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Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the requisition is closed.
This role is part of Blue Origin corporate functions, providing centralized support across Blue Origin business unit teams, functions, and locations.
This role sits in Blue Origin's Central FP&A team and provides centralized support across our business units, functions, and locations. As a Financial Analyst III, you will partner with your Business Unit CFO to build and manage the financial plan for the business – from budget and forecast through execution and results – and help standardize how that work gets done. You'll partner directly with business unit and functional stakeholders, help translate financial results into clear takeaways for leadership, and leverage AI tooling to modernize our forecasting and reporting processes.
Passion for our mission and vision is required! Ability to work full-time on-site is required, and relocation assistance will be provided.
Key Responsibilities
Budgeting & Forecasting
- Lead the annual budget and recurring forecast cycle for your business unit, coordinating inputs and timelines with cross-functional partners
- Build and maintain driver-based financial models, refreshing with latest actuals and business inputs
- Build the forecast-over-forecast bridge each cycle, documenting changes in the outlook and tracking forecast accuracy over time
Management Reporting
- Support the monthly and quarterly close reporting cycle, preparing actual-vs-budget/forecast variance analysis and researching drivers with functional leaders
- Prepare reporting packages, dashboards, and the analysis underpinning executive memos for Corporate and Executive Leadership
- Contribute materials and analysis to monthly business and financial reviews, including forward-looking risks, opportunities, and recommended actions
- Track trends in financial and operational KPIs and flag risks and opportunities early
Standardization & Automation
- Help standardize programmatic and financial metrics across the business unit, including early indicators of performance issues
- Contribute to continuous improvement of FP&A processes, templates, systems, and reporting capabilities to increase speed and accuracy
- Apply AI tooling to automate recurring analysis and accelerate ad-hoc deliverables, with documented controls, human-in-the-loop review, and validation appropriate to a high-accuracy financial environment
Partnering
- Work closely with your BU CFO and functional stakeholders, leveraging the Central FP&A team to bring cross-BU benchmarks and best practices back to the business
- Build strong working relationships with finance and non-finance stakeholders, managing multiple priorities in a fast-moving environment
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, or related field
- 5+ years of relevant experience in FP&A, corporate finance, accounting, consulting, or related field
- Strong Excel skills, BI tools, and knowledge of SQL or Python
- Strong understanding of financial statements (P&L, balance sheet, cash flow)
- Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities with attention to detail
- Ability to summarize complex data into clear, actionable insights
- Effective written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to work collaboratively across functions and manage multiple priorities
- High level of integrity, ownership, and willingness to learn
Success Factors:
- Consistently delivers accurate and timely reports and analysis
- Demonstrates curiosity about business drivers and asks thoughtful questions
- Proactively identifies data issues and process improvement opportunities
- Builds strong working relationships with finance and non-finance stakeholders
Base Pay Range for:
WA applicants is $104,027.00 - $145,637.10
Other site ranges may differ
Benefits
- Benefits include: Medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life insurance, paid parental leave, short and long-term disability, 401(k) with a company match of up to 5%, and an Education Support Program.
- Stock Options for all regular employees (working at least 20 hours/week)
- Paid Time Off: Up to four (4) weeks per year based on weekly scheduled hours, and up to 14 company-paid holidays.
- Dependent on role type and job level, employees may be eligible for benefits and bonuses based on the company's intent to reward individual contributions and enable them to share in the company's results, or other factors at the company's sole discretion. Bonus amounts and eligibility are not guaranteed and subject to change and cancellation. Please check with your recruiter for more details.
