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Division Finance Manager

Argonne National Laboratory

Lemont, ILFull-time$95–149K/yrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today

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Compensation
$95–149K/yr
Location
Lemont, IL
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
US work authorization required

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Job overview

Argonne National Laboratory seeks a Division Finance Manager to oversee financial activities for its BioSciences and Data Science and Learning divisions. The manager works with division leadership to provide financial guidance and operational support, advance divisional priorities, and steward funds. The role includes budgeting, forecasting, financial reporting and analysis, procurement and subcontract support, and leading and developing junior staff.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

FinanceBudgetingCost AccountingProcurement PoliciesOral CommunicationWritten CommunicationCustomer ServiceInterpersonal SkillsTact and DiplomacyProject BudgetingCost EstimationFinancial AnalysisFinancial ReportingContract RequestsWorking RelationshipsOrganizationPlanningProject ManagementSpreadsheet ManagementFinancial Databases

Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent6+ Years Relevant Experience or Master's and 4+ YearsU.S. Citizenship

Benefits

Medical Insurance

Full job description

Lemont, IL USA

Full time

423652

The Computing and Environment and Life Sciences (CELS) directorate is seeking a Division Finance Manager to oversee financial activities for the BioSciences (BIO) and Data Science and Learning (DSL) divisions. Working directly with division management, the Division Finance Manager provides financial leadership and operational support to advance divisional priorities and ensure effective stewardship of funds.

Key Responsibilities

  • Develop and implement budgets; track and monitor costs; and coordinate financial forecasts.

  • Prepare and report financial information to division management and sponsors.

  • Support the development of funding proposals.

  • Develop and track user facility rates.

  • Oversee divisional financial practices and provide operational and managerial support for procurement and effort reporting.

  • Execute subcontracts, procurements, and agreements.

  • Track, monitor, and analyze financial data to ensure proper allocation of funds and accurate reporting of funding status.

  • Perform financial analyses and reconcile and resolve data discrepancies.

  • Lead and support junior staff by establishing performance goals and providing ongoing feedback and coaching.

  • Identify staff training and development needs and develop programs or initiatives to address them.

This job description reflects the general nature of the work and is not intended to be a comprehensive list of all activities, duties, or responsibilities. The incumbent may be required to perform other duties as assigned.

Position Requirements

  • PA4: Minimum a Bachelor’s degree and 6+ years of relevant experience, or a Masters and 4+ years of experience, or equivalent.

  • US citizenship: To perform the essential functions of this position successful applicants must provide proof of U.S. citizenship, which is required to comply with federal regulations and contract.

  • Knowledge of finance, budgeting, cost accounting, and procurement policies and procedures.

  • Strong oral and written communication skills, customer service, interpersonal skills.

  • Ability to exercise tact and diplomacy when anticipating problems and leading or contributing to their resolution.

  • Skill in developing project budgets, accurately estimating costs, analyzing budget and accounting reports, and preparing financial summaries and status reports.

  • Skill in initiating requests for contracts and the procurement of goods and services.

  • Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with a diverse group of personnel.

  • Strong organizational and planning skills, including the ability to manage multiple concurrent projects, balance competing priorities, and meet commitments.

  • Proficiency in creating and maintaining spreadsheets and working with financial databases.

  • Ability to model Argonne's core values of impact, safety, respect, integrity and teamwork.

Job Family

Professional Administrative (PA)

Job Profile

Budget/Resource Administration 4

Worker Type

Regular

Time Type

Full time

The expected hiring range for this position is $95,250.00 - $148,590.00.

Please note that the pay range information is a general guideline only. 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, business considerations, internal equity, and external market pay for comparable jobs. Additionally, comprehensive benefits are part of the total rewards package.

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As an equal employment opportunity employer, and in accordance with our core values of impact, safety, respect, integrity and teamwork, Argonne National Laboratory is committed to a safe and welcoming workplace that fosters collaborative scientific discovery and innovation. Argonne encourages everyone to apply for employment. Argonne is committed to nondiscrimination and considers all qualified applicants for employment without regard to any characteristic protected by law.

Argonne employees, and certain guest researchers and contractors, are subject to particular restrictions related to participation in Foreign Government Sponsored or Affiliated Activities, as defined and detailed in United States Department of Energy Order 486.1A. You will be asked to disclose any such participation in the application phase for review by Argonne's Legal Department.

All Argonne offers of employment are contingent upon a background check that includes an assessment of criminal conviction history conducted on an individualized and case-by-case basis. Please be advised that Argonne positions require upon hire (or may require in the future) for the individual be to obtain a government access authorization that involves additional background check requirements. Failure to obtain or maintain such government access authorization could result in the withdrawal of a job offer or future termination of employment.

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How this job compares

Set against the 1,902 open Finance Manager jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 8, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$95–149K/yr
  • Illinois median$110–150K/yr49 salary ranges
  • US median$105–165K/yr1,308 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $122K, is 6% below the Illinois median midpoint ($130K) — in the middle half of Finance Manager salary ranges in Illinois.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 66 open Finance Manager jobs in Illinois and 1,902 across the US. 3% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Illinois
Experience
This posting asks for at least 4 years of experience — less than three in four Finance Manager postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 1,727 postings).
Education
1,203 of the 1,902 open Finance Manager jobs (63%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 8, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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