Financial Operations Specialist

Job Description

Early Career Financial Operations Specialist, Onsite | Sandia National Laboratories

The Tone:
This is a full-time role at Sandia National Laboratories, located onsite. Sandia is the nation’s premier science and engineering lab dedicated to national security and technology innovation, with a focus on cutting-edge work across many fields. This role is crucial for supporting the laboratory’s mission by overseeing essential financial operations, ensuring compliance, and contributing to the security, peace, and freedom worldwide. You will collaborate with teams to add value, improve operations, and manage risk for the corporation.

The TL;DR
• Role: Full Time
• Type: Temporary
• Location: Onsite
• Pay: $74700–$144400 yearly
• Team: Mission Services Talent Acquisition Team, supporting Labs operations.
• Mission: Oversee financial matters, ensuring adherence to federal requirements, advising management, developing solutions, analyzing data, and improving risk controls to support the laboratory’s mission and efficiency.
• Tech Stack: Microsoft Excel

What You’ll Actually Do
• Entries: Post general ledger and sub ledger entries accurately.
• Management: Manage accounts payable and receivable, processing invoices, payments, and expense reports.
• Reporting: Prepare and analyze financial reports to support informed decision-making.
• Controls: Carry out internal controls activities to maintain financial integrity.
• Support: Support forecasting, variance analysis, and financial modeling initiatives.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Early career professional with a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Project Management, Accounting, Finance, or a relevant discipline.
• Experience: Ability to obtain and maintain a DOE Q-level security clearance.
• Skills: Knowledge of Finance and Accounting Principles (GAAP, CAS, governmental financial accounting), knowledge of moderately complex accounting and financial analyses, data analytics and data literacy skills, Microsoft Excel skills.
• Bonus: Master’s degree in Business Administration, strong analytical and critical thinking skills, excellent written and verbal communication skills.