Technical Financial Analyst

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About the role

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.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert analysis using data science and industry experience to improve 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 of 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

Requirements

• 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
• Experience in 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
• U.S. Citizenship is required

This position requires a minimum of 50% hybrid on-site.

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

Pay

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

Schedule

Work Location Type: Hybrid