Code for America believes government can work for the people, by the people, in the new digital age, and that government at all levels can and should work well for all people. For more than a decade, we’ve worked to show that with the mindful use of technology, we can break down barriers, meet community needs, and find real solutions.

Our employees build and transform government and community tools and services, making them so good they inspire change. We merge the best parts of technology, nonprofit, and government to help support the people who need it most.

With a focus on transparency and fairness, and deep empathy for partners in government and community organizations and the people that our partners serve, we’re building a movement of motivated change agents driven by meaningful results and lasting impact.

At Code for America, you contribute to exciting work while learning and developing in a supportive and flexible environment. Our compensation and benefits are holistic and thoughtfully curated to represent our employees and our mission. Help us drive real generational change that lasts.

 

Code for America is looking for a talented Associate Director of Financial Analysis who will serve Code for America  by working with the Philanthropy Team and the Strategic Partnerships Team  to develop more sophisticated models of historical and future revenue and expense streams, ensuring that the requirements of funders, contracting agencies, and other stakeholders are met.

About the role: 

The Associate Director of Financial Analysis helps lead the financial planning, reporting, and analysis processes. This position will significantly contribute to building financial models and trend analyses for annual and mid-year planning and on-going reforecasts and be responsible for modeling, creating reports, and handling special projects and requests.

This role will report to the Director of Finance and is expected to travel no more than 5% of the time. 

Code for America is based in California and can employ those who reside full-time within the United States. This is a remote position.

In this position you will:

Budgeting

• Support planning and reporting processes, including forecasts, annual budgets, and multi-year planning
• Help maintain CfA’s financial planning and analysis solution
• Improve budget and accounting processes, including creating a culture of financial literacy

Analysis and Reporting

• Provide analysis, insight and support for recommendations to leadership groups to drive strategic objectives and meet key financial and operational business goals
• Support financial reporting in conjunction with funder and stakeholder requirements
• Prepare government grant invoices and drawdowns
• Help with tracking funds spent and forecasting future spend against foundation grants, including helping to prepare required reports related to these activities
• Own the nonprofit fund accounting process
• Maintain the data models in CfA’s financial planning and analysis solution and track budget to actuals

Financial Oversight 

• Provide oversight for the the monthly close process and perform key functions, including American Express report approvals in Concur, data cleaning, revenue entry, and providing other backup, as necessary

Management 

• Provide supervision and support to direct reports (currently the Financial Analyst and the Senior Financial Analyst) that ensure their professional growth
• Navigate interpersonal and cross-functional conflict directly to ensure relationships and work can successfully move forward

Other duties as assigned

About you:

This is a perfect fit for someone who is highly motivated, decisive, and results-oriented with the flexibility and creativity to excel in a rapidly growing non-profit and a strong desire to contribute to financial analyses across an array of company initiatives.

• 5+ years of accounting and financial planning experience
• Superlative Excel skills and hands-on experience with analysis and modeling
• Experience with Sage Intacct
• Nonprofit finance experience
• Limelight, Adaptive Planning, or equivalent financial planning and analysis solution experience
• Ability to influence and manage the expectations at various levels of the organization
• Forward thinking mindset with the ability to manage multiple projects and identify and resolve issues 
• Demonstrated success collaborating with cross-functional team members

 

It’s a bonus if you have: