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Business & Planng Anlst 3/4

Defines and communicates cost and/or schedule trends and quantifies cost and/or schedule. Compiles data from multiple sources and develops reports to meet stringent reporting. Develops strategic plans and business cases using appropriate financial indices. Initiates and conducts analysis of Financial Statements and associated risks/opportunities to provide understanding of financial performance to internal/external stakeholders. Develops, reviews, analyzes and maintains cost and/or schedule performance measurement baselines and variance analyses. Defines and communicates cost and/or schedule trends and quantifies cost and/or schedule risks. Leads project startup by conducting planning and implementation activities such as work/organization breakdown structure development and responsibility assignment matrix development. Makes recommendations for program financial and performance improvements. Develops and implements compliance plans. Leads development of strategic plans and business cases using appropriate financial indices. Leads and integrates the collection and documentation of requirements for training, processes and new tool development. Provides subject matter expertise to troubleshoot process and tool issues, determine root cause and recommend solutions. Works under general or minimal direction.

Will work a wide variety of business issues for Boeing Laser Technical Services (BLTS) regarding contracts in Albuquerque, NM. Responsible for financial and cost control requirements. Ability to coordinate, consolidate, analyze, and maintain data coming from the financial information systems. Interface with Boeing Project Leads and Air Force customer to assist in answering questions and rapidly providing solutions to problems and issues. Develop and coordinate integrated budget baseline plans. Prepares, integrates, validates, reconciles, identifies issues, anomalies and performs analysis in support of the Estimate at Completions (EACs) to provide a financial forecast for contracts and programs using defined EAC processes, tools, policies and procedures. Prepare weekly, monthly and quarterly financial reports including spend plans, and company funds request (CFR) when required. Prepare Long Range Business Plans, Indirect Rate Build-up, RONA information, journal entries and monthly forecasts. Performs monthly reconciliations.


Experience with Microsoft Office and Excel is required. Experience with Boeing financials systems including EAS, ICAA, and FPCR highly desirable. EVM experience would be a plus. Knowledge of LEAN concepts a plus.




Competencies



General


Build Positive Relationships
Builds effective working relationships within the work group, with interorganizational employees, and occasionally with external customers. Probes for and provides information to clarify situations. Seeks and expands on original ideas, enhances others' ideas, and contributes own ideas about the issues at hand. Places higher priority on team and organization goals than on own goals. Seeks agreement from work group, with other employees, and occasionally with external customers to support ideas or take partnership-oriented action; uses sound rationale to explain value of actions. Establishes good interpersonal relationships by helping people feel valued, appreciated, and included in discussions.

Business (Financial) Acumen
Accurately performs quantitative financial calculations and/or understands the implications of financial graphs, charts, tables, etc. on own work group, other work groups, and occasionally on external customers. Integrates financial data effectively allowing for the identification of key issues, decision-making criteria, and the determination of strategies and plans for own work group, other work groups, and occasionally with external customers. Contributes to appropriate financial strategies and systems to maximize cash flow and limit risk to the organization.

Communication
Clarifies purpose and importance; stresses major points; follows a logical sequence. Keeps the audience engaged through use of techniques such as analogies, illustrations, humor, an appealing style, body language, and voice inflection. Frames the message in line with audience experience, background, and expectations; uses terms, examples, and analogies that are meaningful to the audience. 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. Accurately interprets messages from others and responds appropriately.

Customer Focus
Makes customers and their needs a primary focus of one's actions; develops and sustains productive customer relationships; uses information to understand customers' circumstances, problems, expectations, and needs; periodically becomes involved in sharing information with customers to build their understanding of issues and capabilities; considers how actions or plans will affect customers; responds quickly to meet customer needs and resolve problems; assists higher graded employees and/or project team leaders in implementing ways to monitor and evaluate customer concerns, issues, and satisfaction and to anticipate customer needs.

Managing Work
Identifies critical and less critical activities and tasks within own and other work groups; adjusts priorities when appropriate. Ensures 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; coordinates own and others' schedules to avoid conflicts. Takes advantage of available resources (individuals, processes, departments, and tools) to complete work efficiently. Uses time effectively and rarely allows 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 at the department level.
Preferred - 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.

Business Case Analysis
Basic - Complete knowledge of business case analysis to effectively perform functional responsibilities of the occupation.
Preferred - Extensive and specialized knowledge of business case analysis to effectively perform functional responsibilities of the occupation.

Finance Integration Knowledge
Basic - General 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 - 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.

Forecast Analysis
Basic - Complete 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 - 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.

Typical Education/Experience



Level 3 - Bachelor's and elated work experience, a Master's degree and related work experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience. Level 4 - Bachelor's degree and related work experience, a Master's degree and related work experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience.


Other Job related information



The qualified candidate must possess good interpersonal skills and teamwork skills. An interim Secret clearance is required pre hire and final secret post hire. A current security clearance is desired. There is a limited relocation fund of $7,000.00.


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