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Accounts Payable Accountant

Founded by Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg in 2015, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) is a new kind of philanthropy that's leveraging technology to help solve some of society's toughest challenges – from eradicating disease, to improving education. Across our core initiatives of Science and Education, we're pairing engineering with grantmaking, impact investing, policy work, and advocacy, to progress in our mission of building an inclusive, just and healthy future for everyone.

Our Values

We believe we can help build a future for everyone.

We aim to be daring, but humble: We look for bold ideas — regardless of structure and stage — and help them scale by pairing engineers with subject matter experts to build tools that accelerate the pace of social progress.
We want to learn fast, but build for the long-term: We want to iterate fast and help bring new solutions to the table, but we also realize that important breakthroughs often take decades, or even centuries.
Stay close to the real problems: We engage directly in the communities we serve because no one understands our society's challenges like those who live them every day.

Our success is dependent on building teams that include people from different backgrounds and experiences who can challenge each other's assumptions with fresh perspectives. To that end, we look for a diverse pool of applicants including those from historically marginalized groups — women, people with disabilities, people of color, formerly incarcerated people, people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and/or gender nonconforming, first and second generation immigrants, veterans, and people from different socioeconomic backgrounds.

CZI also supports multiple work options. Learn more about our philosophy and approach here.

The Opportunity

The CZI Finance team is responsible for the accuracy and completeness of information across all CZI initiatives and entities. We're building a world class accounting team and strive for excellence in everything we do. The accounting operations team is here to provide accurate foundational information for our accounting reporting team while providing support to the broader organization for all finance related tasks. We achieve these goals through building scalable infrastructure (processes and policies alike), leveraging CZI's current systems, and partnering deeply with cross functional partners.

The Accounts Payable Accountant will report to the Accounting Operations Manager and will be responsible for the day to day vouching of invoices (PO and non PO backed), providing stellar customer service for our internal and external customers by providing timely and accurate support to inquiries and assisting with ad hoc projects. The Accounts Payable Coordinator must have meticulous attention to detail and the ability to investigate and troubleshoot invoice discrepancies.

Individuals applying for this position must be self-starters, strategic thinkers, action driven, and flexible in changing direction and methods. They must have excellent communication skills and customer service skills. They must also be comfortable working with other team members of varying backgrounds and levels. They must be able to thrive in a fast paced environment and be comfortable with evolving processes and policies.

You will

Process vendor invoices timely and accurately, ensuring all required approvals are obtained in accordance with company policy
Provide excellent customer service to both internal and external customers
Interact with employees, vendors, and other stakeholders as needed
Leverage Workday, Salesforce, and other systems to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the AP process
Vendor statement reconciliations
Triage the Accounts Payable email box by assigning the emails to the appropriate person
Serve as AP backup for other AP activities
Ad Hoc projects