Junior Associate, Finance and Accounting

Junior Associate, Finance and Accounting

Calling all 2026 graduates! Are you interested in developing real consulting skills across a diverse mix of businesses? Curious to know what it takes to be a Sandbox’er? Our boutique consulting firm, Sandbox, is currently recruiting for our Junior Associate role. We are looking for driven, curious college grads who are ready to hit the ground running and grow fast.

Our employees, affectionately referred to as Sand boxers, are a collection of repeat entrepreneurs, recovering corporates, reformed management consultants, and rogue college graduates who believe in a creative approach to traditional consulting. What makes us great? Our sandbox is full of richly diverse skills, talents, thoughts, lifestyles, and experiences AND we all share a love for getting our hands dirty and doing what it takes to help our clients achieve their business goals.

This commitment to collaboration, creativity, and impact has earned us recognition as one of the Best Places to Work in Virginia, an award that reflects the culture we’ve intentionally built.

A little bit about the job!

This is a role for someone who is ready to learn everything, contribute from day one, and grow quickly. You won’t be handed a rigid task list and left to figure it out alone. You’ll be plugged into real client work from the start, supported by Associates and Senior Associates who are invested in your development, and given the room to build skills that most people take years to acquire.

Your days will be rooted in the fundamentals: keeping the books clean, supporting client deliverables, and making sure the small things never fall through the cracks. You’ll also get exposure to financial modeling, investor materials, and client‑facing work as you grow into the role. No two days look exactly alike, and that’s the point. As a Junior Associate, you will:

• Own the day‑to‑day bookkeeping tasks that keep our clients’ financials in order, including data entry, transaction coding, reconciliations, accounts payable and receivable tracking, and keeping records clean heading into month‑end close. This is the foundation of the role, and doing it well matters.
• Support Associates and Senior Associates on client deliverables, including pulling data, building out sections of financial models, formatting reports, and helping prep materials for client meetings. You’ll be in the work, not just watching it.
• Maintain and improve the templates, trackers, and documentation systems that keep our clients organized and our team running smoothly. Good organization isn’t glamorous, but it makes everything else possible.
• Draft sections of financial reports, investor updates, and client communications under the guidance of senior team members, learning how to translate numbers into clear, accurate language for non‑financial audiences.
• Jump into ad‑hoc projects as they come up, which might mean scrubbing a PowerPoint, setting up a new software account, helping with a data migration, or pulling together a quick research summary. You’ll figure it out, and you’ll document what you learn.
• Show up for your clients and your team. That means joining client meetings when needed, contributing to internal Sandbox initiatives, and staying engaged with the local business community through our partner and affiliate networks.
• Stay curious and keep asking questions. The single most important thing you can do in this role is be hungry to learn. The tools, clients, and challenges will evolve constantly, and so should you.

We are excited about you because…

You’re finishing your degree and ready to put it to work.

You hold (or are on track to hold) a bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Mathematics, or a related business field. You have a working grasp of accounting fundamentals and can find your way around a balance sheet, income statement, and cash flow statement. You don’t need to know everything yet. What matters is that you have the foundation and the drive to build on it fast.

You sweat the details without losing sight of the big picture.

You catch the things others miss. Whether it’s a misclassified transaction, an off number in a model, or…