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What Your Job Will Be Like:

Organization 10578, Indirect Program Office, is currently seeking Rates Analysts to join their team!

The selected candidates will provide decision support to management, and education to the laboratory on a broad range of business areas including accounting, budgeting, rates, projections, and program management. They will also prepare and interpret financial data, advise on corporate policy interpretation/application, and recommend implementation to upper-level management.

Successful candidates will significantly contribute and help lead the execution of the Indirect Portfolio's corporate projection cycle, working closely with line business partners. They will also assess portfolio assurance, perform estimates, analysis and projections, and develop specialized analytics that support long range decision making and strategies.

On any given day, one may be called upon to:

• Act as the primary financial and budget point of contact on corporate requests
• Anticipate, identify, research, and communicate financial/budget issues to enable the successful management of operations
• Perform thorough financial trend and benchmarking analyses on expenditures and labor effort
• Analyze, report, and make recommendations on resolution of complex business and financial matters on a lab wide level
• Assess overall financial performance and use financial analyses to evaluate strategic options and opportunities on a lab wide level
• Collaborate closely with the portfolio offices, the Business Analysis and Financial Reporting Office, Prime Contract, SFO, DOE HQ, and NA MB to understand requirements which intersect with IPO process and requirements
• Provide guidance on corporate financial procedures and policies
• Assist the Budget Officer and Chief Financial Officer in responding to internal and external reporting requirements

The selected applicant can be a remote worker located in any U.S. State or District of Columbia. Regular or periodic travel to your assigned work location may be required.

Salary Range:

$81,900 - $185,700

*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, Accounting, Finance, or a relevant discipline, plus 5 or more years of directly related experience or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a DOE L-level security clearance.

Qualifications We Desire:

• Experience interacting, advising, and briefing executive leadership teams
• Advanced knowledge of/or experience with Sandia National Laboratory and the organization's structure, the Prime Contract, NNSA/DOE, external agencies, and Sandia policies and procedures in financial areas such as budget formulation
• Knowledge and experience in accounting and financial concepts and principles, project administration, and quality control
• Experience conducting budget formulation, budget execution, financial analyses, labor effort calculation, and/or fiscal year end administration
• Strong analytical and critical thinking skills with a demonstrated ability to apply skills to resolve complex financial and business issues
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal; the ability to effectively present detailed information in a clear and coherent manner
• A demonstrated ability to manage and prioritize a variety of tasks and work independently with minimal supervision
• A sophisticated understanding of 10500 policies, procedures, responsibilities, and financial reporting, and the portfolios and programmatic system of the laboratory, and its relation to 10500 areas
• An understanding of the various corporate indirect recoveries and the rates maintenance process
• A willingness to teach and educate the laboratory on government structure, Sandia programmatic structure, and Sandia's business systems construct

About Our Team:

The Indirect Program Office, Department 10578, is responsible for managing Sandia's indirect budget portfolio functions, including the establishment and management of Sandia's corporate pools, bases and rates (e.g. G&A, Operational Overhead, Maintenane Adder, Corporate Taxes, Fringe, Management Fee, etc.), and financial burden model, implementing Sandia's Indirect Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution (SI-PPBE) process, administering Service Centers, and Standard Holding Projects operations while ensuring compliance with policy, and providing budgetary and process oversight for Mission Enabling and Mission Delivery functional indirect budgets. This department is also responsible for ensuring all indirect budget activities comply with Cost Accounting Standards (CAS) and Sandia's disclosed accounting practices, projecting Forward Pricing Rates (FPRs) and Standard Labor Rates (SLRs), and monitoring variances for necessary retroactive rate adjustments, delivering corporate financial reporting per the NTESS Prime Contract, and engaging in special projects and ad-hoc analysis, as requested.

Posting Duration:

This posting will be open for application submissions for a minimum of seven (7) 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 L-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 the DOE, resulting in the inability to perform the duties assigned and subsequent termination of employment.

EEO:

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or veteran status and any other protected class under state or federal law.

NNSA Requirements for MedPEDs:

If you have a Medical Portable Electronic Device (MedPED), such as a pacemaker, defibrillator, drug-releasing pump, hearing aids, or diagnostic equipment and other equipment for measuring, monitoring, and recording body functions such as heartbeat and brain waves, if employed by Sandia National Laboratories you may be required to comply with NNSA security requirements for MedPEDs.

If you have a MedPED and you are selected for an on-site interview at Sandia National Laboratories, there may be additional steps necessary to ensure compliance with NNSA security requirements prior to the interview date.

Job ID: 693987

Job Family: FI

Regular/Temporary Position: R

Full/Part-Time Status: F