Sandia National Laboratories

Early Career Financial Operations Specialist, Onsite

Sandia National Laboratories$74K — $144K *
Finance & Insurance
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Project Management, Accounting, Finance, or relevant discipline.
  • Ability to obtain and maintain a DOE Q-level security clearance.
  • Master's degree in Business Administration (desirable).
  • Strong analytical and critical thinking skills for data analysis and problem-solving.
  • Knowledge of GAAP, CAS, and governmental financial accounting principles.
  • Expertise in moderately complex accounting and financial analyses, including tax and cost accounting.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills for stakeholder engagement.

Responsibilities

  • Oversee financial matters, including audits, compliance, and reporting.
  • Post general ledger and sub ledger entries accurately.
  • Manage accounts payable and receivable, including invoices and payments.
  • Prepare and analyze financial reports to support decision-making.
  • Carry out internal controls and maintain accurate financial records.
  • Support forecasting, variance analysis, and financial modeling activities.

Benefits

  • Collaborative work environment focused on innovation and efficiency.
  • Dynamic team with opportunities for cross-functional collaboration.
  • Direct involvement in supporting national security missions.
  • Professional development opportunities within a prominent national lab.
  • Engagement in meaningful work that contributes to broader organizational objectives.
Full Job Description
What Your Job Will Be Like

We are seeking Financial Operations Specialists to join our dynamic team. We are active in identifying candidates with relevant academic and work experience in an effort to meet our staffing needs and objectives for either current or near-term positions.

Selected applicants will be interviewed by a subcommittee of managers and staff. Subsequently, successful applicants will be provided to managers for placement in positions across the Laboratory. These positions require reporting onsite due to the nature of the work.

Candidates are expected to team with others to support Sandia's mission by adding value, improving operations, offering innovative solutions and appropriately managing risk for the corporation.

Please submit the following with your completed application:
  • Updated resume
  • A letter of introduction addressing career goals and areas of primary technical interest/focus

Position Information

The Financial Operations Specialist oversees financial matters including regulatory interpretation, audits, compliance, reporting, controls, accounting, budgeting, forecasting, tax, governance, asset management, and cost accounting. Collaborating with teams, they ensure adherence to federal requirements, advise management on financial issues, develop solutions, analyze data, and improve risk controls to support the laboratory's mission and efficiency.

On any given day, you may be called on to:
  • Post general ledger and sub ledger entries
  • Managing accounts payable and receivable, processing invoices, payments and expense reports
  • Preparing and analyzing financial reports to support decision-making
  • Carry out internal controls activities
  • Maintaining accurate financial records
  • Supporting forecasting, variance analysis, and financial modeling


Salary Range

$74,700 - $144,400

*Salary range is estimated, and actual salary will be determined after consideration of the selected candidate's experience and qualifications, and application of any approved geographic salary differential.

Qualifications We Require

  • Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Project Management, Accounting, Finance or relevant discipline.
  • Ability to obtain and maintain a DOE Q-level security clearance


Qualifications We Desire

  • Master's degree in Business Administration.
  • Strong analytical and critical thinking skills to conduct research, analyze complex data sets, and resolve business issues.
  • Knowledge of Finance and Accounting Principles such as GAAP, CAS, governmental financial accounting, and relevant laws.
  • Knowledge of moderately complex accounting and financial analyses, including benefits accounting, tax accounting, financial accounting, and cost accounting.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to present complex information clearly and conduct effective meetings with stakeholders.
  • Data analytics and data literacy skills
  • Microsoft Excel skills


About Our Team

Mission Services provides essential business services that support Labs operations. From supply chain to project controls, finance, and integrated business management; Mission Services ensures that every mission at Sandia has the necessary equipment, materials, project management and business support necessary to keep The Mission moving.

Our vision is to transform our services for mission success and support Sandia's national security mission by innovating, partnering with our customers, and addressing issues directly. We aim to significantly enhance our mission delivery, increase our value to sponsors, clients, national security partners at the Sandia Field Office (SFO), and internal customers, while fostering trust in our teams. Our 10000 staff is matrixed to support various missions across the Labs.

Posting Duration

This posting will be open for application submissions for a minimum of three (3) calendar days, including the 'posting date'. Sandia reserves the right to extend the posting date at any time.

Security Clearance

Sandia is required by DOE to conduct a pre-employment drug test and background review that includes checks of personal references, credit, law enforcement records, and employment/education verifications. Applicants for employment need to be able to obtain and maintain a DOE Q-level security clearance, which requires U.S. citizenship. If you hold more than one citizenship (i.e., of the U.S. and another country), your ability to obtain a security clearance may be impacted.

Applicants offered employment with Sandia are subject to a federal background investigation to meet the requirements for access to classified information or matter if the duties of the position require a DOE security clearance. Substance abuse or illegal drug use, falsification of information, criminal activity, serious misconduct or other indicators of untrustworthiness can cause a clearance to be denied or terminated by DOE, resulting in the inability to perform the duties assigned and subsequent termination of employment.

About Sandia National Laboratories

The Sandia National Laboratories is one of three National Nuclear Security Administration research and development laboratories in the United States, managed and operated privately by the National Technology and Engineering Solutions of Sandia. Their primary mission is to develop, engineer, and test the non-nuclear components of nuclear weapons and high technology. Headquartered on Kirtland Air Force Base in Albuquerque, New Mexico, it also has a campus in Livermore, California, next to Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, and a test facility in Waimea, Kauai, Hawaii. It is Sandia's mission to maintain the reliability and surety of nuclear weapon systems, conduct research and development in arms control and nonproliferation technologies, and investigate methods for the disposal of the United States' nuclear weapons program's hazardous waste. Other missions include research and development in energy and environmental programs, as well as the surety of critical national infrastructures. In addition, Sandia is home to a wide variety of research including computational biology, mathematics, materials science, alternative energy, psychology, MEMS, and cognitive science initiatives. Sandia formerly hosted ASCI Red, one of the world's fastest supercomputers until its decommission in 2006, and now hosts ASCI Red Storm, originally known as Thor's Hammer. Sandia is also home to the Z Machine. The Z Machine is the largest X-ray generator in the world and is designed to test materials in conditions of extreme temperature and pressure. It is operated by Sandia National Laboratories to gather data to aid in computer modeling of nuclear weapons. In December 2016, it was announced that National Technology and Engineering Solutions of Sandia, under the direction of Honeywell International, would take over the management of Sandia National Laboratories starting on May 1, 2017. Educational opportunities are conducted in collaboration with university students through several programs, including the Securing Top Academic Research & Talent at Historically Black Colleges and Universities Program and the Sandia University Partnerships Network.
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