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Accounts Payable Specialist

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Seattle, WA, United States
Temporary / Seasonal

Handle complex finance and accounting operational tasks, with emphasis on processing invoices for the foundation and subsidiary companies related to operating expenses, purchase orders, contracts and grants. Process payments via check, ACH, domestic & international wire payments. Address the needs of a variety of issues relating to payments to foundation vendors and grantees.  May provide similar support for internal processes or functions.

Areas of Responsibility: 
  • Check invoices for accuracy, review, code, audit, and verify that invoices comply with foundation policies and procedures.  Verify services and deliverables have been met and warrant payment per contracts.
  • Process payments via check, ACH, domestic & international wires weekly.
  • Respond professionally and timely to telephone and email inquiries from vendors and foundation employees.
  • Analyze and prepare ad-hoc reports.
  • Review, code, audit, and route foundation wide invoices to reviewers
  • Respond to telephone and email inquiries from vendors and foundation employees.
Educational Background: 
Bachelor’s degree with 3+ years of experience, or 5+ years equivalent experience
Skills/Experience: 
  • Strong working knowledge of financial analysis (budgeting, costing, reporting).
  • In-depth knowledge of the full cycle Accounts Payable function
  • Ability to work through complex problem solving
  • Thorough attention to detail
  • Understand and apply GAAP knowledge to ongoing accounting activity experience with financial reporting systems.
  • Good understanding of accounting internal controls.
  • Understand communication channels using good judgment and escalating appropriately.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to positively interact with staff at all levels within the organization.
  • Excellent analytical and organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities.
Compensation/Benefits: 

This Interim Associate, Global Finance Operations role is associated with internal team member who has joined an internal project.  This role is targeted for 12 months starting in January/February of 2018, however the start and end dates for this assignment may change.

For internal candidates, you are required to have a conversation with your manager to confirm their support before you apply to this position. Managers have the right to decline a request to apply for a backfill position, regardless of tenure in role.  With Manager Support and if selected for the role, internal FTEs will retain their FTE status during this stretch assignment.

Job Function: 

Organization Info

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

Overview
Headquarters: 
Seattle, WA, United States
Annual Budget : 
More than $500M
Founded: 
2007
About Us
Mission: 

Guided by the belief that every life has equal value, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation works to help all people lead healthy, productive lives. In developing countries, it focuses on improving people’s health and giving them the chance to lift themselves out of hunger and extreme poverty. In the United States, it seeks to ensure that all people—especially those with the fewest resources—have access to the opportunities they need to succeed in school and life. Based in Seattle, Washington, the foundation is led by CEO Dr. Susan Desmond-Hellmann and Co-chair William H. Gates Sr., under the direction of Bill and Melinda Gates and Warren Buffett.

We work with partner organizations worldwide to tackle critical problems in four program areas. Our Global Development Division works to help the world’s poorest people lift themselves out of hunger and poverty. Our Global Health Division aims to harness advances in science and technology to save lives in developing countries. Our United States Division works to improve U.S. high school and postsecondary education and support vulnerable children and families in Washington State. And our Global Policy & Advocacy Division seeks to build strategic relationships and promote policies that will help advance our work. Our approach to grantmaking in all four areas emphasizes collaboration, innovation, risk-taking, and, most importantly, results.

Programs: 
  1. Global Health
  2. Global Development
  3. United States
  4. Global Policy & Advocacy

Listing Stats

Post Date: 
Feb 2 2018
Active Until: 
Mar 2 2018
Hiring Organization: 
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
industry: 
Nonprofit