Senior Finance Business Partner

The MITRE Corporation•New Bedford, MA

6d•$100,000 - $150,000•Onsite

About The Position

MITRE’s Finance organization is seeking a Finance Business Partner to serve as a financial advisor to senior business leaders and provide day-to-day financial management and decision support. The role is the primary Finance contact for a specific customer organization, helping its leaders make sound financial decisions and coordinating with Finance and other functional teams to resolve issues. The Finance Business Partner builds strong stakeholder relationships, applies a fiduciary perspective, and ensures effective financial controls and compliance with MITRE Finance policies. The role supports long-term planning, investment business cases, forecasting, target setting, opportunity management, and annual indirect budgets. It provides recurring management reporting and analysis, including monthly business reviews, and communicates financial results through clear visual narratives, education, and actionable recommendations. The Finance Business Partner also contributes to business transformation and process reengineering by using stakeholder relationships and operational experience to help shape requirements that meet business needs. The position requires at least four days per week onsite. The hired candidate must obtain a Secret clearance within one year of hire; candidates must be U.S. citizens to be eligible for a U.S. Government security clearance.

Requirements

Typically, at least 5 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree; or 3 years with a Master’s degree; or a PhD with relevant experience and the ability to contribute immediately at this job step; or an equivalent combination of related education and work experience.
Experience working on cross-functional teams and across varying groups and organizational levels.
Ability to manage multiple concurrent work streams while maintaining high-quality output.
Must be eligible to obtain and maintain a Secret U.S. Government security clearance; U.S. citizenship is required for clearance eligibility.
Must be onsite at least 4 days per week.

Nice To Haves

Experience with Deltek Cost Point, Tableau, and/or Cognos Analytics.
Passion, energy, and enthusiasm for learning and applying creative problem-solving.
Strong attention to detail; resourceful self-starter who follows through on commitments.
Continuous-improvement mindset and ability to drive change.
Excellent communication, interpersonal, presentation, and influencing skills.
Ability to build consensus, promote ideas, and gain buy-in for new approaches.

Responsibilities

Serve as the trusted Finance business partner and primary Finance contact for a designated customer organization.
Maintain broad awareness of customer issues involving program finance, invoicing, operations, and contracts.
Resolve issues from start to finish by collaborating across functional teams and, when needed, engaging Sector Finance, Enterprise Business Systems & Operations, or other Finance groups.
Build and maintain positive relationships with customer stakeholders while prioritizing sound financial outcomes for the customer and MITRE.
Ensure strong operating financial controls and adherence to MITRE Finance policies within the customer organization.
Support long-term planning by helping the business understand its objectives and align financial resources to desired sponsor impact and capabilities.
Guide business case development for major investments, assessing financial sustainability across scenarios and options if sponsor interest does not materialize.
Provide frameworks and data for forecasting and target setting, maintain realistic forecasts based on demand signals, and help manage risks and indirect resources.
Understand opportunities and risks, use that knowledge to inform forecasts, take action to mitigate risks between forecasts, and escalate concerns to Finance leadership.
Help the customer understand its awarded work landscape and ensure opportunity-management processes and policies support completeness, consistency, and data hygiene.
Develop annual indirect budgets with the customer based on strategic priorities and aligned with the enterprise wrap rate strategy.
Provide recurring management reporting and analysis, including monthly business reviews.
Analyze business drivers and budget variances using financial systems; identify lessons learned and recommend leadership actions.
Communicate financial results through useful visual narratives, financial education, and concise actions.
Support business transformation and process reengineering, using stakeholder experience and relationships to develop requirements that meet business needs.