Staff Accountant

About The Kapor Center

The Kapor Center works to dismantle racial and gender disparities and create a more equitable technology ecosystem. With Kapor Foundation, Kapor Capital, and SMASH, the Kapor Center is a recognized leader in the movement to enhance diversity and inclusion in technology and entrepreneurship ecosystem. Its work focuses on expanding access to tech and STEM education programs, conducting research on access and opportunity in computing, investing in community organizations and gap-closing tech startups, and increasing capital access for diverse entrepreneurs. Learn more at www.kaporcenter.org.

The Opportunity

We are looking for an experienced Staff Accountant to support our family office and private foundation, the Kapor Foundation, by helping oversee general accounting operations, verify, and reconcile our financial transactions.

Staff Accountant responsibilities include: processing accounts payable and employee expense reports, reconciling various bank and credit card accounts, maintaining the general ledger, preparing month-end close procedures, reconciling balance sheet accounts, processing physical mail in-person, and organizing documents in our electronic repository.

Principal Duties And Responsibilities (Essential Functions)

• Accounts Payable Processing
• Bill processing, which includes assigning appropriate bill approvals (via Ramp)
• Adding new vendors to the systems and maintaining vendor databases
• Monitoring billing email inbox and addressing all billing requests
• Document Management & Mail Processing
• Opening physical mail received in our Oakland office and scanning mail to be saved in our electronic document repository
• Ensuring all important documents that are received electronically are saved in our electronic document repository
• Monthly bank and credit card reconciliations
• Maintain our expense & AP platform in Ramp
• Ensuring that the system is syncing correctly across Sage Intacct & Ramp
• Following up with staff on past due expense reports each month
• Training, supporting, and adding new staff in Ramp
• Administrator for Ramp credit cards
• Issuing credit cards to new staff and resolving issues related to credit cards
• Audit Support
• Assisting with PBC requests
• Providing requested AP documentation
• AP/AR Aging Reconciliation to Balance Sheet
• Creating report in Intacct that shows variances
• 1099 Maintenance & Filings
• Collecting Form W-9s from all paid vendors
• Ensuring that vendors are entered into the system with W-9 information
• Maintaining compliance with annual 1099-Misc/NEC filings and preparing filings each year
• Monthly Close Duties
• Working closely with Senior Accountants & Director of Finance to meet monthly close deadlines
• Performing balance sheet reconciliations for all entities
• Maintaining depreciation schedule and record depreciation entries
• Assisting in other accounting and related projects, as required
  

Qualifications & Skills (including Preferred)

• 2+ years of relevant Staff Accountant experience processing accounts payable and expense reports, closing of books, posting journal entries, completing bank and/or credit card reconciliations, etc.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced and changing environment
• Strong Excel skills
• Experience with enterprise level accounting software. Preferred experience with Sage Intacct
• Adept at navigating between systems; we use Ramp, Sage Intacct, FloQast, and Workday Adaptive Insights
• Family office experience preferred. Multi-entity experience and foundation or non-profit experience are a plus.
  
  

Personal Attributes And Characteristics

• Approaches teamwork precisely and methodically, ensuring that communication, documentation, and deliverables are clear, accurate, and aligned with shared team goals
• Exceptional attention to detail, excellent written and verbal skills, excellent organization, analytical and problem solving skills
• Ability and willingness to meet business-critical deadlines
  
  

Ideal Candidates Will Also Demonstrate The Following

• Comfortable working in an intrapreneurial environment with a diverse and collaborative team.
• Deep and authentic commitment to our organizational values:
• We Close Gaps, Open Doors, and SMASH Barriers.
• We Value Tech as a Tool to Scale Social Impact.
• We Lead with Racial Justice and Reflect the Communities We Serve.
• We Honor Distances Traveled, Not Just Finish Lines.
• We Challenge with Urgency, Respect, and Purpose.
• We Don’t Just Talk. Positive Intent Must Lead to Positive Action.
• Innovative and creative thinker who is not afraid to try something new and inspire others.
• Very high level of personal and professional integrity and trustworthiness.
• Strong work ethic with minimal need for direction.
• Works well independently as well as part of a team.
• A desire to work and grow in a fast-paced and fun environment.
  

Benefits

The Kapor Center provides competitive compensation commensurate with experience, and an excellent benefits package including medical, dental, vision, basic life and disability insurance, 401K, paid time off, holiday benefits and more. The Kapor Center office is located in the uptown district of Oakland, with excellent access to public transportation.

Salary

Final offer amount is determined by multiple factors including: geographic location, experience, and expertise, which may vary from the amounts listed above.

The Pay Range For This Role Is

75,000 - 103,500 USD per year(Bay Area)