Remote eligible: Persons in these roles are welcome to work remotely from any state in the US.

Compensation Range: $75,000 - $99,230
Potential Bonus: Up to 10% 

Staff Accountant

The Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence (AI2) is a non-profit research institute in Seattle founded by Paul Allen. The core mission of (AI2) is to contribute to humanity through high-impact AI research and engineering.

AI2 is looking for a Staff Accountant to join the Finance team. This Accountant position will prepare, compile, analyze, and maintain accounting records for the organization. A strong knowledge of GAAP and general ledger accounting is necessary for this position. We hope you are a problem solver, pay close attention to detail, and enjoy being a team player!

Your Next Challenge: 

• Assist with month-end close, financial statement preparation, yearly audit, and occasional program audits.
• Reconcile assigned general ledger accounts and related accounting records for accuracy.
• Perform bank account reconciliations.
• Monitor and resolve book to bank differences to appropriately record transactions.
• Enter any manual bank statements to accounting system.
• Compile and prepare journal entries.
• Prepare reports to be used by management for analyzing financial information.
• Perform other tasks and projects as needed under the direction of management and respond appropriately to requests from other company personnel.
• Overseeing and assisting with accounts payable and expense allocation processes
• Oversee the monthly purchase card reports and ensure reasonableness of expenditures, coding, and approvals on submitted reports.
• Identify opportunities for process and procedure improvements, and work with management to implement.
• Apply principles of accounting and use judgment and other professional skills in determining the appropriate procedures for preparing and maintaining accounting records and reports.
• Work both independently and in a team environment.
• Concurrently perform multiple assignments and self-manage schedule to determine workflow timing and duration.
• Effectively communicate, both written and oral, with other company personnel.
• Demonstrate honesty, responsibility, integrity, and fulfillment of commitments.

What You’ll Need:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 

The essential functions include, but are not limited to the following:

Required 

• Accounting software/systems experience.
• Detail oriented, organized, and analytical in approach to tasks.
• Ability to communicate with in a professional manner with limited supervision.
• Ability to effectively respond to requests or questions from managers and colleagues in both written and oral form.
• High degree of flexibility and customer service attitude.
• MS Office (intermediate to advanced knowledge of Excel and Outlook especially), Windows.

Preferred

• An understanding of financial systems, processes, and internal controls.
• Experience working with Sage Intacct Accounting system and /or Adaptive
• Basic knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).
• Experience working with 501c3 Organizations

Education/experience/certifications 

• Bachelor’s degree (B.A. or B.S.) from accredited institution and two plus years relevant experience, OR equivalent combination of education and experience.
• CPA or comparable equivalent highly preferred.

Physical Demands and Work Environment

• Occasionally required to remain seated in a normal position for long periods of time.
• Regularly required to walk short distances
• Regularly required to maintain balance while walking, standing, crouching, or running.
• Routinely required to reach up and out with hands and arms.

Who We Are:

The Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence is a non-profit research institute in Seattle founded by Paul Allen and headed by Professor Oren Etzioni. The core mission of AI2 is to contribute to humanity through high-impact research in artificial intelligence.

In addition to AI2’s core mission, we also aim to contribute to humanity through our treatment of each member of the AI2 Team. Some highlights are:

• We are a learning organization – because everything AI2 does is ground-breaking, we are learning every day. Similarly, through weekly AI2 Academy lectures, a wide variety of world-class AI experts as guest speakers, and our commitment to your personal on-going education, AI2 is a place where you will have opportunities to continue learning alongside your coworkers.
• We value diversity - We seek to hire, support, and promote people from all genders, ethnicities, and all levels of experience regardless of age. We particularly encourage applications from women, non-binary individuals, people of color, members of the LGBTQA community, and people with disabilities of any kind.
• We value inclusion - We understand the value that people's individual experiences and perspectives can bring to an organization, and we are building a culture in which all voices are heard, respected and considered.
• We emphasize a healthy work/life balance – we believe our team members are happiest and most productive when their work/life balance is optimized. While we value powerful research results which drive our mission forward, we also value dinner with family, weekend time, and vacation time. We offer generous paid vacation and sick leave as well as family leave.
• We are collaborative and transparent – we consider ourselves a team, all moving with a common purpose. We are quick to cheer our successes, and even quicker to share and jointly problem solve our failures.
• We are in Seattle – and our office is on the water! We have mountains, we have lakes, we have four seasons, we bike to work, we have a vibrant theater scene, and we have so much else. We even have kayaks for you to paddle right outside our front door. We welcome interest from applicants from outside of the United States.
• We are friendly– chances are you will like every one of the 100 (and growing) people who work here. We do.

AI2 is proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, sexual stereotypes, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.

If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, you may contact us at recruiting@allenai.org or you may call us at 206-548-5600.

Benefits: 

• Team members and their families are covered by medical, dental, vision, basic life insurance, basic accidental death and dismemberment insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, and an employee assistance program.
• Team members are able to enroll in our voluntary life insurance program, our voluntary accidental death and dismemberment program, our health savings account plan, our healthcare reimbursement arrangement plan, and our health care and dependent care flexible spending account plans.
• Team members are able to enroll in our company’s 401k plan.
• Team members will receive $125 per month to assist with commuting or internet expenses and are eligible to receive up to $150 reimbursement for health and wellbeing expenses per month.
• Team members will also receive up to ten sick days per year, up to seven personal days per year, up to 20 vacation days per year and twelve paid holidays throughout the calendar year.
• Team members will be able to receive annual bonuses and can participate in the long-term incentive plan.