Intelligence Budget Formulation Lead

MITRE; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 147,000 - 221,000; Full time

Job summary

MITRE is recruiting for a Financial and Budget Analyst Lead to support the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) within the IC Enterprise Operations Department (N924).

The role focuses on budget formulation, resource allocation, and programmatic analysis to ensure funding aligns with mission requirements and directorate goals.

Qualifications

• Eight years of related experience with a Bachelor's, or six with a Master's, or three with a PhD.

Responsibilities

• Deliver budget analysis and recommendations for ODNI budget formulation and execution.
• Assess baselines to align with directorate needs and requirements.
• Review, analyze, and summarize budget exhibits and related documents.
• Leverage IT systems to monitor and analyze current budget allocations.
• Provide clear, concise recommendations to senior government officials.
• Support resource allocation and program budgeting processes.

Skills

Budget/financial analysis

Excel proficiency

Strategic advisory

Senior government liaison

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance/Economics/Business/Accounting/Data Science or related

Tools

CBJB/NIP/MIP experience

MS Excel

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.

Within MITRE’ National Intelligence Division, the IC Enterprise Operations Department (N924) supports ODNI’s executive offices and community-wide enterprise functions, including CIO, CFO, security, data, and other senior corporate roles. The department strengthens governance, modernizes enterprise services, improves transparency, and ensures secure and efficient operations across the IC. It provides the systems expertise, operational insight, and programmatic support needed for ODNI to lead an integrated and accountable enterprise.

Roles & Responsibilities

The IC Enterprise Operations Department seeks a Financial and Budget Analyst Lead for our support to the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) which involves providing expert resource advice to the sponsor in the planning and oversight of the ODNI’s budget formulation and execution, proposing allocation of resources between competing demands, and collaborating with senior intelligence officials to ensure critical mission requirements are funded and properly executed. The sponsor requires trusted advisors to perform budget and resource analysis and provide unbiased and independent recommendations on programming resources to achieve planned objectives.

Responsibilities Include

• Deliver analysis results and recommendations within these products: Congressional Budget Justification Book and supporting analyses, responses to Congressional inquiries, directed actions, and budget marks, performance-based budgeting artifacts, budget execution and trend reporting/analyses, contract analyses, policy analyses, and programmatic budget support and analyses.
• Provide analysis and assessment of technical and programmatic baselines to ensure alignment with directorate needs/requirements implementation.
• The assessment of policy changes and/or technology insertion and their effect on the budget request.
• Review, analyze, and summarize budget exhibits.
• Leverage existing IT systems to collect, monitor, and analyze current budget allocations.
• Provide clear, concise, and unbiased recommendations to senior government officials.

Basic Qualifications

• Typically requires a minimum of 8 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree; or 6 years with a Master’s degree; or 3 years with a PhD; or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
• Experience with the Congressional Budget Justification Book (CBJB), the National Intelligence Programs (NIP), or Military Intelligence Programs (MIP).
• Must have an active Top Secret/SCI w/Poly 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.
• Due to the lengthy clearance process and our urgent need, candidates without an existing TS/SCI clearance with polygraph cannot be considered for this opening.
• This position has an on-site requirement of 5 days a week on-site

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Economics, Business, Accounting, Data Science/Analytics or related field.
• Experience with government budget systems and processes.
• Experience with analysis conducted using Microsoft Excel.
• Familiarity with concepts covered in the Certified Defense Financial Manager (CDFM) or the DoD Financial Management Certificate Program (DFMCP).
• Strong professional writing and editing abilities.
• Ability to lead a financial-related study, conduct research, collaborate with a multi-disciplinary team, and communicate results for decision makers.
• Ability to interact with senior level government officials in a fast-paced environment.

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

Top Secret/SCI/Polygraph

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

Top Secret/SCI/Polygraph

Salary compensation range and midpoint

$147,200 - $184,000 - $220,800 Annual

Work Location Type

Onsite

Commitment to Non-Discrimination

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local or international law.

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