Human Resource Business Manager

Are you passionate about shaping the future of energy? Join the Idaho National Laboratory as an Human Resource Business Manager and play a pivotal role in driving innovation and efficiency in our human resource business operations. Based in Idaho Falls, you'll enjoy a 9/80 schedule with every other Friday off, allowing for a great work-life balance. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to forecast HR investments, optimize resource allocation, and ensure strategic alignment with our mission. This is your chance to make a significant impact on the world's energy landscape while advancing your career in a dynamic and supportive environment.

You will report to the Financial Planning & Analysis Director.

Responsibilities Include

• Financial Management: Monitor and analyze financial performance against budgets, identifying and addressing variances. Oversee adherence to financial policies.
• Strategic Planning: Collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop and manage budgets, providing insights for cost optimization and efficiency improvements. Forecast out-year funding, carryover projections, and FTE projections.
• Portfolio Management: Define and maintain a comprehensive portfolio of HR services, ensuring strategic alignment and value delivery. Implement best practices to enhance efficiency, accuracy, and transparency in financial processes.
• Reporting and Analysis: Develop and track HR financial indices. Prepare HR level financial reports and Leadership Team presentations. Perform impact analysis on HR spending and provide data for HR level and senior management data requests.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Build relationships and serve as a liaison between HR and Finance, Contracts, and Procurement. Partner with key contacts outside own area of expertise and other external stakeholders.
• Process Improvement: Review HR practices, actions, and proposals, providing suggestions for solutions to improve effectiveness and efficiency. Explore ways to enhance HR investment reporting.
• Team Management: Manage the activities of a small team of financial professionals.
• Operational Oversight: Ensure that budgets, schedules, and performance standards are realistically set and attained. Execute financials, business planning, organizational priorities, and workforce planning.
• Policy Development: Recommend changes to policies and establish procedures that affect the department or multiple disciplines. Participate in the development of overall objectives and long-term goals of the department and possibly the division.
• Communication: Communicate and present results and recommendations across disciplines. Interact frequently with customers, and/or functional peer group professionals, involving matters between multiple departments and groups.
  
  

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting or Business related degree and 5 years of experience with 2 years of relevant leadership experience
• Demonstrated experience managing, and implementing complex, high-profile programs or a large-complex portfolio of HR business projects.
  
  

Job Information

• The pay range for this position is: Salary grade 530 ($105,516-$269,052). The target range is ($121,553-$186,889). At Idaho National Laboratory compensation decisions are determined using factors such as education, relevant experience, and other credentials.
  
  

Physical Requirements

While performing the duties of this classification, the employee is frequently required to stand, walk, sit, stoop, kneel,

bend, and work in an office and field/laboratory environment. The job requires hand/finger dexterity to keyboard or type,

handle materials, manipulate tools, and reach with hands and arms. The job requires operation of job-related equipment

and driving a vehicle. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 35 pounds. Sufficient visual acuity and

hearing capacity to perform the essential functions and interact with the public is required. Reasonable accommodations

may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Benefits and Relocation

• Medical, Dental, Vision, and Flexible Spending Accounts
• 401(k) with a 4.2% employer contribution and up to 4.8% match
• Paid time off (personal leave)
• Employee Education Program (tuition assistance)
• Comprehensive Relocation Package
• Benefit eligibility subject multiple factors, including employment status and position classification.
  
  

INL is a science-based, applied engineering national laboratory dedicated to supporting the U.S. Department of Energy’s mission in nuclear energy research, science, and national defense. With more than 5,000 scientists, researchers, and support staff, the laboratory works with national and international governments, universities and industry partners to discover new science and development technologies that underpin the nation’s nuclear and renewable energy, national security, and environmental missions.

INL Mission

Our mission is to discover, demonstrate and secure innovative nuclear energy solutions, other clean energy options and critical infrastructure.

INL Vision

Our vision is to change the world’s energy future and secure our nation’s critical infrastructure.

Selective Service Requirements

To be eligible for employment at INL males born after December 31, 1959 must have registered with the Selective Service System (SSS). For more information see www.sss.gov.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Idaho National Laboratory (INL) is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer. It is the policy of INL to provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information.

Reasonable Accommodation

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

Other Information

When applying to positions please provide a resume and answer all questions on the following screens. Applicants, who fail to provide a resume or answer the questions, may be deemed ineligible for consideration.

INL does not accept resumes from third party vendors unsolicited.

Primary Location

United States

Job

Management

Organization

Business Management (Fxxx)

Schedule

Full-time

Employee Status

Regular

Job Posting

Dec 20, 2025, 1:46:17 AM

Unposting Date

Jan 9, 2026, 6:59:00 AM

RELOCATION

Position Relocation Eligible

TELEWORK

On-Site Worker