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Associate, Global Financial Operations – Procure to Pay

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Seattle, WA, USA
Full-time

This is an interim role that is expected to last between 18-24 months in duration. It is expected that the individual will start in this role in December 2019.

Leadership and Culture

We believe that energized people, working well together, fueled by great leadership in an inclusive environment in which they thrive, will do phenomenal things.

Responsible for complex finance and accounting issues, including processing invoices for the foundation and subsidiary companies related to operating expenses, contracts and grants along with corresponding check, ACH and wire payments.  Address the needs of a variety of issues relating to payments of foundation vendors and grantees.  Responsible for vendor setup and banking maintenance in the foundation’s ERP system. May provide similar support for internal processes or functions. Responsible for auditing employee, domestic and international non-employee expenses to ensure compliance with foundation policies. Assist with ongoing projects for the Global Finance & Accounting Team.

Areas of Responsibility: 
  • Setup vendors and detailed banking instructions in the foundation’s ERP system
  • Answer tier 2 (non-outsourced) invoice inquires
  • Assist with ongoing finance related projects and constant process improvements
  • Review, code, audit, and route foundation wide invoices to reviewers and approvers for tier 2 (non-outsourced) transactions.
  • Review grant payment transaction for completeness
  • Assist in weekly cash forecasting
  • Audit employee expenditures to ensure compliance with domestic and international policies and applicable laws.
  • Respond to telephone and email inquiries from vendors and foundation employees.
  • Analyze and prepare ad-hoc reports.
Educational Background: 
Bachelor’s degree with 3+ years of experience, or equivalent experience.
Skills/Experience: 
  • Strong working knowledge of the full procure to pay function
  • Experience with domestic and international payment protocols
  • 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.
  • Strong analytical and organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities.
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: 
Oct 31 2019
Active Until: 
Dec 1 2019
Hiring Organization: 
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
industry: 
Nonprofit