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MITRE's Finance organization is seeking a Lead Financial Advisor to support the Program Finance Team, which provides financial support to MITRE Department Managers, and Project Leaders. As a Lead Financial Advisor, you will serve as a trusted advisor in support of the MITRE Sector Financial Management organization. As a Lead Financial 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.
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.
Roles & Responsibilities:
Provide 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)
Develop and maintain vertical and horizontal relationships within Program Finance to bolster solid support system for PLs and DMs 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.
Prepare and deliver necessary supporting analytics to assist leadership in decision making Ensure strong operating financial controls and adherence to FAR, CAS, and MITRE finance policies.
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.
Collaborate with Treasury to maintain timely accounts receivable and sustain positive cashflow.
Support Business Transformation & Process Reengineering Efforts
Basic Qualifications:
Typically requires a minimum of 8 years of related experience with a Bachelor's degree; or 6 years and a Master's degree; or a PhD with 3 years' experience; or equivalent combination of related education and work experience.
4+ years of finance and/or accounting experience within the US Government (Federal) practice of a professional services firm
Proficient in Microsoft Excel
Experience with Data Visualization tools, such as Tableau or Power BI
Experience with Deltek Costpoint and/or Cognos Analytics preferred.
Applicants selected for this position will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet government suitability requirements.
Preferred Qualifications:
Passion, energy, and enthusiasm in learning and applying through creative problem-solving.
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.
Consensus builder: promote ideas and gain buy-in on new approaches
Flexible team player with ability to work in cross-functional teams and across varying groups and organizational levels.
Ability to handle multiple concurrent work streams while maintaining high quality output.
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
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