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:

• Start-up experience

What you’ll get -

Salary: 

Code for America’s salary bands are transparent as a part of our commitment to transparency and fairness. As part of our hiring practices, we aim to target the midpoint of the 2nd quartile of the range for all new hires.

Offer targets vary based on market / geographic location. The offer targets for this role range from $108,503 to $132,825 annually.

Benefits and perks: 

• Values:
  • Leadership and teammates who share a strong work ethic and values, and who respect and care for one another
  • A collaborative, cross-functional, hardworking, and joyful environment
• Employee Enablement Support: 
  • Laptop provided
  • A one-time $700 payment for remote environment setup; $200 stipend (in first paycheck) and up to $500 reimbursement, in accordance with our equipment policy
  • Cell phone and/or internet reimbursement of $50 per month 
• Professional Development:
  • $500 annual (per calendar year) stipend towards professional development; prorated at time of hire
  • Up to $500 of professional development funds can be rolled over each year, up to a maximum of $1000
  • Training / guidance for staff required to utilize AI as part of their role, plus opportunities for employees to gain AI-related skills to support job and career growth
• Retirement & 401k Plans:
  • Employees receive a 100% employer match on the first 3% of contributions.
  • Employees with 3+ years of service receive an additional 50% match on contributions between 3% and 5%, for a maximum employer contribution of 5%
• Medical:
  • At least one no cost health insurance option for full-time employees for employee-only coverage
  • A minimum of 80% of the cost of dependent coverage
• Remote Work:
  • Code for America employees may work remotely across the US
  • Code for America employees main residence must be within the US
  • Full-time employees work 40 hours per week, Monday - Friday
  • Collaborative working hours: we aim to hold all internal meetings between 10 AM - 3 PM PT. We expect all Code for America staff to be available during these set working hours
• Time Off: 
  • Open personal time off (subject to manager approval), a minimum of 14 paid holidays, and an org-wide closure from Christmas Day through New Year's Day
  • Paid sick time; up to 96 hours annually
  • 17 weeks of paid parental and family leave
  • 3 weeks of paid sabbatical after 5 years of service

 

Equal Employment Opportunity: 

Code for America is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants will not be discriminated against because of race, color, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, religion, national origin, citizenship status, disability, ancestry, marital status, veteran status, medical condition or any protected category prohibited by local, state or federal laws.

Code for America Workers United:

This position is not covered by a Collective Bargaining Agreement between Code for America and Code for America Workers United, affiliated with OPEIU, Local 1010. The agreement was ratified on January 13, 2026, and is currently in effect.

 

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