Lead Financial Analyst

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Department Summary:

MITRE’s Finance organization is seeking a Lead Financial Analyst to support the Program Finance Team, as a trusted advisor in support of the MITRE Sector Financial Management organization. As a Lead Financial Analyst, you will serve as the primary source of day-to-day financial management and business decision support to Department Managers, and Project Leaders – playing a key part in the business operations functions that maximize MITRE’s value to our government sponsors.

This position is accountable to:

• The Program Finance Manager to effectively implement and manage established goals.
• Line of business leadership to provide accurate, timely, and strategic business decision support – quality analyses including insights, pricings, options, and recommendations.
• Other Corporate/Shared Service teams (i.e. Contracts, Accounting, Accounts Receivable, FP&A) to ensure cross-organization collaboration, compliance and integrated business operations execution.
  
  

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Lead small analyst team providing continuous proactive service & support to Project Leaders and Department Managers
• Full-lifecycle financial management, and end-to-end business support of direct work programs (e.g. Budgeting, resource management, execution, collections, and contract closeout)
• Lead financial oversight and analysis for projects operating under Time & Materials (T&M) and Firm Fixed Price (FFP) contract structures, ensuring compliance with contractual terms and conditions.
• Ensure accurate processing and documentation of financial reporting/transactions to ensure established levels of quality and efficiency KPIs.
• Develop and maintain vertical and horizontal relationships within Program Finance to bolster solid support system for Project Leads (PLs) and Department Managers (DMs) to maintain service levels and adequate support needs.
• Utilize and apply best practices regarding tools, technology, and standard financial processes.
• Recommend and Drive operational improvements in the day-to-day execution of the Program finance function.
• Execute the monthly, quarterly, and annual closing and reporting of internal and external financial information.
• Prepare and deliver necessary supporting analytics to assist leadership in decision making
• Ensure strong operating financial controls and adherence to FAR, CAS, and MITRE finance policies.
• Support leadership on financial performance management and ad-hoc projects.
• Interface with internal sector business customers to identify critical needs and provide accurate and timely information.
• Collaborate with Treasury and Strategic Pricing to establish & maintain timely accounts receivable and sustain positive cashflow.
  
  

Basic Qualifications:

• Typically requires a minimum of 8 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree; or 6 years and a Master’s degree; or a PhD with 3 years’ experience; or equivalent combination of related education and work experience.
• 4 years of finance and/or accounting experience within the US Government (Federal) practice of a professional services firm
• Experience in financial management of government contracts, including cost tracking, revenue recognition, invoicing and margin analysis for T&M and FFP activities.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel
• Experience with Data Visualization tools, such as Tableau or Power BI
• Applicants selected for this position will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet government suitability requirements.
• This position requires a minimum of 50% hybrid on-site.
  
  

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with Deltek Costpoint and/or Cognos Analytics preferred.
• Passion, energy, and enthusiasm in learning and applying through creative problem-solving.
• Strong attention to detail resourceful self-starter who executes on commitments.
• Mindset of continuous improvement with the capacity to drive change.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, presentation, and influencing skills.
• Consensus builder: promote ideas and gain buy-in on new approaches
• Flexible team player with ability to work in cross-functional teams and across varying groups and organizational levels.
• Ability to handle multiple concurrent work streams while maintaining high quality output.
  
  

This requisition requires the candidate to have a minimum of the following clearance(s):

None

This requisition requires the hired candidate to have or obtain, within one year from the date of hire, the following clearance(s):

None

Salary compensation range and midpoint:

$115,000 - $144,000 - $173,000 Annual

Work Location Type:

Hybrid

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