Business & Planning Analyst 1\2
This position will provide primary business management support to a service group within Shared Services Group (SSG) Enterprise Services.
This includes Long Range Business Plans (LRBPs), Estimates at Completion (EACs), Opportunity and Risk (O&R) assessment, and Business Plan Reviews (BPR). Meets with Operational leaders to analytically explain monthly performance, communicate cost trends, quantify risks and recommend actions to keep costs under control.
Maintain internal cost models and supporting templates. Develop, analyze and maintain metrics, cost baselines and variances. Provide ad hoc reporting and offer new and insightful ideas.
The successful candidate will have good oral and written communication skills, with the ability to work under general direction both independently and in a team environment.
Competencies
General• Adaptability
Tries to understand changes in work-group tasks, situations, and the department as well as the logic or basis for change; occasionally seeks information about changes affecting their individual job. 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 work group members. 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.
• Build Positive Relationships
Tries to build effective working relationships with fellow work group members. Asks for and provides information to clarify situations. Tries to expand on original ideas, enhances others' ideas, and contributes own ideas about the issues at hand. Places higher priority on work group goals rather than on own goals. Seeks agreement from fellow work group members to support ideas; explains value of actions. Establishes good interpersonal relationships by helping people in work group feel valued, appreciated, and included in discussions (enhances self-esteem, empathizes, involves, discloses, supports).
• Communication
Makes an effort to clarify purpose and importance; stresses major points; follows a logical sequence. Tries to keep the audience engaged through use of techniques such as analogies, illustrations, humor, an appealing style, body language, and voice inflection. With guidance from others frames messages in line with audience experience, background, and expectations; tries to use terms, examples, and analogies that are meaningful to the audience. Occasionally seeks input from audience; checks understanding; tries to present message in different ways to enhance understanding. Uses syntax, pace, volume, diction, and mechanics appropriate to the media being used. Interprets messages from others and responds appropriately; at times requires guidance from others on how to respond.
• Customer Focus
Understands customers and their needs and considers such factors in the completion of day-to-day job tasks and responsibilities; supports more experienced employees as required to develop and sustain productive customer relationships; uses available information to understand customer related circumstances, problems, and needs; considers how day-to-day actions will affect customers; responds quickly to help more experienced employees meet customer needs and resolve problems.
• Decision Making
Generally recognizes routine issues, problems, or opportunities in own work area and determines whether action is needed; generally identifies the need for and collects information to better understand issues, problems, and opportunities; tries to integrate information from different sources; detects trends, associations, and cause-effect relationships; generally creates relevant options for addressing problems/opportunities and achieving desired outcomes; develops an understanding of decision criteria; evaluates options by considering implications and consequences; chooses an effective option; generally implements decisions or initiates action within a reasonable time; gains experience in including fellow work group members in the decision-making process as warranted to obtain good information, makes appropriate decisions, and ensures buy-in and understanding of the resulting decisions.
• Managing Work
Has a general sense of more critical and less critical activities and tasks within own work group; adjusts priorities when appropriate. Tries to ensure that required equipment and/or materials are in appropriate locations so that own and others' work can be done effectively. Allocates own time to complete work; tries to coordinate own and others' schedules to avoid conflicts. Has a general understanding of available resources (individuals, processes, departments, and tools) to complete work efficiently. Generally uses time effectively and usually prevents irrelevant issues or distractions from interfering with work completion.
Technical• Analytical Skills
Basic - Skill and ability to: collect, organize, synthesize, and analyze data; summarize findings; develop conclusions and recommendations from appropriate data sources.
Preferred - Skill and ability to: collect, organize, synthesize, and analyze data; summarize findings; develop conclusions and recommendations from appropriate data sources at the work group level.
• Budgeting & Estimating
Basic - Basic 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).
Preferred - General 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).
• Forecast Analysis
Basic - Basic knowledge of principles 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 - General knowledge of principles 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.
Basic Qualifications For ConsiderationDo you meet the criteria described in the 'Typical Education / Experience' section of this requisition?
Do you have experience using your business related skills?
Typical Education/Experience
Level 1 - Bachelor's degree. Level 2 - Bachelor's degree and typically 3 or more years' related work experience, a Master's degree and typically 1 or more years' related work experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Other Job related information
- Business Unit Shared Services
- Division Ssg Finance & Business
- Program Controller
- Job Type Non-Management
- Experience Level Entry
- US Person Status Required? No
Closing Date: 02/14/2012
