Business & Planning Analyst 4\5 SLS Program
Business Planning Analyst to serve as a lead on the Space Launch System (SLS) Program in Strategic Financial Analysis and Funding Management. Develop, prepare and analyze schedule, forecast and budget data with the ability to perform financial analyses. Ability to coordinate, consolidates, analyzes and maintains data coming from the financial information management systems that consolidates all of the financial planning data. Experience in the preparation and presentation of financial and performance data to management and team members. Coordinate Estimate at Complete (EAC) and develop summary charts for projects and program to provide roll-up visibility and presentations to management. Develops, coordinates, and reports program funding, program termination liability, and new business funds to the program and division level management. Makes recommendations on financial performance and projections using extensive financial statement knowledge and experience. Initiates detailed analysis in support of funding and rate allocation methodology, risk assessments and contingency/recovery plans. Leads the development of funding models by defining the parameters. Leads, analyzes and presents business opportunities by assimilating long-range objectives, strategic plans and business cases using appropriate financial indices to maximize profitability and shareholder value. Consults on requirements definition and deployment of common systems, tools, processes and training to improve business planning processes. Works under consultative direction. The successful candidate should have experience with cost policy interfaces for proper new business labor charging practices, Individual Work Authorization (IWA) development across company divisions/locations, and a working knowledge of Earned Value Management System (EVMS) methodology and system tools. Some travel may be required.
Competencies
General• Adaptability
Fully understands changes in own and fellow senior employees' work and situations; is frequently called upon to explain the logic or basis for change to other employees; is generally seen as an expert on information about changes affecting own and fellow senior employees' jobs; occasionally mentors fellow employees around the change. Treats changes and new situations as opportunities for learning or growth; focuses on the beneficial aspects of change; speaks positively about the change to fellow senior employees and external customers. Quickly modifies behavior to deal effectively with changes in the work environment; readily tries new approaches appropriate for new or changed situations; does not persist with ineffective behaviors.
• Communication
Consistently clarifies purpose and importance; stresses major points; follows a logical sequence. Consistently keeps the audience thoroughly engaged through use of techniques such as analogies, illustrations, humor, an appealing style, body language, and voice inflection. Consistently frames even complex messages in line with audience experience, background, and expectations; uses terms, examples, and analogies that are meaningful to the audience. Consistently seeks input from audience; checks understanding; presents message in different ways to enhance understanding. Uses syntax, pace, volume, diction, and mechanics appropriate to the media being used; attends to both direct and indirect messages from others; correctly interprets messages and responds appropriately. Advises fellow project leads and other internal employees in effective communication techniques.
• Customer Focus
Makes customers and their needs a primary focus of one's actions as a project team leader; develops and sustains productive customer relationships as they relate to project team leadership responsibilities; actively seeks information to understand customers' circumstances, problems, expectations, and needs; presents project level information to customers to build their understanding of issues and capabilities; considers how project level actions or plans will affect customers; responds quickly to meet customer needs and resolve problems; assists other project team leaders in implementing ways to monitor and evaluate customer concerns, issues, and satisfaction and to anticipate customer needs.
• Decision Making
Consistently recognizes a wide range of complex, specialized issues, problems, or opportunities in own work group, across the organization and with external customers; determines whether action is needed. Steadily identifies the need for and collects information to better understand issues, problems, and opportunities. Regularly integrates complex information from a wide variety of sources; detects complex trends, associations, and cause-effect relationships. Consistently creates relevant options for addressing problems/opportunities and achieving desired outcomes. Formulates clear decision criteria; evaluates options by considering implications and consequences; chooses an effective option. Consistently implements decisions or initiates action within a reasonable time. Regularly includes fellow project leads, employees across the organization, and external customers in the decision-making process as warranted to obtain good information, make the most appropriate decisions, and ensure buy-in and understanding of the resulting decisions.
Technical• Analytical Skills
Basic - Skill and ability to: collect, organize, synthesize, and analyze data; summarize findings; develop conclusions and recommendations from appropriate data sources with clients, customers and/or suppliers.
Preferred - Skill and ability to: collect, organize, synthesize, and analyze data; summarize findings; develop conclusions and recommendations from appropriate data sources at the business unit level.
• Budgeting & Estimating
Basic - Extensive, specialized of budgeting tools (e.g., cost benefit analysis, estimates-at-completion [EAC], management estimate-at-completion [MEAC]) and estimating techniques (e.g., improvement curve theory, parametric estimates, standard hour estimates, zero-base estimates).
Preferred - Advanced, expert knowledge of budgeting tools (e.g., cost benefit analysis, estimates-at-completion [EAC], management estimate-at-completion [MEAC]) and estimating techniques (e.g., improvement curve theory, parametric estimates, standard hour estimates, zero-base estimates).
• Business Case Analysis
Basic - Extensive and specialized knowledge of business case analysis to effectively perform functional responsibilities of the occupation.
Preferred - Advanced/expert knowledge and understanding of business case analysis to effectively perform functional responsibilities of the occupation.
• Finance Integration Knowledge
Basic - Broad knowledge of Finance disciplines and tasks performed by various Boeing Finance processes and the interaction between departments/disciplines and how their products and processes are used by and affect one another. Applies expertise to a wide range of business objectives.
Preferred - Extensive knowledge of Finance disciplines and tasks performed by various Boeing Finance processes and the interaction between departments/disciplines and how their products and processes are used by and affect one another. Shares advanced expertise to accomplish wide range of business objectives.
• Forecast Analysis
Basic - Extensive, specialized knowledge of forecast analysis. This may include, rates (production, overhead, usage), resource staffing, long range business plan, estimates at complete (EAC), company accounting, customer payment schedules, and contractual requirements to develop and maintain forecasts.
Preferred - Advanced subject matter expert at the site level in principles of forecast analysis as applicable to assignment (e.g., product/overhead/usage) rates, resource staffing, long range business plan, estimates at complete (EAC), company accounting, customer payment schedules, and contractual requirements to develop and maintain forecasts.
Basic Qualifications For ConsiderationDo you have experience with program funding?
Do you have experience with program termination liability?
Typical Education/Experience
Level 4 - Bachelor's degree and typically 10 or more years' related work experience, a Master's degree and typically 8 or more years' related work experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience. Level 5 - Bachelor's degree and typically 15 or more years' related work experience, a Master's degree and typically 13 or more years' related work experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Other Job related information
Position requires Earned Value Management experience and desires experience with Cost, Schedule, Planning, and Reporting (CSPR) (Cobra/OPP), wInsight and e-CAM Notebook. Position requires the ability to access the Marshall Space Flight Center and other NASA work locations.
- Business Unit Defense, Space&Security
- Division Networks & Space Systems
- Program Space Exploration
- Job Type Non-Management
- Experience Level Expert/Consultant
- US Person Status Required? Yes
Closing Date: 02/22/2012
