Business Planning Analyst

By joining the American Red Cross you will touch millions of lives every year and experience the greatness of the human spirit at its best. Are you ready to be part of the world's largest humanitarian network? Join us-Where your Career is a Force for Good! Job Description: Joining The American Red Cross is like nothing else - it's as much something you feel as something you do. You become a vital part of the world's largest humanitarian network. Joining a team of welcoming individuals who are exceptional, yet unassuming. Diverse, yet uncompromising in unity. You grow your career within a movement that matters, where success is measured in people helped, communities made whole, and individuals equipped to never stop changing lives and situations for the better. When you choose to be a force for good, you'll have mentors who empower your growth along a purposeful career path. You align your life's work with an ongoing mission that's bigger than all of us. As you care for others, you're cared for with competitive compensation and benefits. You join a community that respects who you are away from work as much as what you do while at work. Where Your Career is a Force for Good! **WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW (Job Overview):**provide quantitative and qualitative analysis and decision support for business operations, planning and development, and program/project activities covering areas such as business development, human resources, finance, risk, administration, budget management, business information systems, logistics and contracts. Assist with determining customer requirements and translating them into organizational plans. Typically develop information on budget status, workforce level, equipment availability, and other business unit capabilities. May perform certain operational activities on behalf of business unit. Provide support, development and/or leadership guidance to all volunteers.Perform all duties and responsibilities in compliance with standard operating procedures and other applicable Federal, State and local regulations. The American Red Cross is currently seeking a remote Business Planning Analyst. Availability to work Eastern Standard Time (EST) hours is preferred. WHERE YOUR CAREER IS A FORCE FOR GOOD (Key Responsibilities): - Provide program planning support through data analyses. Work in compliance with established policies and procedures. Conduct research, business plan analyses and feasibility studies. Identify trends and develop recommendations for issues of basic complexity. - May provide support for projects and operations including, but not limited to, analysis, reporting, market research, budget forecasting and scheduling. - May conduct risk, resource, cost-benefit, variance, impact and/or other analyses of basic complexity. May contribute to the development of metrics for performance of business unit, organization, initiatives, program/project, and/or business operations. May monitor and report on performance. - May support management or senior analysts in the development of modeling and reporting tools or other systems for monitoring and analyzing performance or data integrity. - May coordinate certain operational support activities on behalf of business unit such as business development, human resources, administration, budget management, business information systems, logistics and contracts. Program Analysis: Integrates performance data from multiple sources, including Salesforce, to enable business units to quickly and accurately assess programs and make immediate data-driven adjustments in strategies and tactics. Provides analysis of current and potiential strategies leveraged by business units. Analyze data quality, trends, and performance metrics by designing reports and dashboards to