Strategic Financial Analyst – Forecasting & Stakeholder Impact

MITRE; Bedford (MA); On-site; USD 96,000 - 144,000; Full time

Job summary

MITRE recognizes the critical role of finance in enabling mission-driven outcomes and strong governance. As a Senior Financial Analyst within the MITRE Technology & Engineering Finance team, you will drive day-to-day financial management, forecasting, and decision support to maximize value for government sponsors.

You will collaborate with division directors and cross-functional partners to inform hiring, capacity planning, and budget allocations, while maintaining strict financial controls and

Qualifications

• Typically requires a minimum of 5 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree; or 3 years and a Master’s degree; or a PhD with relevant experience who can immediately contribute at this job step; or equivalent combination of related education and work experience.
• Ability to simplify complex analysis and concepts through strong narrative development and effective data visualizations.
• Intermediate-level Excel skills.
• Basic Accounting literacy.
• Basic-Intermediate Government Cost Accounting literacy.
• Intermediate Finance literacy.
• Problem identification and solutioning.
• Personal accountability & responsibility.
• This position requires a minimum of 4 days a week on-site.

Responsibilities

• Fiduciary perspective to prioritize good financial outcomes for the customer and for MITRE as a whole.
• If necessary, educate or even push against the customer to drive better financial outcomes, while maintaining a positive relationship with key stakeholders
• Ensure strong operating financial controls and adherence to MITRE Finance policies
• Ensure customer is actively engaged in understanding the current landscape and business context, including trends and emerging issues within the work program.
• Primary customer is MTE Division Directors. Regular engagements with each director are expected at least monthly; engagement with other stakeholders outside of Finance, such as Department Managers, Operations, Talent Acquisition, Human Resources, Legal, etc., as needed.
• Actively engage in Finance Mission Teams, Managing Center Reviews, and/or cross-Finance reviews, representing the MTE perspective to other stakeholders and bringing back other perspectives to MTE stakeholders.
• Lead and/or execute ad hoc or strategic analyses, as requested by stakeholders
• Finance tool, process, and operational improvements
• Represent MTE perspective to the teams that own Finance’s tools and systems, working with them to make updates or changes, as necessary
• Support other operational improvements and business transformation as relevant

Skills

Excel skills

Accounting literacy

Finance literacy

Problem solving

Personal accountability

Education

Bachelor’s degree or higher

Tools

Deltek Costpoint

Tableau

Cognos Analytics

Job description

MITRE recognizes the critical role of finance in enabling mission-driven outcomes and strong governance. As a Senior Financial Analyst within the MITRE Technology & Engineering Finance team, you will drive day-to-day financial management, forecasting, and decision support to maximize value for government sponsors.

You will collaborate with division directors and cross-functional partners to inform hiring, capacity planning, and budget allocations, while maintaining strict financial controls and