Come join our team at Jefferson Lab, where great minds matter.
Posting Date: 03/29/24
Salary Range: $94,400 - $141,600 (SA-III)
Work Location Type: Remote (working less than 60% on-site)
What your job will look like:
Under general supervision of the CFO, the incumbent is responsible for planning, coordinating, analyzing, and reporting on the financial operations of the Lab's computational science data facility. Major areas of responsibility include cost analysis, account management, budget planning, identifying problems, and developing solutions.
In this role you will:
- Be responsible for account management, funds control, budget allocations, cost analysis, budget planning input, cost transfers, special requests, and interaction with cross-functional staff to resolve issues.
- Be responsible for planning, coordination, and final preparation of the project and operational budgets for a computational science data facility.
- Perform cost analysis on inter-divisional projects as needed; assist with acquisitions alternatives cost analyses.
- Keep track of funding sources and flows, and elevates concerns to management where funding challenges are anticipated.
- Provide professional guidance to management regarding budgeting and accounting policies, methods, and techniques.
- Prepare requested cadence reports and analysis of budget, actuals, variances, and cost projections. Provide financial summaries and analyses for reviews.
- Prepare and deliver financial presentations to project and operational leadership and review boards as required.
- Prepare models, analytical studies, and reporting for project and operational expenditures.
- Identify and remain compliant with relevant financial laws and regulations.
- Respond to and follow up to ad hoc requests from project staff for financial information.
- Provide support in such functional areas as budget preparation and cost analysis as well as other areas of financial responsibility as required.
- Become familiar with Jefferson Lab accounting system and external databases to proficiently perform responsible tasks.
- Ensure compliance with environmental, safety, health, and quality program requirements.
- Maintain strong commitment to the implementation and perpetuation of Jefferson Lab and Department of Energy values and ethics.
Qualifications We Require:
Education:
- Bachelor's Degree in Finance or Accounting
Experience:
- 10 Years of broad training and experience in a wide variety of finance and accounting, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience. required.
- Experience in information management or business analytics.
- Experience with SQL Server and Visual Basic for Applications.
- Experience with power query, MS Power BI.
- Familiarity with DOE Order 520.1B, federal and academic budgetary cycles, principles, and procedures.
- Experience or familiarity with budgeting and acquisitions in a scientific/technology environment.
Qualifications We Desire:
- Master's Degree Finance or Accounting.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- Demonstrated planning and organizing abilities,
- Ability to coordinate many projects simultaneously with changing priorities,
- Excellent problem analysis and resolution skills are essential,
- Excellent attention to detail and well-developed written and oral communication skills.,
- Demonstrated ability to assess priorities, allocate workloads and meet conflicting deadlines,
- Proficiency in applying accounting principles, policies, and procedures,
- Ability to interface with scientific and technical staff utilizing excellent human relations skills,
- Proficiency in PC Microsoft Office, word processing, spreadsheets, and databases, such as Access, Word, Excel including pivot tables, formulas, etc.,
- Excellent written and oral communication skills,
- Motivated self starter with the ability to work independently and to participate creatively in collaborative teams across the laboratory,
- Ability to function well in a faced-paced research environment, set priorities to accomplish multiple tasks within deadlines, and adapt to ever changing needs,
About Jefferson Lab
Join a community with a common purpose of solving the most challenging scientific and engineering problems of our time. The Jefferson Lab campus is located in southeastern Virginia amidst a vibrant and growing technology community.
A career at Jefferson Lab is more than a job. You will be part of “big science” and work alongside top scientists and engineers from around the world unlocking the secrets of our visible universe. Managed by Jefferson Science Associates, LLC; Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility is entering an exciting period of mission growth and is seeking new team members ready to apply their skills and passion to have an impact. You could call it work, or you could call it a mission. We call it a challenge. We do things that will change the world.
Total Rewards at Jefferson Lab
At Jefferson Lab, we believe that a comprehensive employee benefits program is an important and meaningful part of the compensation employees receive. Our benefits program includes, but is not limited to:
- Medical, Dental, and Vision Care Plans
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Paid Time-off and Leave Programs (Paid Parental, vacation, holidays, and sick leave)
- 401(k) Plan – 9% Lab Contribution; 100% vested
- Flexible Work Arrangements (Remote & Alternate Work Schedules available)
- Tuition Assistance, Training and Professional Development Programs
- Live near the waterways of the Chesapeake Bay region with access to nearby beaches, mountains, and all major metropolitan centers on the East Coast
Jefferson Science Associates, LLC (JSA) manages and operates the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (Jefferson Lab). JSA is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in hiring or employment on the basis of race, color, religion, ethnicity, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, or veteran status or on any other basis prohibited by federal, state, or local law. As part of the JSA’s equal employment opportunity policy, we also take affirmative action as called for by applicable laws and Executive Orders to ensure that minority group individuals, females, disabled veterans, recently separated veterans, other protected veterans, Armed Forces, and qualified disabled persons are introduced into our workforce and considered for promotional opportunities.
JSA is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities (unless doing so will result in an undue hardship). If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please send an e-mail to recruiting @jlab.org or contact Human Resources by calling (757) 269-7100 and selecting option 1 between 8 am – 5 pm EST to provide the nature of your request.
Employment with JSA is conditional upon DOE approval if at any time during your employment you are participating in a Foreign Government Talent Recruitment Program or Affiliated activity. Generally, such programs/activities include any foreign-state-sponsored attempt to acquire U.S.-funded scientific research through programs run or funded by the government that target scientists, engineers, students, academics, researchers, and entrepreneurs of all nationalities working or educated in the United States. This includes positions or appointments, both domestic and foreign, titled academic, professional, or institutional appointments whether or not remuneration is received and whether full-time, part-time or voluntary.
