Associate Program Finance Analyst

The MITRE Corporation; Bedford (MA); On-site; USD 60,000 - 89,000; Full time

Job summary

MITRE Corporation in Massachusetts is seeking candidates for the MITRE Early Career Program (ECP) focused on program finance, contract management, and project support. You will work on lifecycle financial management, budgeting, invoicing, reporting, and compliance with FAR/CAS and MITRE policies.

This role emphasizes collaboration with PMOs and department managers, with on-site work four days per week. Strong Excel skills, attention to detail, and the ability to drive process improvements are

Qualifications

• Typically requires less than 1 year of related experience with a related Bachelor’s degree.
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel (Pivot tables & Core functions).
• Strong attention to detail and resourceful self-starter with initiative.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, presentation, and influencing skills.
• Position requires a minimum of 4 days a week on-site.

Responsibilities

• Contract Management: Produce CDRL reports and invoices for the government, meeting deadlines.
• Project Management & Compliance: Manage lifecycle financials including budgeting, execution, and closeout.
• Relationship Management & Stakeholder Engagement: Maintain relationships with PMOs and department leaders for support.
• Best Practice (Process & Tools): Apply best practices and drive improvements in program finance processes.
• Financial Analysis: Deliver analytics to support leadership decisions and monthly/quarterly/annual closes.

Skills

Attention to detail

Excellent communication

Self-starter

Continuous improvement mindset

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Tableau

Power BI

Job description

At MITRE, your passion fuels work that impacts our nation and improves lives. This is where your skills strengthen national security, cybersecurity, health, transportation, and citizen services. We’re a nonprofit engineering, applied research, and advanced technology organization working in the public interest. With objectivity and integrity at our core, we lead federally funded research and development centers for U.S. government agencies – collaborating with industry and academia to deliver integrated, high-impact solutions that advance our nation’s health, security, and prosperity. Our people tackle the toughest technical challenges, supported by competitive benefits, meaningful career development, and a culture of innovation, collaboration, and technical excellence. Choose MITRE for a career with purpose — and help shape the future.

MITRE Early Career Program (ECP) – Program Summary

The MITRE Early Career Program (ECP) is a dynamic, immersive initiative designed to nurture future leaders by providing tailored on-the-job training and experiential learning. Targeting professionals with 0-3 years of experience, ECP guides participants from entry-level Associate roles to Senior Analyst positions, emphasizing personal and professional growth within a single department.

Core Values

• Empower: ECP encourages participants to ask questions, take initiative, propose new ideas, and take ownership of their work.

• Culture: The program cultivates a collaborative, inclusive, and value-driven environment, enabling ECP members to introduce fresh perspectives and help shape MITRE’s organizational culture.

• Proactive: Participants are expected to anticipate challenges, seek improvements, and actively engage in their development alongside managers and senior leadership.

Key distinction unlike traditional rotational programs, ECP is rooted in intentional, experience-based learning within one department. This approach fosters internal team development, long-term growth, and continuity, rather than cycling participants through multiple assignments.

ECP is designed to empower emerging professionals, strengthen departmental teams, and build a foundation for sustained organizational success.

Foundations

• Cohort-Based Model: Participants join as a cohort, benefiting from shared experiences, peer mentorship, and team-building opportunities.

• Initial Placements: Cohort members are placed across different centers (e.g., CIT, Intel, CECOM), focusing on core departmental responsibilities.

• Curated Training: Managers develop training modules complemented by hands-on examples to accelerate learning.

• Year 1 Group Project: Within the first six months, cohorts collaborate on a group project to identify and address inefficiencies, delivering actionable solutions.

What will you do:

Contract Management:

• Produce financial contractual deliverable requirements (CDRL) reports and invoices 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.

• Work with the Billing department to review and reconcile bi-weekly invoices.

• Review invoice backup reports and pull all necessary receipts.

Project Management & Compliance:

• Support the full lifecycle financial management of direct work programs, including budgeting, resource management, execution, collections, and contract closeout.

• Assist in 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.

• Maintain accurate financial reporting and transactions, meeting established quality and efficiency standards.

• 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 Project Leaders and Department Managers.

• 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.

• Collect Project Leader 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 analytics to support leadership decision-making.

• Assist in financial performance management and ad-hoc Projects.

• Interface with internal sector business customers to identify critical financial needs and provide accurate and timely information.

• Assist in monthly, quarterly, and annual closing and reporting of internal and external financial information.

• Assist in developing reports of aggregate data to focus on exception-based project metrics & historical trends.

• Assist in evaluating impact of updated Indirect Rates on Project Financial Performance.

Basic Qualifications:

• Typically requires less than 1 year of related experience with a related Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent combination of related education and work experience. Proficient in Microsoft Excel (i.e. Pivot tables & Core functions)

• 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.

• This position requires a minimum of 4 days a week on-site.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Academic excellence with financial or quantitative interest/competence.

• Experience with Data Visualization tools, such as Tableau or Power BI.

• Eligible to obtain and maintain a Secret U.S Government issued Security Clearance. Per the U.S. Government’s eligibility requirements, you must be a U.S Citizen to be considered for a security clearance.

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:

$59,600 - $74,500 - $89,400 Annual

Work Location Type:

Onsite

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