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 society’s most ambitious goals — from curing or preventing all disease to transforming how students learn. At CZI, you’ll 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 Biohub’ s 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 w