Sandbox - Junior Associate, Finance + Accounting

Sandbox • Richmond, VA

35d

About The Position

Calling all 2026 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, recovering corporates, reformed management consultants, and rogue college grads 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!
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.

Requirements

• You have an expected May 2026 graduation date with a Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Mathematics, or similar Business related field.
• You have a firm grasp of basic and intermediate accounting principles and know your way around financial statements, to include balance sheets, income statements, and cash flow statements.
• You possess an analytical mindset with a high aptitude for math and can tell the story behind the numbers.
• You are able to understand and analyze complex business data and build financial models to support organizational decision making.
• You have advanced Excel skills and comfortability with software and tools like GSuite, Slack, QuickBooks, etc.
• You have a demonstrated willingness to learn new skills on the fly and apply these unmastered/unrefined/not perfect skills for company executives, management, and other leaders.

Nice To Haves

• You have a strong desire to earn your CPA and/or have a passion and interest in the venture capital and startup finance space!

Responsibilities

• 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!

Benefits

• Comprehensive health benefits with employer contribution. It pays to keep your employees healthy.
• Family friendly, flexible work schedule with generous PTO and mental wellness days. Work life integration is a thing and we are here to support.
• Employer-matched 401K. No time delays & no vesting schedules. Enroll and keep all money on day one.
• Ongoing professional development and networking opportunities.
• Monthly team events - We sure know how to host a happy hour and we are never too busy to break for a volunteer opportunity.
• Bragging rights that you are part of something BIG!
• Most importantly, you get to go to sleep each night knowing you are helping savvy, driven entrepreneurs achieve their goals - how awesome is that??

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level