Financial Analyst

Persons in these roles are expected to spend part of their time on-site in our Seattle offices and may occasionally work remotely from their home in the Greater Seattle area. On-site requirements vary based on position and team. If you have questions about Hybrid work arrangements for this role, please ask your recruiter.

Our base salary range is $70,560 - $105,840, and in addition we have generous bonus plans to provide a competitive compensation package. 

Who You Are:

We are seeking a mission-driven, detail-oriented Financial Analyst with strong grants experience to support the financial planning and analysis (FP&A) needs of our organization. This role is essential to ensuring our financial operations support strategic impact—especially in how we manage, track, and report on restricted and unrestricted grant funding .

The ideal candidate has a solid understanding of nonprofit grant compliance and financial reporting, along with strong analytical skills and a passion for mission-driven, tech-enabled work.

Who We Are: 

The Finance and Grants Administration team is small but impactful. Each member brings a unique skill set and holds themselves to the highest standards of excellence. We value integrity, transparency, and accountability to maximize our impact across the organization.

Our team ensures sound financial management and grants administration practices that support strategic decision-making, enable innovation , and uphold the trust of our funders, partners, and community . We strive to be a collaborative and reliable resource—both within our team and across the broader organization.

Your Next Challenge:

In this role, you will:

• Assist with organizational budgeting, forecasting, and scenario planning
• Analyze financial data to support strategic planning and decision-making
• Prepare internal financial reports, dashboards, and variance analyses for leadership and the board
• Support the annual budget process and quarterly forecast updates
• Develop and maintain financial models to track program costs, grant performance, and organizational sustainability
• Track and report on grant expenditures, ensuring timely, accurate, and compliant reporting to funders
• Monitor restricted vs. unrestricted funds, ensuring proper allocation and adherence to grant agreements
• Collaborate with program and development teams to build grant budgets, monitor spending, and ensure funder compliance
• Help ensure compliance with internal financial policies and external reporting requirements
• Contribute to the improvement of financial systems, tools, and processes to enhance reporting and efficiency

What You’ll Need:

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related field
• 3-5 years of related experience
• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Excel
• Experience with financial software (preferably Sage Intacct and Workday Adaptive Planning), data visualization tools, and grant tracking systems
• Solid understanding of fund accounting, grant budgeting, and compliance (including government funding regulations such as Uniform Guidance)
• Highly organized and detail-oriented, with the ability to manage multiple workstreams and deadlines
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills; ability to translate financial data for non-finance stakeholders
• A positive attitude and a strong customer service orientation
• Commitment to high professional and ethical standards

Preferred

• CPA, CFA, or progress toward certification is a plus but not required

Physical Demands and Work Environment:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by a team member to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions.

• Must be able to remain in a stationary position for long periods of time. 
• The ability to communicate information and ideas so others will understand. Must be able to exchange accurate information in these situations. 
• The ability to observe details at close range.
• Can work under deadlines.

A Little More About Ai2:

Ai2 is a Seattle based non-profit AI research institute founded in 2014 by the late Paul Allen. Our mission is building breakthrough AI to solve the world’s biggest problems. We develop foundational AI research and innovation to deliver real-world impact through large-scale open models, data, robotics, conservation, and beyond.

In addition to Ai2’s core mission, we also aim to contribute to humanity through our treatment of each member of the Ai2 Team. Some highlights are:

• We are a learning organization – because everything Ai2 does is ground-breaking, we are learning every day. Similarly, through weekly Ai2 Academy lectures, a wide variety of world-class AI experts as guest speakers, and our commitment to your personal on-going education, Ai2 is a place where you will have opportunities to continue learning alongside your coworkers. 
• We value diversity - We seek to hire, support, and promote people from all genders, ethnicities, and all levels of experience regardless of age. We particularly encourage applications from women, non-binary individuals, people of color, members of the LGBTQA+ community, and people with disabilities of any kind. 
• We value inclusion - We understand the value that people's individual experiences and perspectives can bring to an organization, and we are building a culture in which all voices are heard, respected and considered.
• We emphasize a healthy work/life balance – we believe our team members are happiest and most productive when their work/life balance is optimized. While we value powerful research results which drive our mission forward, we also value dinner with family, weekend time, and vacation time. We offer generous paid vacation and sick leave as well as family leave.
• We are collaborative and transparent – we consider ourselves a team, all moving with a common purpose. We are quick to cheer our successes, and even quicker to share and jointly problem solve our failures.
• We are in Seattle – and our office is on the water! We have mountains, we have lakes, we have four seasons, we bike to work, we have a vibrant theater scene, and we have so much else. We even have kayaks for you to paddle right outside our front door. We welcome interest from applicants from outside of the United States.
• We are friendly – chances are you will like every one of the 200+ (and growing) people who work here. We do. 

Ai2 is proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, sexual stereotypes, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. You may view the related Know Your Rights compliance poster and the Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination Provision by clicking on their corresponding links. 

This employer participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S. If E-Verify cannot confirm that you are authorized to work, this employer is required to give you written instructions and an opportunity to contact the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) or Social Security Administration (SSA) so you can begin to resolve the issue before the employer can take any action against you, including terminating your employment. Employers can only use E-Verify once you have accepted a job offer and completed the Form I-9.

We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to employees and applicants with disabilities to the full extent required by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). If you feel you need a reasonable accommodation pursuant to the ADA, you are encouraged to contact us at View email address on swooped.co.

Benefits:

• Team members and their families are covered by medical, dental, vision, basic life insurance, basic accidental death and dismemberment insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, and an employee assistance program.
• Team members are able to enroll in our voluntary life insurance program, our voluntary accidental death and dismemberment program, our health savings account plan, our healthcare reimbursement arrangement plan, and our health care and dependent care flexible spending account plans.
• Team members are able to enroll in our company’s 401k plan.
• Team members will receive $125 per month to assist with commuting or internet expenses and will also receive $200 per month for fitness and wellbeing expenses.
• Team members will also receive up to ten sick days per year, up to seven personal days per year, up to 20 vacation days per year and twelve paid holidays throughout the calendar year.
• Team members will be able to receive annual bonuses and can participate in the long-term incentive plan.

Note: This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the team members(s) of this position. Team members will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by any person authorized to give instructions or assignments. All duties and responsibilities are essential functions and requirements and are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities. To perform this job successfully, the team member(s) will possess the skills, aptitudes, and abilities to perform each duty proficiently. Some requirements may exclude individuals who pose a direct threat or significant risk to the health or safety of themselves or others. The requirements listed in this document are the minimum levels of knowledge, skills, or abilities. This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an at will relationship.