Code.org

Chief Financial Officer

Code.org

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: Remote • Washington • 🇺🇸 United States

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Salary

💰 $240,000 - $275,000 per year

Job Level

Lead

About the role

  • Serve as the architect and executive driver of Code.org’s annual operating plan, translating our 2030 goals into clear financial targets, budgets, headcount plans, and measurable outcomes.
  • Lead org-wide FP&A, defining guardrails, KPIs, revenue targets, and evaluation criteria to ensure all investments are tied to ROI and tracked for organizational performance.
  • Manage and safeguard Code.org’s reserves, ensuring stability, liquidity, and alignment with long-term priorities. Provide transparent reporting to the Executive Team and Board.
  • Guide strategic trade-offs and sustainability planning as a key thought partner to the CEO, Executive Team, and Board.
  • Partner with People & Culture on headcount and compensation planning, integrating HR and finance systems to provide a unified view of spend, vacancies, and trends.
  • Partner with the Revenue team to forecast and monitor revenue, manage donor reporting, and maintain financial and accounting policies.
  • Collaborate with business leaders to evaluate new initiatives, business models, and partnership opportunities through rigorous financial modeling and ROI analysis.
  • Drive enterprise modernization through automation and AI, optimizing organizational workflows, reporting, and decision-making.
  • Build and maintain shared data infrastructure, reporting cadence, and self-serve dashboards that give leaders real-time visibility into financial and execution performance.
  • Ensure responsible AI governance and operational integration, embedding automation, data integrity, and efficiency across systems.
  • Oversee all financial, legal, and compliance functions, ensuring strong governance, transparency, and adherence to GAAP and nonprofit standards.
  • Manage internal and external audits, financial reporting, and regulatory compliance, maintaining robust internal controls.
  • Serve as Treasurer and primary liaison to the Board of Directors, leading engagement with the Audit and Investment Committees, overseeing Board meeting planning and governance documentation, and providing clear, data-driven updates.
  • Ensure organizational efficiency and risk management, identifying and mitigating financial, operational, reputational, and data-related risks across departments.
  • Ensure compliance with all Board governance requirements and documentation standards in coordination with Legal Counsel and external auditors.
  • Lead and develop the Finance, Legal, Data Analytics, and AI Operations teams (~11 people), fostering excellence, inclusion, and innovation.
  • Model Code.org’s cultural principles and contribute to organizational strategy and decision-making as a member of the Executive Team.
  • Build the next generation of finance and AI operations leadership, strengthening cross-team collaboration, operational accountability, and alignment with organizational goals.

Requirements

  • 12+ years of strategic financial leadership experience, including CFO or equivalent executive roles in for profit organizations.
  • Proven record of strategic planning and FP&A leadership: Expertise in agile planning, forecasting, and investment modeling that connects financial data to business outcomes.
  • Experience co-leading total rewards and workforce planning with People & Culture teams: Skilled at compensation and benefits budgeting, headcount forecasting and partnership with internal compensation committees or Board/Compensation Committees.
  • Track record as a trusted strategic partner: Ability to advise executive leaders and boards on trade-offs, growth strategies, and sustainability.
  • Experience building executive-level KPI dashboards and resource-allocation frameworks used by boards or executive teams to monitor ROI, guide pivots, and ensure accountability to strategic outcomes.
  • Board governance experience: History of preparing materials for or serving as a key liaison to Audit, Investment, or Compensation Committees, ensuring transparency and alignment with fiduciary responsibilities.
  • Mastery of nonprofit and hybrid revenue models: Deep knowledge of GAAP, grant accounting, audit management, and compliance frameworks.
  • Demonstrated systems thinking: Ability to connect financial planning, operations, and program outcomes into a cohesive strategy that advances Code.org’s mission.
  • Strong analytical and technology fluency: Skilled with finance and data platforms and curiosity toward leveraging AI tools to improve accuracy, efficiency, and insight.
  • Exceptional communication and influence skills: Able to synthesize complex business and financial data into clear, compelling narratives for executive and external audiences.
  • Technology and data fluency: Skilled with modern finance, HRIS, and analytics platforms, with curiosity toward leveraging automation and AI tools to improve accuracy, efficiency, and insight.
  • Leadership excellence: Experience managing multiple teams, leading change management, growing top talent, developing effective managers, and holding teams accountable for ambitious results.
  • Bias toward innovation and scale: A drive to modernize systems and improve organizational ROI through automation and data-driven decision-making.
  • Resilience and adaptability: Thrives in ambiguity, balancing mission-driven goals with financial discipline.
  • Be a U.S. Citizen or Permanent Resident
  • Work within the United States
  • Pass a pre-employment background check
  • Be willing to travel for team events
Benefits
  • Technology subsidy consistent with our Bring Your Own Device environment
  • Flexible, engaging, and remote working environment
  • Paid time off: 5 weeks total, comprised of 3 weeks vacation annually, plus a 2-week winter break office closure (including Christmas and New Year's), and sick leave
  • Medical, dental and vision premiums paid at 100% for FT positions and their dependents
  • Option to participate in 403b retirement plan
  • Annual professional development stipend
  • The opportunity to help students learn better and change the face of computer science

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard skills
strategic financial leadershipFP&Afinancial modelingbudgetingKPI developmentGAAPgrant accountingaudit managementcompliance frameworksdata analysis
Soft skills
strategic partnershipcommunicationinfluenceleadershipsystems thinkingresilienceadaptabilityinnovationcollaborationchange management