Sr Analyst, Business Planning and Development

The Senior Analyst, Business Planning and Development is an essential role within the Business Planning and Development team who facilitates short-term and long-term business planning through initiative intake and execution of business development processes. This role regularly analyzes 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 in-take
• Drive adoption of frameworks, dashboard, 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
• Assist in definition and lead execution of processes throughout 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

• Bachelor’s degree in business, finance, management or other related field
• 3+ years in corporate strategy or business planning role
• Understanding of enterprise strategy management methodologies (ex: 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 approach and solution
• Ability to multitask, prioritize and project manage
• Ability to foster relationships with key stakeholders, provide advisory support and gain credibility

• 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 United States without additional sponsorship
• Travel required less than 5%
• General office work requiring sitting or standing for long periods of time