What are the responsibilities and job description for the Sandbox - Junior Associate, Finance & Accounting position at Sandbox?
Calling all 2025 graduates! Are you interested in learning about the startup field and developing consulting skills? Curious to know what it takes to be a Startup'er? Our boutique consulting firm, Sandbox, is currently recruiting for our Junior Associate role. We are seeking college grads to join our team to establish and quickly grow in their careers.
Our employees affectionately referred to as Sandboxers are a collection of repeat entrepreneurs, corporate refugees, reformed management consultants, and rogue college grads who believe in a creative approach to traditional consulting. We all share a love for getting our hands dirty and doing what it takes to help our clients achieve their business goals.
A little bit about the job!
You will work on a variety of projects that will develop your skills and excel your career as a future leader. Our focus on entry-level hiring means we want to invest in your growth and provide expertise and mentorship through our "associate-led, partner-backed” model. Before long, you will become a key decision maker, own client and community relationships, and have a front row seat to see your impact on disruptive startups across various industries.
As a Junior Associate, you will play the following roles for our Finance and Accounting teams :
- Problem-Solving Gopher - You will be the point of contact for addressing client requests, managing data and research analysis, and assisting with other ad-hoc finance and accounting projects.
- Communicator - As a communications champion, you will assist in drafting financial reports, investor updates, and client communications, ensuring complex financial and accounting information is clear and accurate.
- Organizer - On any given day you may be asked to develop and maintain simple, effective templates and retention systems to keep our clients organized, efficient, and connected. This will include, among other things, managing and maintaining client documents and owning investor documentation.
- Team-Player - In some instances, you may be pulled into a client meeting to provide ad-hoc supplemental support on projects; this might include assisting with a financial model, scrubbing a powerpoint presentation, helping with a data-entry project, or setting up a new software account. On other days, you may be asked to contribute to the Sandbox Fun Committee (yes, it's a thing!) or work with our strategic partners and affiliate networks to ensure we remain engaged in the local and start-up communities.
- Learner - Arguably the most important role you will play inevitably we will ask you to flex your intellectual curiosity muscles to learn new skills that you can build upon in this role—even if it means messing up, learning from it, and moving on!
We are excited about you because…
You will love playing in the Sandbox if our core values resonate with you :
Reasons it pays to work at Sandbox (in addition to the pay itself) :
Don't meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every. single. qualification. At Sandbox, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and just workplace, so if you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with 100% of the qualifications listed, we encourage you to still apply. Our hiring philosophy looks to weed people INTO our process, not weed them out! Who knows, you may be just the right candidate for a future role inside or outside of the Sandbox. Just go for it... submit your resume!
