Sr Business Analyst

Airbus; Grand Prairie (TX); Híbrido; USD 120 000 - 150 000; Tempo integral

Vantagens oferecidas por esta oferta de emprego

Competitive base salary

Incentive compensation

ESOP

Paid time off

Health insurance

Professional development

Resumo da oferta

Airbus Helicopters, Inc. is seeking a Senior Business Analyst for Contractor Logistics Support to drive financial health, risk mitigation, and data-driven decision making.

You will transform raw data into actionable insights, improve processes, and protect program margins through technical-contractual filtering and robust forecasting. You will partner with Finance, Engineering, and Contracts teams to optimize data flows, develop KPIs, and support strategic renewals while ensuring cost visibility

Qualificações

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience (4 years) required.
• 6+ years of data analytics experience with dashboards.
• Experience building sophisticated dashboards and narratives from data.
• Strong proficiency with Excel and PowerPoint; familiar with SAP reporting systems.

Responsabilidades

• Process architecture: design data collection improvements for CLS program.
• Root-cause variance analysis to explain deviations and partner with accounting.
• Performance optimization to keep project on strategic targets.
• Drive Monthly Action Plan (MAP) with Finance and Contract Management (EAC alignment).
• Cost centralization using Coyote, Skywise and Alteryx for data consistency.
• Develop business cases for CLS renewals and parts coverage.
• Forecasting models for annual operative plan (EAC, ETC).
• Provide high-level insights for periodic forecasts and risk mitigation.

