Manager, Internal Audit - Business, Financial, and IT, Hybrid
Job Description
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.
What Your Job Will Be Like:
We are seeking a Manager, Internal Audit Business, Financial, and IT to join our team.
The Audit Advisory Group (850) is seeking an individual to lead and manage the Business, Financial, and IT Internal Audit department to provide assurance and advisory services aligned with Sandia’s strategic management objectives to provide independent, objective assurance and consulting activities designed to add value and improve an organization’s operations. This is accomplished by providing a systematic, disciplined approach to evaluate and recommend improvements to operational, risk management, control, and governance processes involving Sandia’s business, financial, and information technology functions.
On any given day, you may be called on to:
- Work cross-functionally with Sandia management to develop, implement, and execute an annual audit plan designed to mitigate enterprise-wide risks.
- Oversee a team of professional internal auditors with diverse subject matter expertise to evaluate and recommend improvements in technical audit areas involving business, financial, and information technology.
- Interact with all levels of Sandia leadership, audit clients, the Board of Managers Audit and Ethics Committee, Department of Energy (DOE) sites and plants, and with the DOE / National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Officials on matters associated with audits, risks and advisory services.
- Serve as a key element in Sandia’s assurance system, providing insight and inptus into risks, issues, opportunities, and strategy.
- Connect the work and expertise of the organization with potential beneficiaries, collaborators, and stakeholders, including partnering with various laboratory risk and assessment groups.
- Promote excellence by managing and coordinating specific deliverables, overall program and project plans, budgets, structures, schedules, and staffing requirements.
- Guide and manage members of the workforce, within the organization, including hiring, professional development, and assessment and performance management, consistent with mission of the organization.
- Counsel and assist employees and management on government legislation, U.S. Department of Energy contractual compliance, and Sandia National Laboratories' policies or procedures to ensure compliance.
- Evaluate, recommend, and/or pursue innovative approaches to drive greater efficiency and effectiveness.
The successful candidate must have the ability to acquire and maintain a DOE Q-level security clearance.The selected applicant can work a combination of onsite and offsite work. The selected applicant must live within a reasonable distance for commuting to the assigned work location when necessary.
Salary Range:
$127,900 - $217,400
*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 relevant discipline, or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience, plus, (8) or more years of directly related experience that demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and ability to perform the duties of the job.
- One year of supervisory experience.
- Knowledge and application of auditing principles and professional standards.
Qualifications We Desire:
- Proven ability to work as part of a diverse team to meet organizational mission and objectives.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills.
- Demonstrated ability to interact effectively with all levels of internal and external stakeholders, including the ability to build and sustain effective working relationships.
- Professional experience and/or a Master’s Degree or higher in business, finance, information technology, audit, accounting, risk management or related field.
- Professional experience performing and/or overseeing audits or assessments.
- Professional certification in information technology, audit, accounting, risk management or related field.
- Working knowledge of Sandia's business, financial, and information technology functions/environment.
About Our Team:
Internal Audit of Financial, Information Technology (IT), Cyber Security, Business Operations, Environmental Safety & Health (ES&H) and Safeguards and Security provides assurance to Sandia management and the Board of Managers by performing essential independent and objective appraisals, analyses, audits, and advisory services. As an integral part of Sandia's risk assessment and risk management strategy, our services are aligned with strategic management objectives, consistent with our company's core values and known best business practices. We use a systematic, disciplined approach to evaluate and improve the effectiveness of risk management, control, and governance processes. Our auditors typically have backgrounds in accounting, business administration, finance, computer science, management information systems, engineering, geology, biology, and/or public health.
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 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.
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: 694185
Job Family: AM
Regular/Temporary Position: R
Full/Part-Time Status: F
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.