Accounting Manager

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, the Biohub Network, 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 and Salesforce to streamline processes and deliver high-quality reporting to both internal and external stakeholders.

The Accounting Manager will report to the Accounting Reporting Director and oversee investment accounting and support financial statement audits and tax reporting across all entities. This role requires strong technical accounting expertise, ownership of month-end close activities, and the ability to manage projects such as internal reporting, process documentation, and technical memoranda. A holistic, systems-oriented mindset and collaborative approach are essential.

We’re seeking a technically strong accounting leader who thrives in a fast-paced environment and is energized by building scalable processes. Ideal candidates bring experience from a top public accounting firm, followed by industry experience in tech or another high-growth sector, along with a demonstrated ability to independently lead projects from start to finish.

In this role, you will partner cross-functionally with FP&A, Accounting Operations, Investments, Ventures, Grants Finance, Legal, Facilities, IT, and external consultants to ensure accurate, efficient, and well-coordinated financial reporting across entities.

What You'll Do

• Lead investment accounting and related reporting
• Build process documentation and internal controls
• Analyze monthly, quarterly, and annual reporting
• Leverage Workday, Salesforce, and other systems to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of month-end close and reporting processes
• Review grant contracts to determine the proper accounting
• Document investment accounting using relevant accounting guidance
• Assist with the annual audits
• Adapt accounting requirements as the investment teams diversify its portfolio
• Lead valuation engagements of direct investments as necessary
• Organize and review direct investment documentation and accounting

What You'll Bring

• 8+ years of relevant accounting experience
• CPA license (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 investment valuations and methodologies (preferred, not required)
• Familiarity with Workday (a plus)

Compensation

The Redwood City, CA base pay range for a new hire in this role is $138,000 - $189,000. 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. 

Better Together

As we grow, we’re 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 team’s manager. The exact schedule will be at the hiring manager's discretion and communicated during the interview process.

Benefits for the Whole You 

We’re 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 you’re interested in a role but your previous experience doesn’t 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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