Conhecimentos

Data analytics

Dashboard development

Financial modeling

Variance analysis

Forecasting

KPIs & metrics

Formação académica

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience

Ferramentas

SAP

Alteryx

Tableau

Smartsheet

Skywise

Snowflake

Power BI

Excel

PowerPoint

Descrição da oferta de emprego

****Job Description:******Job Summary:** As a Senior Business Analyst for Contractor Logistics Support (CLS), you are not merely a data reporter; you are a strategic architect of program efficiency and an integral part of PBH contracts for AHI. You will provide high-level financial oversight for the LUH (Lakota) Program, serving as the primary engine for process improvement and critical analytical insights. Your mission is to safeguard the financial health by transforming raw operational data into actionable business intelligence and identifying systemic opportunities for cost avoidance and revenue protection. This role merges advanced financial modeling with technical reliability engineering. This role ensures the fleet's technical performance is accurately reflected in the financial baseline and leads the \"technical-contractual filtering\" process to protect program margins. **Your Working Environment:**A suburb just outside the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area is home to Airbus Helicopters U.S. regional headquarters, where we have more than 1,000 employees. Check out one of the seven professional sports teams that also call Dallas home - you may even see a special, custom Airbus helicopter dedicated to the Dallas Cowboys flying during home games. **How we care for you:*** **Financial Rewards:** Competitive base salary, incentive compensation which may include profit sharing schemes, retirement savings plan and the ability to participate in an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (“ESOP”)* **Work/Life Balance:** Paid time off including personal time, holidays and a generous paid parental leave program.* **Health & Welfare:** Comprehensive insurance coverage including medical (traditional and high-deductible health plans), prescription, dental, vision, life, disability, Employee Assistance Plan (“EAP”) and other supplemental benefit coverages.* **Individual Development:** Upskilling and development opportunities through our global Leadership University, including unlimited access to 10,000+ e-learning courses focusing on ways to develop your employability, certifications, career path as well as the opportunity to participate in accelerated development programmes and both national and international mobility. **Your Challenges:** **Strategic Analytic Engineering & Contract Governance:** 40% ● Process Architecture: Evaluate current data collection methods for the CLS Program and design procedural enhancements to increase data velocity and accuracy.● Root Cause Variance Analysis: Conduct deep-dive forensics on actual vs. planned financial performance. Instead of just identifying gaps, you will diagnose the \"why\" behind variances and partner with accounting to prevent future deviations.● Performance Optimization: Analyze project performance against internal targets, proactively recommending corrective actions to keep the program on its strategic trajectory.● Drive the Monthly Action Plan (MAP) with Finance and Contract Management to ensure strict adherence to the Estimate at Completion (EAC) scenario.● Cost Centralization: Implement and manage the Coyote, Skywise and Alteryx tools across the CLS contract to ensure data consistency at the part level.● Strategy Development: Build the business case for future CLS renewals, focusing on parts coverage, performance commitments, and Time & Materials (T&M) potential. **Predictive Planning & Forecasting: 40%** ● Anticipatory Budgeting: Drive the preparation of the annual operative plan using sophisticated forecasting models (EAC, ETC).● Technical-Contractual Filtering: Assist Tech Reps/CFMs on whether maintenance events are covered under contract or should be invoiced as exclusions.● Maintenance Manual Optimization: Collaborate with Tech Reps/Engineering to update Maintenance Manuals to eliminate room for interpretation and reduce unnecessary costs.● Warranty Governance: Manage a dedicated Warranty Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) to track and recover reliability-driven costs.● Strategic Input: Provide high-level insight for periodic forecast updates, ensuring that the LUH activity is positioned for long-term fiscal stability including predictive modeling for event-based maintenance events. Help track and monitor a line of balance for repairables and consumables along with support from the technical team.● Metric Framework Development: Establish and govern a suite of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) focused on Forecast Accuracy (FA), Mean Time Between Unscheduled Removals (MTBUR, MTBR (covered events), MTBF, SLLs, TBOs, LLPs), and Stock-Out Frequency. **Operations & Visualization: 20**% ● Systemic Refinement: Lead the ongoing automation of internal financial reporting. Your goal is to reduce manual intervention, eliminate human error, and ensure 100% data integrity.● Internal Control Governance: Critically assess reporting policies to ensure they not only meet compliance standards but also provide the most transparent view of program health.● Ad-Hoc Strategic Support: Execute complex, high-stakes simulations and analyses to support senior leadership in executive decision-making.● Financial Safeguarding: Act as a critical liaison between Finance and the Customer to manage maximum funded events, ensuring that contractual thresholds are monitored with predictive accuracy rather than reactive reporting .**Your Boarding Pass:**● Must have a Bachelor’s degree **or** equivalent experience (4 years)● Must have 6 or more years of experience in data analytics with a proven track record of building sophisticated dashboards that simplify complex or abstract data into clear narratives..● Advanced Tools (Preferred): SAP (BPC/BW modules), Alteryx, Tableau, and SmartsheetFamiliar with SAP and reporting systems such as Skywise, Tableau, Snowflake or Power BI● Systems Logic: Proficiency in Microsoft Excel (Advanced Modeling) and PowerPoint or Google equivalents. **Travel Required:**● 20 % Domestic and International**Citizenship:**● Must be a US Person under ITAR definition (U.S. Citizen, green card holder or person covered under our existing ITAR license)**Clearance:**● Ability to obtain and maintain a Government security clearance (common access card)**Physical Requirements:**● Onsite or remote: 80% onsite in Grand Prairie, TX when not on travel● Vision: able to see and read computer screens and other electronic equipment with screens, able to read documents, reports and engineering drawings. Daily● Hearing: able to participate in conversations in person and via teleconference or phone and to hear sounds on the production floor including safety warnings or alarms. Daily● Speaking: able to speak in conversations and meetings, deliver information and participate in communications. Daly● Equipment Operation: able to operate most office and personal electronic equipment. Daily● Carrying: able to carry documents, tools, drawings, electronic equipment up to 10lbs/5kgs. Daily● Lifting: able to lift documents, tools, drawings, electronic equipment up to 10lbs/5kgs. Daily● Pushing / Pulling: able to push and pull small office furniture and some equipment and tools. Rarely● Sitting: able to sit for long periods of time in meetings, working on the computer. Daily● Squatting / Kneeling: able to squat or kneel to retrieve or replace items stored on low shelving. Infrequently● Standing: able to stand for discussions in offices or on the production floor. Daily● Travel: able to travel independently and at short notice. Approximately 5% - 10%● Walking: able to walk through office and production areas including uneven surfaces. Daily● PPE required: Steel-toed shoes are required for all shop floor visits, appropriate hearing/eye protection may also be required when visiting the shop floor. Take your career to a new level and apply online now!A full job description will be provided to candidates who progress to the interview stage or any candidate upon request. This job requires an awareness of any potential compliance risks and a commitment to act with integrity, as the foundation for the Company’s success, reputation and sustainable growth.********Company:********Airbus Helicopters, Inc.**Employment Type:**US - Direct Hire**Experience Level:**Professional**Remote Type:**On-site**Job Family:**Financial Expertise