Finance Intern

Company Overview 

Metrea delivers effects-as-a-service to national security partners across five domains and more than a dozen mission areas—including airborne ISR, electronic warfare, secure communications, aerial refueling, special mission aviation, aerial firefighting, and advanced simulation. 

Wherever we operate, we build vertically integrated full stacks of capability—designing, building, and operating turnkey solutions that let customers scale capacity while benefiting from continuous cycles of innovation. With operators and engineers under one roof, we close the gap between lab and field—what we call connecting design with effect. 

Metrea’s solutions are built for elegance: effective, efficient, and evolving. This approach enables our partners to do more with less and achieve outsized, asymmetric advantage against rapidly evolving threats. 

Headquartered in Washington, DC, Metrea has facilities across the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe, and beyond.

Metrea Management is our global shared service providing support for the Capabilities in areas such as People, Finance, Legal, Strategy, Safety, Security and Information Technology.  
 

Position Summary 
 
Metrea is offering paid internship opportunities to undergraduate students in its West End office for the Fall 2025 semester.

Metrea is looking for driven, innovative students who are excited about the defense and aerospace domain. Metrea’s market presence covers a wide range of emerging tech and defense capabilities, therefore interns will be exposed to many facets of the national security environment. The internship will provide invaluable career mentorship opportunities as interns work alongside and support professionals with decades of experience in finance. The ideal candidate will be a self-starter who is hardworking, organized, enjoys balancing multiple projects, and can engage in day-to-day operations in a fast-paced and growing environment. Interns must be flexible, timely, and dedicated to pursuing the goals and mission of Metrea. The candidate should demonstrate strong analytical skills, a keen interest in finance, and the ability to support financial decision-making in a fast-paced, mission-driven environment. This is an in-person internship opportunity.

 Financial Analysis & Reporting:

• Assist with preparation of monthly and quarterly financial reporting packages.

• Support variance analysis by comparing actual results against budget and forecast.

• Help develop dashboards and visuals to highlight business unit financial performance.

Forecasting & Budgeting:

• Assist in building and updating financial forecasts, including revenue, expense, and cash flow projections.

• Support the annual budgeting process by compiling inputs from multiple business units.

• Maintain financial models used to assess performance and future planning.

Process & Systems Support:

• Provide administrative and analytical support for FP&A team workflows.

• Assist in tracking key performance indicators (KPIs) across Metrea’s business units.

• Contribute to process improvement efforts for forecasting, reporting, and financial data management.

Skills and Experience 

• • Enrollment at a four-year institution pursuing a degree in finance, accounting, international business, economics or related studies
• • Demonstrated interest in national security and defense
• • Strong written and verbal communication skills
• • Enthusiasm and a strong desire to learn
• • Acute attention to detail
• • Availability for 20 hours a week, in-person
• • Willingness and ability to maintain confidentiality in relation to company matters

Our Firmware 

Metrea’s single core value, “rooted in humility,” is supported by four key attributes: entrepreneurial, systematic, discerning, and over-deliver. These attributes, combined, form our Teammate Firmware, our culture. We explore these attributes during the hiring process when we grow our teams and continually support the growth of our culture. We are a hyper-collaborative, dynamically hierarchical organization united b