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At Blue Origin, we envision millions of people living and working in space for the benefit of Earth. We’re working to develop reusable, safe, and low-cost space vehicles and systems within a culture of safety, collaboration, and inclusion. Join our team of problem solvers as we add new chapters to the history of spaceflight!
This role is part of Blue Origin corporate functions, providing centralized support across Blue Origin business unit teams, functions, and locations.
We are looking for a motivated, analytical, critical thinker who has a track record of analytical problem solving to join our team. As a capital business partner supporting the Operations Finance organization , you will drive key initiatives to ensure financial resources are efficiently utilized to grow the business and rapidly scale production. You will provide insights to business leadership and develop tools to enable critical investment decisions.
In this role, you will apply fundamentals of investment analysis, project management, leading and ensuring successful execution of initiatives which will help our business progress and meet their goals. We are seeking a storyteller, who can clearly articulate complex concepts and translate numeric financial results into meaningful programmatic and operational performance narratives.
The individual should possess excellent financial acumen and strong oral, written, and interpersonal skills that can thrive in a fast-paced and evolving environment. You will be working day to day using Microsoft Excel for analysis and reporting, Artificial Intelligence tools to increase efficiency, OneStream (Blue Origin’s Financial Planning tool) and Costpoint (Accounting system).
This position will directly impact the history of space exploration and will require your dedicated commitment and detailed attention towards safe and repeatable spaceflight.
Passion for our mission and vision is required!
This role is available on-site in Kent, Washington with relocation provided.
Responsibilities include but are not limited to :
- Assist with creation of models for financial reviews, cost benefit analysis, and metrics
- Be the financial site focal for multi-site factories
- Conduct indirect cost management and analysis
- Support headcount and cost center planning
- Participate in factory improvement projects to drive labor inefficiencies
- Provide actionable insights into factory financial performance and drive actions to closure
- Manage end of month business rhythm and deliverables
- Data mining across multiple data sets; Databricks; Redshift; SQL
- Prepare and consolidate monthly/quarterly financial and metric report outs for Operations and Finance Leadership
- Identify operational and financial risk & opportunities with potential solutions; assist with recovery plan development
- Analyze and report financial performance variances of actuals to budget and forecast
- Support key business analytics and key performance indicator generation
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelors degree in Accounting, Finance, or other highly analytical field
- 8+ years of financial and business analytics experience
- Demonstrated ability to work independently and as a self-motivator.
- Ability to develop pricing models based on multiple inputs including market conditions, competition, and other constraints
- Strong analytical skill set and high attention to detail
- Excellent written communication and presentation skills
- Advanced level skills in Microsoft Excel Power Query, Power Pivot
- Experience in helping business leaders meet financial targets and deliver results
- Understanding of underlying business processes and the impact of financial decisions
- Strong skills in running meetings and preparing executive-level presentations
- Ability to earn trust, maintain positive and professional relationships, and contribute to a culture of inclusion
- Must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience with SQL, Python, GenAI
- Experience with OneStream
- Experience with Tableau
- Experience with Microsoft D365
- Experience working in a Manufacturing environment
- Experience with MRP systems
- Base Pay Range for: WA applicants is $124,476.00 - $174,265.35
- Other site ranges may differ
- Culture Statement
- Don’t meet all desired requirements? Studies have shown that some people are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single desired qualification. At Blue Origin, we are dedicated to building an authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every desired qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.
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