Senior Financial Analytics & Operations Lead (Onsite)

Sandia National Laboratories; New Mexico; On-site; USD 87,000 - 169,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Affordable housing

Minimal traffic congestion

Job summary

Sandia National Laboratories is seeking a Senior/Principal Financial Operations Specialist to advance the Finance & Accounting Data Analytics function. The role focuses on executive decision support, risk mitigation, and data-driven insights across the organization.

You will work on a diverse portfolio of analytics projects impacting leadership decisions and efficiency. The position emphasizes data transformation, AI-enabled analytics, and collaboration with IT and business partners to deliver

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business, finance, accounting, MIS, data analytics or related field with 5+ years of relevant experience.
• Experience with financial data warehouses or enterprise financial systems for reporting.
• Proficiency with analytical or programming tools (Python, R, JMP, Power BI, Tableau, Power Query).
• Ability to transform data into dashboards and decision-support insights.
• Experience writing SQL queries for data extraction and analysis.
• Ability to brief executive leadership clearly and concisely.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and interpret financial and operational data to support executive decisions and risk assessment.
• Forecast, model, and perform scenario analyses to inform strategy.
• Improve processes by standardizing and reducing inefficiencies and risk.
• Lead cross-functional initiatives across Finance, IT, and portfolio offices.
• Develop dashboards, reports, and data products for management insights.
• Transform data from multiple systems using SQL and analytics tools.
• Automate processes with analytics platforms and AI/ML where applicable.
• Identify opportunities to enhance efficiency and reduce risk.
• Support audit and risk-management activities and data requests.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Communication skills

Requirements translation

Executive briefing

Education

Bachelor's degree in business, finance, accounting, MIS, data analytics, data science or equivalent

Tools

Python

R

JMP

Power BI

Tableau

Power Query

SQL

Job description

Sandia National Laboratories is seeking a Senior/Principal Financial Operations Specialist to advance the Finance & Accounting Data Analytics function. The role focuses on executive decision support, risk mitigation, and data-driven insights across the organization.

You will work on a diverse portfolio of analytics projects impacting leadership decisions and efficiency. The position emphasizes data transformation, AI-enabled analytics, and collaboration with IT and business partners to deliver