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Company Overview
Metrea delivers effects-as-a-service to national security partners across five domains and more than a dozen mission areas. These include airborne ISR, electronic warfare, secure communications, aerial refueling, special air missions, aerial firefighting, and advanced simulation. We own the whole stack: designing, building, and operating turnkey capabilities that give our partners decisive, asymmetric advantage against rapidly evolving threats.
Our operating model is built around three interlocking pillars. The Support Groups provide a global shared-service – spanning people, finance, platform, operations, legal, and engagement. This frees up our Core Groups, who develop and own mission capabilities end-to-end, to focus entirely on delivery. The Market Groups apply a regional lens, ensuring that our agile and adaptable capabilities remain aligned to the wicked problems that matter most to our partners across the Americas, EMEA, and Asia-Pacific.
At the heart of our model is a simple but powerful idea: be a true partner with skin in the game. Our partners need effects, not just equipment. By owning the full stack – from the lab to the field – we are able to drive a continuous cycle of innovation that keeps our partners ahead. It's a fast-moving, intellectually demanding environment where talented people are given real responsibility, work on problems that matter, and contribute to an enterprise that is growing quickly and deliberately.
Headquartered in Washington, DC, with facilities across the United States, the United Kingdom, as well as Continental Europe and Asia-Pacific.
Position Summary
The Treasury Associate is a results-driven and confident professional responsible for managing, executing and enhancing treasury operations in support of day-to-day business activities. This role plays a critical part in ensuring efficient cash management, execution of cash transactions, bank account reconciliations, and supporting the organization’s financial stability and growth.
What You'll Do
- Deliver high-quality, accurate service across the organization with timely responsiveness
- Manage daily cash management activities: cash positioning, daily reporting, payments execution, and FX transactions
- Reconcile daily cash receipts and disbursements; safeguard company funds and bank accounts
- Liaise weekly with Accounts Payable to secure proper approvals for wire transfers and ACH payments
- Support prompt resolution of returned or failed wire transfers and ACH transactions
- Partner with FP&A to develop cash forecasts and monitor performance against projections
- Rationalize and consolidate bank accounts; open new accounts to support growth
- Optimize payment processes, reducing dependence on paper checks and wires in favor of ACH/electronic solutions
- Collaborate with lenders and creditors to support financing activities and broader objectives
- Strengthen internal controls and treasury policies; identify improvements to mitigate risk, increase efficiency, and reduce costs; take on additional duties as assigned
What You Bring
- Bachelor's degree in Finance/Accounting or related field with 3–5 years of relevant experience (accounting/finance/treasury/banking)
- Strong team orientation; comfortable giving and receiving constructive feedback
- Solid cash management, treasury operations, and cash forecasting knowledge
- Experience with bank portals, ERP systems, and financial reporting tools
- US GAAP familiarity; advanced Excel skills including large datasets and financial modeling
- Aerospace/defense industry experience is a plus but not required
- Strong analytical and quantitative skills with high attention to detail and numerical aptitude
- Highly organized; able to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment; proactive about continuous improvement, operational efficiency, and fraud prevention
Benefits
- Comprehensive medical plan options
- HSA/FSA accounts
- Dental and vision coverage
- 6% employer 401(k) match
- Fully paid parental leave for all new parents
- Generous PTO
- Life and disability insurance Long-term and Short-term disability coverage
- AD&D Coverage
- Pet Insurance
- Employee Assistance Program
- Subsided gym membership / plans through Wellhub
Work Authorization / Security Clearance
Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States.
AAP/EEO Statement
This Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.
Position Type and Expected Hours of Work
This is a full-time exempt position with typical working hours of Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Hours and work shifts may change in accordance with department and business needs. Exempt Employees must have the ability to be on-call and available, as business needs require.
Work Environment
This job operates in an office setting.
Travel
Modest travel, less than 5% to other Metrea offices may be required.
Our Firmware
At Metrea, our single core value is Rooted in Humility, and our four cornerstone attributes are Entrepreneurial, Systematic, Discerning, and Over-Deliver. These form what we call our Teammate Firmware. Just like technical firmware connects software and hardware, our Firmware is the constant interface between our mission and our people. It defines how we show up, how we work together, and how we solve complex problems.
Our team Firmware creates a web-like, hyper-collaborative, dynamically hierarchical way of working that helps us adapt quickly, communicate openly, and distribute decision-making to where expertise actually lives. It enables groups to self-organize around hard problems, shift fluidly as priorities evolve, and operate with the trust, curiosity, and discipline required in a complex mission space. This foundation allows us to deliver elegant, effective solutions and uphold our purpose: protecting our precious inheritance.
