Sr. Business Analyst - Corporate Strategy
About The Position
As a Senior Business Analyst, you will provide analysis that supports the strategic planning cycle for automotive vehicle development, build models to frame strategic choices, and prepare materials for leadership decisions. The team manages planning, cost, resourcing, and reporting to keep a large engineering organization aligned on what it is building, when, and at what cost. This role is suited to someone who enjoys structuring complex work and partnering with senior leaders. The position supports annual and quarterly planning, strategic initiative business cases, executive reviews, vehicle development reporting, and financial, headcount, and scenario modeling. It also identifies opportunities to improve planning, tracking, and reporting processes across the organization.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering, Computer Science, Economics, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
- At least 5 years of experience in corporate strategy, business or financial analysis, management consulting, or business operations.
- Experience building financial, headcount, or scenario models and translating results into clear recommendations for senior stakeholders.
- Experience supporting planning and goal-setting processes, such as KPIs, annual operating plans, or quarterly business reviews.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to create concise presentations and documents for executive audiences.
- Strong analytical skills, including the ability to structure ambiguous problems and work with large data sets in spreadsheets, SQL, or business intelligence tools.
Responsibilities
- Support annual and quarterly strategic planning for vehicle development by building planning models, defining objectives and KPIs with engineering directors, and tracking progress throughout the year.
- Build business cases for cross-functional strategic initiatives—including organizational changes, new site or capability launches, and cost-reduction programs—by sizing costs, benefits, and risks and tracking results after launch.
- Prepare executive-ready presentations, briefs, and pre-reads for leadership reviews, change boards, and company planning forums; document decisions and action items from discussions.
- Build and maintain dashboards and status reports used in vehicle development leadership meetings, and track follow-up on commitments.
- Build financial, headcount, and scenario models from organizational and program data to frame strategic options and recommendations, partnering with Cost Engineering, Finance, and Resource Planning.
- Identify gaps in planning, tracking, and reporting, and design simple, repeatable processes and templates for wider organizational use.
Benefits
- Competitive compensation structure
- Benefits that support professional growth and personal well-being
- Ongoing professional development
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
