GiveWell

Staff Accountant

United States (Remote) · Staff+

Work authorization requiredDetected 35 days ago

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About the role

You'll bring care and precision to accounts payable, month-end close, and reconciliations-work that directly enables GiveWell to move money carefully and transparently.
This is a great entry-to-mid-level opportunity for someone detail-oriented who wants broad exposure to nonprofit accounting operations.
You'll be joining our growing Finance team and reporting directly to our Controller.

Owning accounts payable and employee expense processes. You'll manage invoice processing, vendor relationships, credit card program administration, and employee expense reimbursements, ensuring accurate coding and compliance with our expense policies.
Performing and improving our monthly bank reconciliation process. You'll own the execution of this process and look for ways to make it more efficient over time.
building out the processes and systems that will allow our finance function to operate with accuracy and efficiency at scale.
You'll not only execute core accounting work with care and attention to detail, but also help us envision and build a better function, identifying where we can streamline, improve, and do things smarter as we grow.
You'll own meaningful work from day one, contributing to close processes, accounts payable, audit preparation, and more, all in service of an organization that moves large amounts of money carefully and transparently.

2+ years of financial/accounting experience
You are welcome but not required to work from our offices in Oakland, California or Brooklyn, NYC.
The strongest candidates will have 2+ years of experience in accounting, accounts payable, or a related finance role, with a track record of accuracy and reliability in transactional and operational accounting work.
You have a solid foundational understanding of debits, credits, and how the books work, and you take pride in getting the details right.

Common accounting systems (we currently use Sage Intacct, Salesforce, and Bill.com)
Accounts payable processes, including invoice processing, vendor management, and expense reimbursements
Strong Excel skills.
You're comfortable with formulas, filters, and pivot tables, and you use them to keep your work accurate and organized
Highly organized.
You love a close checklist and clear documented procedures for each workstream
Keen detail orientation.
You bring accuracy and care to your work

Strong Excel skills. You're comfortable with formulas, filters, and pivot tables, and you use them to keep your work accurate and organized

NYC or the San Francisco Bay Area: $113,000
All other U.S. locations: $102,500
Supporting annual compliance processes. You'll contribute to the audit and 990 preparation alongside the Controller and Senior Accountant.
Travel: GiveWell hosts "Visit Weeks" twice a year in our Oakland, California, office and up to two annual departmental retreats.

Fully funded health, dental, vision, and life insurance (we cover 100% of premiums within the US for you and any dependents)
Four weeks of paid time off per year plus an annual summer break
16 weeks of fully paid parental leave
403(b) retirement plan for US team members
Automatic contribution equal to 5% of your gross salary into your 403(b) retirement plan (for US based staff)
A few highlights of our benefits offerings:

Alignment with our values and passion about GiveWell's mission
Experience in public accounting (Big 4 or similar)
Comfortable working cross-functionally with non-finance colleagues and communicating clearly with internal stakeholders
We're looking for a Staff Accountant to support the transactional and operational accounting that keeps GiveWell's books accurate and current.

For this role, we can currently only hire team members based in the United States who have prior work authorization.
Please note that government entities and policies ultimately dictate our ability to sponsor visas.

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