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If this sounds like the choice you want to make, then choose MITRE—and make a difference with us. MITRE’s Program Finance organization is seeking a Senior Project Financial Analyst to support the MITRE Sector Program Finance Team, which provides financial support to Direct Project Leaders and Department Managers. As a Senior Project Financial Analyst, you will serve as a trusted advisor in support of the MITRE Sector Financial Management organization. As a Senior Project Financial Analyst, you will serve as a trusted advisor in support of the MITRE Sector Financial Management organization. You will serve as the primary financial source of the direct project life-cycle monitoring financial health and providing sound 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 will be a hybrid position based out of either our McLean, Virginia or Bedford, Massachusetts office. This position is accountable to: + The Program Finance Manager to effectively implement and manage established goals. + Line business leadership to provide accurate, timely, and strategic business decision support - quality analyses including insights, options, and recommendations. + Other Corporate/Shared Service teams (i.e. Contracts, Accounting, FP&A) to ensure cross organization collaboration and integrated business operations execution. What you will do: Contract Management: + Product financial contractual deliverable requirements (CDRL) reports for the government. Ensure completion within established deadlines. + Understand the key steps to produce deliverables and reports and recommend areas that could benefit from process improvement. + Review Contract Modifications and ensure accurate entry Contract Lifecycle Management tool. + Review invoice backup reports and pull all necessary receipts as needed. Project Management & Compliance: + Full-lifecycle financial, and end-to-end business support of direct work programs. Providing continuous proactive service & support to Project Leaders and Department Managers Full-lifecycle financial, and end-to-end business support of direct work programs (e.g. Budgeting, resource management, execution, collections, and contract closeout) + Support pricing and estimating activities as needed for new projects, or potential change orders. + Ensure strong operating financial controls and adherence to FAR, CAS, and MITRE finance policies. + Ensure accurate processing and documentation of financial reporting/transactions to ensure established levels of quality and efficiency KPIs. + Work with Project Leader & Contracts to ensure all Contractual Financial requirements are met. Relationship Management & Stakeholder Engagement: + Develop and maintain vertical and horizontal relationships within Program Finance & Business Leadership (including PMOs) to bolster solid support system for PLs and DMs to maintain service levels and adequate support needs. + Coordinate across functional areas to ensure monthly contractual deliverables are met timely and accurately. + Coordinate with the Accounts Receivable/Treasury group to maintain timely accounts receivable and sustain positive cashflow. + Increase Financial Literacy among Project Leaders including Key Concepts, Processes & Tools. + Collect PL feedback on tools/reporting requirements & share insights with Enterprise Business Systems teams. Best Practice (Process & Tools): + Utilize and apply best practices regarding tools, technology, and standard financial processes. + Drive operational improvements in the day-to-day execution of the Program finance function. + Support Business Transformation & Process Reengineering Efforts including requirements analysis, testing of tools, & assigning in OCM efforts. + Provide continuous proactive service & support to Project Leaders and Department Managers Financial Analysis: + Prepare and deliver necessary supporting analytics to assist leadership in decision making. + 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. + Execute the monthly, quarterly, and annual closing and reporting of internal and external financial information. + Develop reporting of aggregate data to focus on exception-based project metrics & historical trends. + Evaluate impact of updated Indirect Rates on Project Financial Performance. Basic Qualifications: + Bachelor’s degree and 5 years of finance and/or accounting experience, or a Master’s with 3 years of related experience, preferably within the US Government (Federal) practice of a professional services firm. + Proficient in Microsoft Excel (i.e. Pivot tables & Core functions) + Ability to handle multiple concurrent work streams while maintaining high quality output. + 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. Preferred Qualifications: + Exceptional knowledge of different contract types (CPFF, Fixed Price, T&M) + Experience with Deltek Costpoint, and or Cognos Analytics preferred. + Understanding of indirect rates and cost allocations + Ability to work with large data sets to produce reliable, accurate reports. + Experience with Data Visualization tools, such as Tableau or Power BI + Applicants selected for this position may be subject to a government security investigation and must meet government suitability requirements. 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 Work Location Type: Hybrid MITRE is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. 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