Technical Financial Analyst

The MITRE Corporation

$98K — $147K *
Finance & Insurance
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree with 2 years of relevant experience or advanced degree in a related field; equivalent experience acceptable.
  • Background in Computational/Quantitative Finance, Math, Computer Science, or Economics.
  • Hands-on experience in financial analysis and regulatory frameworks.
  • Knowledge of Corporate Finance, Financial Markets Regulation, Payment Systems Modernization or Fintech.
  • Ability to collaborate in multidisciplinary teams addressing national security issues.
  • Experience with U.S. Treasury or financial regulatory bodies.
  • Expertise in data science and economic analysis.

Responsibilities

  • Analyze financial regulators' supervisory effectiveness using data science.
  • Design innovative methods for financial and economic data analysis.
  • Advise on tech transformations affecting payment systems and Faster Payments.
  • Create research proposals for new technologies enhancing sector effectiveness.
  • Conduct statistical analysis on financial data for policy support.
  • Provide economic analysis to U.S. Treasury and other sponsors.

Benefits

  • Hybrid work model offering flexibility between on-site and remote work.
  • Opportunities for professional development and hands-on experience.
  • Involvement with critical national security challenges.
  • Collaborative multidisciplinary work environment.
Full Job Description
MITRE is currently seeking a systems engineering analyst with experience in the banking and/or financial regulatory sectors to provide expert analysis and consulting to our Federal Government clients. This exciting position will have a hands-on role in transforming the finance industry technologies and regulatory processes to enhance the safety and security of the US Banking System and Financial Markets. Join a team that you can be proud of by contributing your expertise to advise senior government leaders, create prototypes and launch research initiatives, and conduct in-depth analysis to bring the best ideas forward in solving complex problems of national significance. You will be a critical Finance SME as part of an agile, multidisciplinary team working with the Financial Sector and US Financial Regulators.

Roles & Responsibilities:

Key responsibilities include:
  • Provide expert analysis using data science and industry experience to improving the supervisory effectiveness of financial regulators
  • Develop innovative, multidisciplinary approaches for analyzing financial and economic data and trends that may impact the US financial system and markets
  • Advise government sponsors on the technologies and business processes impacted by the transformation of payment systems and the implementations Faster Payments
  • Develop research proposals to explore new ideas and technologies which could enhance effectiveness of the Finance Sector; such as distributed ledger, faster payments, or new modalities for financial analytics
  • Conduct statistical analysis and modeling using financial or economic data to provide new insights which support policy-level decision making.
  • Provide US Treasury and related sponsors with commercial and economic analysis of national interest areas, and methodologies to identify mitigation alternatives


Basic Qualifications:

To be considered you must have demonstrated expertise in the following competencies:
  • Typically requires a Bachelor's degree and a minimum of 2 years of related experience; or an advanced degree with relevant experience who can immediately contribute at this job step; or equivalent combination of related education and work experience.
  • B.S. degree in Computational/Quantitative Finance, Math, Computer Science, or Economics
  • Hands-on experience in finance, financial market analysis, and/or financial regulation and supervision
  • Corporate Finance, Financial Markets and Regulation, Payment Systems Modernization / Faster Payments, Fintech, or Regulatory Tech and Supervisory Tech
  • Thrives in working with multi-discipline teams on critical national security challenges.
  • Experience working with U.S. Treasury, Financial Regulators, or the Banking or Finance Industry
  • Hands-on experience and demonstrated expertise in data science and analysis of financial and economic data
  • Excellent analysis, technical report writing and presentation skills to senior audiences
  • Ability to obtain and maintain a MBI government clearance.
  • Per the U.S. Government's eligibility requirements for a clearance, U.S. Citizenship is required.
  • This position requires a minimum of 50% hybrid on-site.


Preferred Qualifications:
  • M.S. degree in Computational/Quantitative Finance, Math, Computer Science, or Economics
  • Ability to bridge finance, economics, and data analytic domains
  • Economic Modeling and Analysis as applied to Macroeconomic analysis


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):
Suitability - Other

Salary compensation range and midpoint:
$98,400 - $123,000 - $147,600 Annual

Work Location Type:
Hybrid

Benefits information may be found here.

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