Staff Accountant

The Role

We’re looking for a Staff Accountant to support the transactional and operational accounting that keeps GiveWell’s books accurate and current. 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.

Why we’re hiring this role right now: GiveWell has grown from directing $1.5 million in 2010 to directing more than $400 million in 2025, and we’re building our finance team to match that scale and prepare for additional growth in the coming years. Our Controller joined earlier this year, and we’re now making the team’s foundational hires to shift from outside contractors to a strong in-house finance team.

Specific duties include:

• 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.
• Supporting month-end and quarterly close. You’ll help record journal entries for payroll, benefits, credit card and employee expenses, prepaids, and accruals.
• 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.
• Triaging and responding to finance-related staff questions. You’ll intake questions and concerns from GiveWell staff and be the first point of contact on the Finance team to triage and respond to those communications.
• Supporting annual compliance processes. You’ll contribute to the audit and 990 preparation alongside the Controller and Senior Accountant.

About You

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.

We expect that high-quality candidates will have all of the characteristics listed below:

• 2+ years of financial/accounting experience
• Experience with:
• Common accounting systems (we currently use Sage Intacct, Salesforce, and Bill.com)
• Supporting financial audits and annual compliance processes such as the 990
• 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’re meticulous in how you prepare, document, and track your work. You love a close checklist and clear documented procedures for each workstream
• Keen detail orientation. You bring accuracy and care to your work
• Strong communication. You write and speak with accuracy and the right tone
• Experience with or interest in process improvement. You don’t just execute, you look for ways to improve and make things better