Manager - Financial Operations 10512, Onsite

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.

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.

Salary Range:

$109,300 - $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.

What Your Job Will Be Like:

Organization 10510, Controller Operations, is currently seeking a Manager, Accounting Operations to lead the Payroll Department (10512). If you are excited to lead a team that is responsible for a range of critical functions, including the bi-weekly payment of employee wages, timekeeping and payment analysis, ledger account analysis, correction processing, executive compensation, and compliance with federal and state regulations, as well as payroll program administration, then we want you to join our team.The department collaborates closely with teams that support our commercial payroll systems, as well as various Human Resource organizations in NM/CA, Legal, and other departments across the Labs.

On any given day, your responsibilities may include:

• Administer the end-to-end payroll process for 16,000+ employees, ensuring timely and accurate processing.

• Manage daily payroll operations in a fast-paced environment with strict deadlines, collaborating with all levels of staff and management.

• Ensure adherence to internal policies, collective bargaining agreements, and federal, state, and local laws, as well as accounting, audit, and cost accounting standards, including tax filings and reporting.

• Develop and implement payroll policies and procedures to improve efficiency and accuracy.

• Build internal and external collaborative working relationships and form cross functional partnerships with peers, teams and Controller Operations.

• Partner and work with HR and management to provide strategic solutions to benefit program changes and provide expertise for problem solving to formulate alternative solutions.

• Supervise and mentor payroll staff, providing training and support as needed.

• Coordinate with internal/external auditors during payroll audits.

• Must have the ability to work outside a regular schedule to ensure critical deadlines are met.

Due to the nature of the work, the selected applicant must be able to work onsite 80% of the time.

Qualifications We Require:

• Bachelor's degree in relevant discipline, plus eight or more years payroll or directly related experience in accounting, finance or business management, or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience.

• Ability to obtain and maintain a DOE Q-level security clearance.

Qualifications We Desire:

• Master's degree in accounting or related field.

• CPA or equivalent professional certification.

• Extensive experience in managing a complex payroll function in a large organization.

• Demonstrated ability to work in a fast paced, dynamic environment managing multiple deliverables with competing deadlines and priorities.

• Certified Payroll Professional (CPP).

• Experience using Oracle PeopleSoft/HCM software.

• Technical acumen for information technology.

About Our Team:

The Mission of the payroll department is to provide and calculate timesheet data, compensation, deductions, taxes and other adjustments to determine employee pay.

About Sandia:

Sandia National Laboratories is the nation's premier science and engineering lab for national security and technology innovation, with teams of specialists focused on cutting-edge work in a broad array of areas. Some of the main reasons we love our jobs:

• Challenging work with amazing impact that contributes to security, peace, and freedom worldwide

• Extraordinary co-workers

• Some of the best tools, equipment, and research facilities in the world

• Career advancement and enrichment opportunities

• Flexible work arrangements for many positions include 9/80 (work 80 hours every two weeks, with every other Friday off) and 4/10 (work 4 ten-hour days each week) compressed workweeks, part-time work, and telecommuting (a mix of onsite work and working from home)

• Generous vacations, strong medical and other benefits, competitive 401k, learning opportunities, relocation assistance and amenities aimed at creating a solid work/life balance*

World-changing technologies. Life-changing careers. Learn more about Sandia at: http://www.sandia.gov*These benefits vary by job classification.

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.

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.

Job ID: 694376

Job Family: FI

Regular/Temporary Position: R

Full/Part-Time Status: F