Strategic FP&A Analyst: Data-Driven Forecasts

Blue Origin; Washington; On-site; USD 95,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Blue Origin is seeking a Financial Analyst II to support planning, forecasting, and decision support for the New GlennFinance team. You’ll transform data into actionable insights, build driver-based models, and partner with finance, accounting, engineering, and operations to close gaps and drive results.

You are a hands-on problem solver comfortable with source data to leadership narratives, and you will use Excel, SQL, BI tools, and controlled AI workflows to maintain accuracy in a

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, economics, engineering, data analytics, or another highly analytical field.
• 3+ years of experience in FP&A, corporate finance, program finance, operations finance, or a closely related analytical role.
• Demonstrated analytical depth: able to define an ambiguous question, structure the analysis, test assumptions, reconcile conflicting data, and deliver a credible answer.
• Strong financial modeling fundamentals, including driver-based forecasting, scenario and sensitivity analysis, and clear linkage between assumptions and outputs.
• Advanced proficiency in Excel and practical experience with at least one visualization or analytics platform such as Power BI, Tableau, or an equivalent tool.
• Working SQL proficiency sufficient to perform routine data pulls, joins, aggregations, and validation against a modern data platform.
• Working GAAP foundation sufficient to connect forecast to actuals and partner effectively with accounting on close, accruals, and reconciliations.
• Ability to communicate analytical findings clearly to finance and non-finance stakeholders and distinguish facts, assumptions, judgment, and uncertainty.

Responsibilities

• Support recurring FP& A cycles, including monthly forecasts, quarterly reforecasts, and the annual operating plan, for an assigned New Glenn business area.
• Perform detailed variance and trend analysis across actuals, forecast, and plan; trace results to operational and transaction-level drivers and clearly identify risks, opportunities, and recommended actions.
• Build and maintain driver-based financial models that translate operational inputs into P&L, headcount, cash, and capital impacts; document assumptions and pressure-test outputs.
• Query, reconcile, and validate data from ERP, planning, and modern data platforms; resolve conflicting signals and maintain a clear analytical throughline from source data to the leadership conclusion.
• Develop dashboards, visualizations, and recurring reporting that improve self-service, make key drivers visible, and reduce manual effort.
• Deliver scenario, sensitivity, and ad-hoc analyses for resource decisions, cost actions, schedule changes, and other business questions.
• Apply AI and workflow automation to recurring analysis with documented logic, source traceability, human review, and validation appropriate to a high-accuracy financial environment.
• Partner with finance, accounting, operations, engineering, supply chain, and data teams to improve data quality, close process gaps at the source, and communicate findings to stakeholders.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Communication

Financial modeling

Forecasting

GAAP knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, economics, engineering, data analytics

Tools

Excel

Power BI

Tableau

SQL

Job description

Blue Origin is seeking a Financial Analyst II to support planning, forecasting, and decision support for the New GlennFinance team. You’ll transform data into actionable insights, build driver-based models, and partner with finance, accounting, engineering, and operations to close gaps and drive results.

You are a hands-on problem solver comfortable with source data to leadership narratives, and you will use Excel, SQL, BI tools, and controlled AI workflows to maintain accuracy in a