Associate Program Finance Analyst

About the Role

MITRE's Early Career Program (ECP) is a dynamic initiative designed to nurture future leaders through tailored on-the-job training and experiential learning. Targeting professionals with 0-3 years of experience, ECP guides participants from Associate roles to Senior Analyst positions within a single department.

Key Responsibilities

• Contract Management:
• Produce financial contractual deliverable requirements (CDRL) reports and invoices for the government within established deadlines.
• Understand deliverable and report production steps and recommend process improvements.
• Work with the Billing department to review and reconcile bi-weekly invoices.
• Review invoice backup reports and pull necessary receipts.
• Project Management & Compliance:
• Support full lifecycle financial management of direct work programs, including budgeting, resource management, execution, collections, and contract closeout.
• Assist in pricing and estimating activities 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 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 support Project Leaders and Department Managers.
• Coordinate across functional areas to ensure monthly contractual deliverables are met timely and accurately.
• Coordinate with Accounts Receivable/Treasury to maintain timely accounts receivable and sustain positive cashflow.
• Collect Project Leader feedback on tools/reporting requirements and 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, tool testing, and Organizational Change Management (OCM) efforts.
• Provide continuous proactive service and 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 and historical trends.
• Assist in evaluating the impact of updated Indirect Rates on Project Financial Performance.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Proficient in Microsoft Excel (i.e., Pivot tables & Core functions).
• Experience with Data Visualization tools, such as Tableau or Power BI (preferred).

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.
• 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.
• Academic excellence with financial or quantitative interest/competence (preferred).
• Eligible to obtain and maintain a Secret U.S Government issued Security Clearance (preferred).
• U.S. Citizen is required to be considered for a security clearance.

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