Accounting Systems Analyst

Job Description

Position overview:

The SLAC Controller's Office is seeking a technically curious, analytically minded problem solver who excels at analyzing financial data within enterprise systems and who proactively identifies and implements process and control improvements to serve as a Accounting Systems Analyst.

This role sits at the intersection of finance, data, and technology, translating business needs into practical tools and automated solutions that help the Controller's Office operate more efficiently and make better informed decisions. This person works closely with both finance and information technology (IT) business systems partners, acting as a bridge between functional users and technical platforms.

This position operates within a federally funded research environment and requires close adherence to internal controls, audit readiness, and Department of Energy (DOE) and Stanford University financial requirements.

SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory is one of 17 Department of Energy (DOE) National Laboratories. Operated by Stanford University on behalf of the DOE, SLAC develops and operates some of the world's premier science facilities. The SLAC Controller's Office is responsible for providing excellent service and timely payments to employees and vendors, ensuring accuracy, reliability, and integrity of financial information, and delivering accounting and financial services to the Laboratory, Stanford University, and the DOE.

Your specific responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Serve as a Controller Office's subject matter expert (SME) for technology and financial data support, partnering with accounting and finance staff to improve workflows and reporting.

• Automate recurring processes and manual tasks using available tools (e.g., reporting automation, data integration, workflow improvements) to reduce error risk, strengthen internal controls, and improve the consistency and auditability of financial reporting.

• Design and maintain automated data validations and reconciliations to detect anomalies and support ongoing audit readiness.

• Translate business requirements into technical solutions, documenting processes and ensuring knowledge transfer within the team.

• Support data migration, integration, and system configuration activities by evaluating data structures, validating data quality, and assisting with system implementation and design planning.

• Support system operations by managing user permissions, documenting business and system processes, troubleshooting technical and workflow issues, and supporting operational continuity.

• Analyze, produce, and distribute standard and custom reports, dashboards, and performance metrics for audit support and management reporting.

• Research, reconcile, and resolve data discrepancies across multiple financial and reporting systems to ensure data integrity, accuracy, and reporting reliability.

• Support data governance initiatives, data standards implementation, and change management processes to improve data management practices across financial systems by contributing to the definition, documentation, and enforcement of financial data standards, access controls, and change management practices.

• Participate in system testing, validation, and software release processes while providing functional-technical support to business users.

• May perform moderately complex finance functions and/or activities, including monitoring accounts, preparing documentation, expenditure reconciliations and reviews, revenue reporting/accounting, general ledger transactions, and journal entries.

To be successful in this position you will bring:

• Bachelor's degree and three years relevant experience or a combination of education and relevant experience .

• Functional-technical experience supporting enterprise financial and business systems, including system configuration support, data integration, reporting, and workflow implementation.

• Experience querying and analyzing structured data using SQL or similar tools to support reporting development, data validation, and discrepancy resolution.

• Knowledge of data architecture concepts including data flows, data structures, data quality validation, and system-to-system integration.

• Experience supporting system testing, user acceptance testing, and validation of new system functionality, configurations, and software releases.

• Ability to analyze business and functional requirements and translate them into system configurations, reporting solutions, or workflow improvements.

• Knowledge of data governance, data security, and change control practices in enterprise system environments.

• Ability to independently troubleshoot functional and technical system issues and recommend solutions to maintain operational continuity.

• Strong documentation, process mapping, and stakeholder communication skills with ability to support functional-technical collaboration between business and technical teams.

In addition, preferred requirements include:

• Experience with Oracle PeopleSoft Financials and Supply Chain Management.

• Experience with Oracle Financial Management.

• Experience supporting financial or business systems in government-funded, regulated, or audit-intensive environments (e.g. national laboratories, higher education, research institutions).

• Experience working with internal controls and audit compliance.

SLAC employee competencies :

• Effective Decisions: Uses job knowledge and solid judgment to make quality decisions in a timely manner.

• Self-Development: Pursues a variety of venues and opportunities to continue learning and developing.

• Dependability: Can be counted on to deliver results with a sense of personal responsibility for expected outcomes.

• Initiative: Pursues work and interactions proactively with optimism, positive energy, and motivation to move things forward.

• Adaptability: Flexes as needed when change occurs, maintains an open outlook while adjusting and accommodating changes.

• Communication: Ensures effective information flow to various audiences and creates and delivers clear, appropriate written, spoken, presented messages.

• Relationships: Builds relationships to foster trust, collaboration, and a positive climate to achieve common goals.

Physical requirements and Working conditions:

• Consistent with its obligations under the law, the University will provide reasonable accommodation to any employee with a disability who requires accommodation to perform the essential functions of his or her job.

Work standards:

• Interpersonal Skills: Demonstrates the ability to work well with Stanford colleagues and clients and with external organizations.

• Promote Culture of Safety: Demonstrates commitment to personal responsibility and value for safety; communicates safety concerns; uses and promotes safe behaviors based on training and lessons learned.

• Subject to and expected to comply with all applicable University policies and procedures, including but not limited to the personnel policies and other policies found in the University's Administrative Guide, .

• As a national laboratory, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory is responsible for adhering to the Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12 (HSPD-12) and Department of Energy (DOE) Order 473.1A, which require employees to obtain and maintain a HSPD-12 Personal Identity Verification (PIV) Credential. To obtain this credential, employees must successfully complete the applicable tier of federal background investigation post hire and receive a favorable federal adjudication. The tier of federal background investigation will be determined by job duties and national security or public trust responsibilities associated with the job. All tiers of investigation include a declaration of illegal drug activities, including use, supply, possession, or manufacture within the last 1 to 7 years (depending on the applicable tier of investigation). Illegal drug activities include marijuana and cannabis derivatives, which are still considered illegal under federal law, regardless of state laws

• Classification Title: IT Business Analyst I

• Job code: 4771, Grade: H

• Employment Duration: Regular Continuing

The expected pay range for this position is $100,907 - $124,478 per annum

SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory/Stanford University provides pay ranges representing its good faith estimate of the salary or hourly wage the university reasonably expects to pay for a position upon hire. The pay offered to a selected candidate will be determined based on factors such as (but not limited to) the scope and responsibilities of the position, the qualifications of the selected candidate, departmental budget availability, internal equity, geographic location, and external market pay for comparable jobs.

At SLAC/Stanford, base pay represents only one aspect of the comprehensive rewards package.

SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory is an Affirmative Action / Equal Opportunity Employer and supports diversity in the workplace. All employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital or family status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or genetic information. All staff at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory must be able to demonstrate the legal right to work in the United States. SLAC is an E-Verify employer.