Finance Business Partner, Manager; GL

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Why choose between meaningful work and a fulfilling life? At MITRE, you can have both. We are a not-for-profit corporation chartered to work for the public interest, with no commercial conflicts to influence what we do. Our R&D centers create lasting impact in fields such as cybersecurity, healthcare, aviation, defense, and enterprise transformation. We offer competitive benefits, exceptional professional development opportunities, and a culture of innovation that embraces adaptability, collaboration, technical excellence, and partnership.

MITRE’s Finance organization seeks a Manager to serve as a lead business partner. As the Finance Business Partner, you will be the primary source of day‑to‑day financial management and business decision support, playing a key role in operations that maximize MITRE’s value to our government sponsors. The Manager is also a direct manager and developer of people, positioning the team to have a positive impact across the broader finance community, and will take responsibility for special projects with organization-wide impact.

• Serve as the trusted business partner and line‑level CFO for a center within MITRE, being the single point of contact for Finance to that customer.
• • Act as the “command and control” lead for Finance functions supporting the organization, maintaining broad awareness of issues with program finance, invoicing, operations, and contracts.
  • Develop a reputation as the chief problem‑solver for customers, resolving complex issues across Finance and other parts of the organization.
  • Build and maintain positive relationships with customer stakeholders, prioritizing good financial outcomes for both the customer and MITRE.
  • Ensure strong operating financial controls and adherence to MITRE Finance policies within the customer organization.
• Work with customers and other partners to drive long‑term planning, aligning financial resources to support desired outcomes.
• • Steer business case development for major investments, ensuring financial sustainability and flexibility.
  • Conduct quarterly reviews on business cases in coordination with Sector Finance leadership.
• Provide framework and data to steer forecasting and target setting, using demand signals to minimize risk and maximize resource deployment.
• • Develop understanding of opportunities and risks to drive future forecasts and insulate against forecast gaps.
  • Engage customers in understanding the current landscape of awarded work and drive necessary processes and policies.
  • Help develop a methodology for long‑term forecasting, coordinating with other partners across MITRE.
  • Work with customers to develop annual indirect budgets aligned with strategic priorities.
• Provide regular and recurring management reporting and analysis, including monthly business reviews.
• • Analyze and diagnose business drivers and variances to budget.
  • Focus on lessons learned and prioritize recommendations for leadership actions.
  • Communicate financial results effectively with visual narratives and concise actions.
• Support business transformation and process reengineering efforts, leveraging on‑the‑ground experience to meet business needs.

• 10+ years of finance and/or consulting experience within the US Government (Federal) practice of a professional services firm, with a Bachelor’s degree, or 8+ years with an MBA or a PhD and 7 years of experience; or equivalent combination of education and work experience.
• 4+ years’ experience leading and managing teams.
• Experience developing and reviewing business cases for federal and international government business.
• Knowledge of federal budgeting and contracting processes and experience developing revenue forecasts from federal budgets.
• Relevant academic and/or professional qualification (e.g., MBA).
• Passion, energy, and enthusiasm for learning and applying creative problem‑solving.
• Strong attention to detail and resourceful self‑starter who executes on commitments.
• Mindset of continuous improvement with the capacity to drive change.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, presentation, and…