Senior, Financial Analyst

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Department Summary:

MITRE's Finance organization is seeking a Senior, Financial Analyst to support the MITRE Public Sector Program Finance Team, which provides financial support to MITRE Public Sector and its Department Managers, and Project Leaders. As a Senior, Financial Analyst, you will serve as a trusted advisor in support of the MITRE Sector Financial Management organization. As a Financial Analyst/Advisor, 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.

The role will be hybrid and located in our McLean, Virginia office.

Job Responsibilities:

• Full-lifecycle financial, and end-to-end business support of direct work programs
• Ensure strong operating financial controls and adherence to FAR, CAS, and MITRE finance policies
• Collaborate with the Accounts Receivable group to maintain timely accounts receivable and sustain positive cashflow
• Support Business Transformation & Process Reengineering Efforts

• Provide continuous proactive service & support to Project Leaders and Department Managers
• Develop and maintain vertical and horizontal relationships within Program Finance to bolster solid support system for PLs and DMs in to order to maintain service levels and adequate support needs
• Ensure accurate processing and documentation of financial reporting/transactions to ensure established levels of quality and efficiency KPIs
• 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
• Execute the monthly, quarterly, and annual closing and reporting of internal and external financial information

What you will need to perform in the role:

• Bachelor's degree and 3+ years of finance and/or accounting experience, preferably within the US Government (Federal) practice of a professional services firm. In lieu of degree, relevant experience will be considered.

• Experience with Deltek Cost Point, and or Cognos Analytics preferred
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel (ie 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

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

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