Manager, FP&A

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Company: Mitre Corporation
Location: McLean, VA

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Manager, FP&A – (00054790)
Description

Seeking a Finance Manager who will be a valuable member and thought leader for the Corporate FP&A team. This role reports into the Director of Corporate FP&A and will work closely with the CFO, Business Unit financial leads, and other business leaders within Finance and across functions.
The role will be responsible for providing a variety of services to support accurate budgeting, forecasting, and tracking of financial performance across the enterprise, including but not limited to the following:
  • Becoming a subject matter expert of all relevant indirect rates (Wrap, G&A, overhead, etc.) and owning the company’s indirect rate structure
  • Identifying and implementing opportunities to simplify the calculation, forecasting, and monitoring of rates at various levels, and taking a proactive approach to training others on our rate structure
  • Taking an active role in ensuring data integrity and the quality of our various financial tools and reports
  • Providing system support when necessary to ensure smooth and timely execution of monthly actuals and reporting of financial results
  • Actively assisting in the selection and implementation of any new ERP and forecasting tools, ensuring a seamless transition to updated systems, reports, and processes
  • Authoring a quarterly report highlighting the financial status of our organization, for distribution to the executive leadership team and Board of Trustees
  • Providing stability and leadership to the Corporate FP&A team as we seek to drive continued innovation and efficiencies into all aspects of the business

Qualifications

A successful candidate requires a strong business and financial acumen, particularly with an understanding of the MITRE business environment, government contracting at large, as well as good knowledge of CAS/FAR. In addition to the activities mentioned above, the role will be responsible for:
  • Ensuring timely and quality delivery of services across departments and staff members
  • Seeking out opportunities to streamline processes, eliminate work redundancies, and improve accessibility to accurate financial data
  • Being a sought-after thought leader among peers, staff, and stakeholders
Competencies
  • Ability to apply a broad range of analytical techniques to identify business issues, opportunities, and risks
  • Ability to develop tools and frameworks to identify problems and successfully implement solutions
  • Ability to understand the implications of decisions at a business unit level and the connection to the enterprise overall including impact to metrics (Rates & Price)
  • Ability to partner with budget owners to determine appropriate prioritizations and impact of trade-off decisions on financial metrics
  • Ability to lead and collaborate to resolve inconsistencies between the assumptions, beliefs and processes in order to increase the likelihood of achieving business unit objectives
  • Working knowledge of CAS & FAR regulations
Behaviors
  • Works with staff to specify performance expectations (outcomes, deliverables, metrics)
  • Knows and understands MITRE’s Code of Ethics and Conduct and consistently models behaviors that are consistent with those values
  • Treats change as an opportunity to grow and adapts behaviors to deal effectively with change
  • Takes appropriate risks to improve processes, outputs, and results
  • Builds consensus and negotiates outcomes to the satisfaction of all parties across the business unit
  • Proactive self-starter who executes to commitments
  • Intellectually curious
  • Willingness to challenge the status quo and work collaboratively across all levels and functions at MITRE to drive positive results

Primary Location: United States-Virginia-McLean
Work Locations: Washington 22102
Job: Acct, Fin & Treasury
This requisition requires a clearance of: None
Travel: Yes, 5 % of the Time
Job Posting: Dec 10, 2019, 12:16:26 PM