NMC&A Accountant

Y-12 National Security Complex; Oak Ridge (TN); On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical plan

Prescription drug plan

Vision plan

Dental plan

Employer matched 401(k) savings plan

Disability coverage

Education reimbursement

Onsite workout facilities

Onsite cafeterias

Job summary

Y-12 National Security Complex is seeking an NMC&A Accountant in Oak Ridge, TN. The role requires handling nuclear material accounting, reconciliation, and reporting under strict regulatory and DOE guidelines.

You will analyze material forms, coordinate shipments, and ensure GAAP-compliant inventory data while supporting audits and monthly balance reporting. Bachelor's or Master’s with relevant experience, with potential for senior progression within NMC&A.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with 2+ years of relevant experience
• Master's degree with 1+ years of relevant experience
• 10+ years of relevant education, training, and/or progressive experience may satisfy requirements

Responsibilities

• Monitor and reconcile nuclear material accounts and prepare inventory statements and transactions
• Coordinate input of inventory data in accordance with accounting cycles and GAAP principles
• Conduct audits and prepare monthly material balance reports and related financial statements
• Analyze nuclear materials inventory transactions and monitor variances between site records and external databases

Skills

NMC&A accounting

Nuclear inventory

Inventory analysis

Auditing

Data interpretation

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

10+ years of relevant experience

Job description

What You'll Do

Location: Oak Ridge, TN

Job Title: NMC&A Accountant

Career Level From: Senior Associate

Career Level To

Job Specialty: NMC&A

Exercises reasonable latitude in determining nuclear accountability techniques to accomplish objectives. Work is reviewed upon completion for adequacy in meeting objectives. Provides nuclear accountability services and support to include analyzing and reporting of nuclear inventory data. Evaluate physical and chemical forms of materials as they are produced by various processes throughout the Y-12 site. This includes intended products, as well as by-products produced as waste and salvage materials. Monitors and reconciles nuclear material accounts. Understands material manipulation processes and material flows to ensure suitable measurements are taken to appropriately account for materials. Acquires chemical, gamma, and other various analyses, then ensures appropriate flow-down of information is entered into the nuclear material accountability system. Prepares inventory statements and transactions, maintains ledgers, accounts and tables; coordination of shipments and receipts of nuclear material; and coordinates input of inventory data in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. Coordinates input of nuclear inventory data in accordance with accounting cycles, which includes preparation and review of inventory statements. Conducts audits and appraisals of selected nuclear material accounting functions. Analyzes nuclear materials inventory transactions and prepares monthly material balance reports, inventory statements, and inventory related financial statements. Monitors, analyzes and corrects variances between site nuclear material inventory records and external databases. Analyzes, interprets, and applies statistical inventory models to determine significance of inventory variances. Assists in modeling nuclear material processes to ensure data collection is managed appropriately. Assesses what information is needed for safeguards of the materials, and ensure appropriate data collection and key measurement points are in place ahead of the work. Interprets and identifies nuclear transactions to ensure good business practices and adherence to domestic and international policies on accounting for nuclear materials. Gather information and compile data packages to ensure appropriate justification is in place for nuclear material transactions. Monitors the day-to-day operations of the nuclear material accounting system to ensure integrity of nuclear materials inventory data. Under limited supervision makes required adjustments to data in the nuclear material accounting system to correctly reflect nuclear material inventory to ensure accountability is maintained. Successful Candidate(s) will represent NMC&A by serving as an interface between other Nuclear Sites regarding the shipping/receiving of NM and the development of Shipper/Receiver Agreements. Will be required to work with program management to create/review Termination of Safeguards documents to ensure that all aspects of NMC&A requirements have been met.

What You Can Expect

• Meaningful work and unique opportunities to support missions vital to national and global security
• Top-notch, dedicated colleagues
• Generous pay and benefits with a stable organization
• Career advancement and professional development programs
• Work-life balance fostered through flexible work options and wellness initiatives

Minimum Job Requirements

• Bachelor's degree: Minimum 2 years of relevant experience
• OR Master's degree: Minimum 1 years of relevant experience
• OR 10 or more years of relevant education, training, and/or progressive experience may be considered to satisfy educational and years-of-experience requirements for this posting

Why Y-12?

You get #morethanajob. We encourage employees to achieve a healthy personal balance among home, work and the community. One of the ways we embrace work-life balance is by offering flexible work arrangements that provide alternatives to the traditional workweek, while still meeting business needs. Top talent and personal commitment mean more to our success than any other factors, so we reward our people with the kinds of benefits that make a positive difference in the quality of their lives. Benefits such as: medical plan, prescription drug plan, vision plan, dental plan, employer matched 401(k) savings plan, disability coverage, education reimbursement and many more. Want to stay healthy and fit but hate the cost of a gym membership? Take advantage of one of our onsite workout facilities and eat healthy in our onsite cafeterias. Much more than a workplace, at Y-12, you can build a career that lasts a lifetime.

Notes

The minimum education and experience for the lowest career level in the job posting range are listed under Minimum Job Requirements. Successful candidates hired into a higher career level than the minimum in the range must meet the requirements listed in the job leveling charts for the career level into which they are being hired.

If a range of Career Levels is posted, i.e., Senior Associate to Senior Specialist, internal applicants already in one of the Career Levels would come across at their current Career Level. Internal applicants currently in a lower level Career Level would move to the lowest posted Career Level.

Requires a Q clearance; however all qualified candidates will be considered regardless of their current clearance status. The ability to obtain and maintain a Department of Energy Q clearance is required.

This position may require entry into the Material Access Areas (MAA) and participation in the Human Reliability Program (10 C.F.R. Part 712), which requires successful competition of a DOE counterintelligence evaluation and may include a counterintelligence-scope polygraph examination.

This position may be categorized as a “designated position” identified by 10 C.F.R. Part 709, requiring successful completion of a DOE counterintelligence evaluation that may include a counterintelligence-scope polygraph examination.

CNS is a drug-free workplace. Candidates accepting a job offer will be required to pass a pre-placement physical, drug screening and background investigation. As an employee, you may be required to receive and maintain a security clearance from the United States Department of Energy in order to meet eligibility requirements for access to sensitive information or matter. U.S. citizenship is a requirement for security clearance applicants. All employees are subject to being randomly selected for drug testing without advance notification.

CNS is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment based on merit and without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, protected veteran status or disability.