliver meaningful change at scale.

The Opportunity

The Finance team ensures the accuracy and completeness of financial information across CZI Biohub and Learning Commons. We are building a world-class accounting function and strive for excellence in a complex and highly dynamic environment. Our goal is to maximize systems like Workday Salesforce as well as leverage AI to streamline processes and deliver high-quality reporting to both internal and external stakeholders.

As Senior Accountant you will report to the Director of Accounting Close & Consolidation and will be responsible for helping to prepare and review month end close transactions. You should have strong experience in the preparation and review of areas such as payroll cash accruals fixed assets prepaid expenses leases intercompany payables/receivables AP and T&E accruals. Familiarity with a multi-entity organization is preferred.

In addition to month-end close you will also assist in various projects and tasks such as internal reporting process documentation accounting memorandums and audit support. Note that this role is not responsible for internal controls ownership or audit preparation; you will contribute to audit support by providing schedules documentation and responses to auditor requests as needed.

You should also be familiar with and successful at using and trouble-shooting ERP software. Experience with Workday is a plus but not required. You will work with various teams at CZI and external partners including FP&A Accounting Operations Payroll Corporate Accounting Legal Facilities IT and external consultants. It is important that you have experience working with a variety of teams and partners and have a collaborative mindset.

We are looking for someone who has worked in a dynamic fast paced environment and is excited by the prospect of being involved in the creation of new processes and procedures. An ideal background would be experience at a top public accounting firm and additional experience with month-end close in the tech industry or another fast-paced high-growth industry. A CPA license (active or inactive) is also required.

A successful candidate will have experience working with a variety of accounting topics and knowledge of accounting guidance (GAAP). You must have experience in independent project management and be able to execute a project from start to finish. You should also have demonstrated experience using AI tools in a professional accounting contextsuch as AI-assisted reconciliations automated journal entry support or AI-powered analyticsand a genuine interest in continuing to leverage AI and automation to improve close processes.

What Youll Do

• Prepare complex journal entries and reconciliations for multiple entities manage detailed workbooks and perform analytics detailed review of month-end transactions
• Assist with review and maintenance of general ledger and month-end journal entries; help monitor accuracy and compliance with GAAP and accounting regulations
• Leverage Workday Salesforce and other systemsincluding AI-powered toolsto improve the efficiency and effectiveness of month-end close and reporting processes
• Identify opportunities to automate repetitive accounting workflows using AI or scripting and partner with IT/BST to implement them

What Youll Bring

• 5 years of relevant accounting experience
• CPA license required (active or inactive)
• Strong knowledge of U.S. GAAP
• Intellectual curiosity and the ability to ask thoughtful probing questions
• Experience operating in a fast-paced dynamic environment with competing priorities
• A collaborative approach and experience partnering cross-functionally
• Experience with month-end close activities detailed review and analysis
• Strong excel skills ability to prepare complex formulas pivot tables etc.
• Familiarity with Workday (a plus)

Compensation

The Redwood City CA base pay range for a new hire in this role is $106000 - $146300. New hires are typically hired into the lower portion of the range enabling employee growth in the range over time. Actual placement in range is based on job-related skills and experience as evaluated throughout the interview process.

This position may be eligible to participate in our discretionary annual performance bonus program. Bonus eligibility and targets are determined in accordance with our total rewards philosophy and may vary by role.

Better Together

As we grow were excited to strengthen in-person connections and cultivate a collaborative team-oriented environment. This role is a hybrid position requiring you to be onsite for at least 60% of the working month approximately 3 days a week with specific in-office days determined by the teams manager. The exact schedule will be at the hiring managers discretion and communicated during the interview process.

Benefits for the Whole You

Were thankful to have an incredible team behind our work. To honor their commitment we offer a wide range of benefits to support the people who make all we do possible.

• Provides a generous employer match on employee 401(k) contributions to support planning for the future.
• Paid time off to volunteer at an organization of your choice.
• Funding for select family-forming benefits.
• Relocation support for employees who need assistance moving

If youre interested in a role but your previous experience doesnt perfectly align with each qualification in the job description we still encourage you to apply as you may be the perfect fit for this or another role.

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