BAE Systems is in search of professionals that are interested in working with a company that pushes the envelope when it comes to technological advances. The role of Business Intelligence Analyst, FP&A involves providing decision-making support to Sector leadership with an emphasis on minimizing risk and delivering on the financial plan.
Responsibilities:
- Increase visibility and access to data by developing reports and tools that save financial analyst time. This not only includes taking ownership of current FP&A Dashboards and metrics, but determining ways to automate existing processes and reports to improve the efficiency of other team members
- Lead the expansion of FP&A analytics and metrics automation to align with overall Electronic Systems Finance analytics vision. This includes managing projects driven by business needs and providing training, education and support to the organization in an effort to expand data analytics acumen
- Independently identify and execute projects to develop tools at the Sector level and collaborate with other finance functional teams to assist them in developing tools for their use and ownership
- Utilizing strong communication skills, act as a liaison between FP&A, Business Area personnel, the broader Finance function, the Business Intelligence (BI) Community and Enterprise Shared Services (ESS) Information Technology (IT) to support BI initiatives, awareness, projects and changes that impact FP&A
- Develop subject matter expertise, working closely with IT, in helping to manage the Sector’s Hyperion environment. This includes Portal tools, Segment Hyperion systems, Sector consolidation tools and data warehouses to ensure accuracy and integrity of financial reporting data as well as availability of systems
- Interface with all levels within Finance to support ad hoc data requests, ensuring accuracy and quality of submissions while making those requests easily repeatable as required
- Support the Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) organization as a fully integrated team member and assist in meeting major reporting objectives, including Quarterly Reviews, Long Range Planning, Annual Operating Plan, Month-end reporting and ad-hoc analysis
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in Business Analytics, Data Analytics, Business Administration, Accounting, Finance, or related degree / equivalent experience
- Experience with creating Microsoft PowerBI reports and visuals
- Knowledge of KNIME and/or Alteryx
- Familiarity with Hyperion
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office tools
- Strong analytical and problem solving skills
- Ability to multitask in a fast-paced, time-sensitive environment
- Strong interpersonal skills to interact with cross-functional work teams
- Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and written
- General knowledge of industry practices and standards
- Knowledge of SQL, Dataiku
- Knowledge of/and experience with financial data, metrics, systems, applications and processes