Sr Analyst, Business Planning and Development

About the role

The Senior Analyst, Business Planning and Development plays a crucial role within the Business Planning and Development team. They are responsible for facilitating short-term and long-term business planning through the intake and execution of business development processes.

Responsibilities

• Analyze the company’s objectives to ensure key performance metrics and commitments are on track, while ensuring appropriate governance is consistently applied.
• Lead annual strategic planning processes and facilitate initiative intake.
• Drive adoption of frameworks, dashboards, scorecards, and other reports to assess strategic priorities and ensure alignment by key stakeholders.
• Track performance of initiatives and regularly report on progress to meet strategic objectives and key performance metrics.
• Interpret business results and translate findings into strategic insights for the business planning and development team and senior leadership.
• Effectively communicate the significance of strategic insights to drive business decisions.
• Facilitate weekly coordination of initiative inputs from business and data owners across the company, and analyze for opportunities of improvement.
• Aid in defining and leading the execution of processes throughout the business development lifecycle, and ensure appropriate governance is applied.
• Serve as a subject matter expert (SME) internally on governance, best practices, and benchmarks, helping to inform and guide business planning and development.
• Develop high-quality presentations and other supporting materials for the Business Planning and Development and leadership teams.
• Ensure all activities comply with Pilot Company rules, policies, and procedures.
• Complete other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business, finance, management, or other related field.
• 3+ years of experience in corporate strategy or business planning roles.
• Understanding of enterprise strategy management methodologies (e.g., Balanced Scorecards, Objective Key Results, etc.).
• Familiarity with business development lifecycle stages.
• High proficiency in PowerPoint, Excel, and Word.
• Strong conceptual problem-solving skills and business acumen.
• Proficient communication skills (written and oral) to facilitate discussions and present to senior leaders.
• Ability to take ambiguous problems or tasks and develop structured approaches and solutions.
• Ability to multitask, prioritize, and project manage.
• Ability to foster relationships with key stakeholders, provide advisory support, and gain credibility.

Additional Information

We are seeking applicants with a local presence in Knoxville, TN or the surrounding communities. This position does not support immigration sponsorship. To be considered, you must have the legal right to work in the United States without additional sponsorship. Travel required less than 5%. General office work requiring sitting or standing for long periods of time.