This position requires on site, in Richmond CA.  No relocation assistance is provided. No visa sponsorship or assistance is provided. 

The Financial Analyst supports budgeting, forecasting, and financial analysis across programs and contracts. This role ensures timely, accurate financial information to support decision-making and builds foundational FP&A skills in a mission-driven environment. This is an entry-to-early career role within FP&C, focused on data, reporting, and analysis support. The role provides leverage to the Finance Manager and exposure to budgeting and contract financial management. The Analyst reports to the Finance Manager. This role offers the opportunity to build strong financial planning skills while supporting programs that have a direct impact in the community.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Maintain budget tracking tools and monitor contract performance
• Support development of budgets for proposals, renewals, and modifications
• Prepare recurring financial reports and dashboards
• Conduct variance analysis and identify key drivers
• Pull, validate, and organize financial data from systems
• Support forecasting and financial planning processes
• Collaborate with Accounting to ensure alignment with actuals

COMPETENCIES

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field
• 1–3 years of relevant experience or strong internship experience
• Strong Excel skills and comfort working with data
• Analytical mindset and attention to detail
• Interest in nonprofit or mission-driven work preferred
• Analytical thinking and problem-solving
• Data accuracy and organization
• Communication and collaboration
• Time management and prioritization
• Curiosity and continuous learning

COMPENSATION

• $60,000-75,000 per year
• Medical, Dental and Vision health plans.
• 3 weeks paid vacation and sick leave, 13 paid holidays.
• 4 days paid restorative holiday between Christmas and New Years.
• Employer sponsored retirement plan.

About Rubicon

An $18M non-profit Rubicon, provides direct services at eight locations in Alameda and Contra Costa counties and operates a growing commercial landscape social enterprise program that is a leader in sustainable practices. Rubicon transforms East Bay communities by equipping people to break the cycle of poverty. Recognized as a national leader in workforce development, Rubicon provides individualized one-on-one career advising, job search support, financial education, wellness and legal services, to very low-income people who face significant barriers to achieving economic mobility.

Rubicon has been voted a Great Place to Work, on a journey towards becoming a high-road employer and an anti-racist organization. We are committed to systems change and advocacy through efforts like expanding and deepening Employee Resource Groups; the launch of an internal Racial Justice Task Force; and implementation of talent and culture supports that acknowledge and facilitate healing from the direct and indirect effects of racial trauma.

Rubicon actively recruits staff members with a diversity of culture, thought, and lived experiences who are not only highly skilled, but who consistently demonstrate a commitment to our vision of an East Bay without poverty and are passionate about this work.

 Rubicon is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and values diversity of culture, thought, and lived experiences. We seek talented, qualified individuals regardless of race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, marital status, age, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, conviction history, uniform service membership/veteran status, physical or mental disability, protected medical conditions, genetic characteristics, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression regardless of physical gender, or any other consideration made unlawful by federal, state, or local laws. 

Rubicon uses E-Verify to validate the eligibility of our new employees to work legally in the United States.