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At Blue Origin, we envision millions of people living and working in space for the benefit of Earth. We’re working to develop reusable, safe, and low-cost space vehicles and systems within a culture of safety, collaboration, and inclusion. Join our diverse team of problem solvers as we add new chapters to the history of spaceflight!

We are a diverse team of collaborators, doers, and problem-solvers who are relentlessly committed to a culture of safety. This position will directly impact the history of space exploration and will require your commitment and detailed attention toward safe and repeatable space flight. Join us in lowering the cost of access to space and enabling Blue Origin’s vision of millions of people living and working in space to benefit Earth.

As part of a hardworking team of diverse finance professionals, you will support, financial planning, analysis, and performance management activities for Blue Origin’s New Glenn Business Unit. Named after pioneering astronaut John Glenn, New Glenn is a single-configuration heavy-lift launch vehicle capable of carrying people and payloads routinely to Earth orbit and beyond. Featuring a reusable first stage built for 25 missions, New Glenn will build a road to space.

Under the supervision of the New Glenn Finance Manager, you will provide financial expertise and business partnership to program leaders across the full lifecycle of the New Glenn Program, including R&D investments into vehicle development, recurring manufacturing costs, and profitable launch operations. As a self-starter and effective communicator, you will represent the New Glenn finance organization within various programs and cross-functional communities, working directly with leaders in areas like design engineering, integrated supply chain, and program management. In this hands-on position, you will work with diverse sets of internal and market-based data and apply strong fundamentals in accounting to build analytical models that facilitate strategic decisions at a company and founder level.

We are looking for someone to apply their technical expertise, leadership skills, and commitment to quality to impact safe human spaceflight positively. Passion for our mission and vision is required!

Job Responsibilities:

• Drive financial performance by developing operating and financial metrics, analyzing results and trends to create impactful insights, reporting results to New Glenn program senior leadership

• Support the annual and multi-year financial planning activities by anticipating business changes and spotting trends, getting key stakeholders aligned on material inputs, completing input models, and ensuring all planning and reporting data is accurately reflected in financial systems

• Be the financial point-of-contact in analyzing projects and business cases across a selected scope of the program including R&D, integrated supply chain, and mission operations, to assess potential returns and risks and monitor existing investment decisions and performance

• Support the establishment of cost accounting frameworks and processes to ensure accurate tracking of program recurring costs, including unit costs of production and costs per launch

Skills and Abilities:

• Experience utilizing and rapidly gaining technical proficiency using enterprise resource planning (ERP) tools, financial and operational databases and accounting software

• Advanced Excel financial modeling skills

• Strategic, results-oriented, growth-focused highly skilled collaborator, influencer, and frequent communicator with multiple partners and stakeholders at all levels

• Ability to effectively manage multiple, large-scale projects and dynamically shift focus and reprioritize when needed

• Highly collaborative with excellent interpersonal skills and ability to build an internal and external professional relationship

• Exceptional analytical, strategic, and critical thinking skills; demonstrated success in delivering business value through applying innovative and analytical, problem-solving techniques

• Highest levels of integrity, unquestionable ethics, and excellent judgment

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in an appropriate discipline such as Business, Finance, Accounting, Economics, or STEM fields and 5 years of directly related experience

• Must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.

• Blue Origin will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the Washington Fair Chance Act, Los Angeles Fair Chance in Hiring Ordinance, and other applicable laws.

Desired Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in an appropriate discipline such as Business, Finance, Accounting, Economics, or STEM fields

• Certified Public Accountant (CPA) designation or recognized international equivalents

• Structured Query Language (SQL) programming skills

• Experience with Deltek, Coupa, and Planful software tools

• Experience in industrial, manufacturing, engineering, or technology organizations with a high level of change management

Compensation range for on-site WA applicants is $100,800-$141,120

Other site ranges may differ

Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the requisition is closed.

Inclusivity Statement

Don’t meet all desired requirements? Studies have shown that some people are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single desired qualification. At Blue Origin, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every desired qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

Export Control Regulations

Applicants for employment at Blue Origin must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e. current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.

Benefits

Benefits include: Medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life insurance, paid parental leave, short and long-term disability, 401(k) with a company match of up to 5%, and an Education Support Program.

Paid Time Off: Up to four (4) weeks per year based on weekly scheduled hours, and up to 14 company-paid holidays.

Discretionary bonus: Bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results.

Eligibility for benefits varies by role type, please check with your recruiter for a comprehensive list of the benefits available for this role.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Blue Origin is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and is committed to attracting, retaining, and developing a highly qualified, diverse, and dedicated work force. Blue Origin hires and promotes people on the basis of their qualifications, performance, and abilities. We support the establishment and maintenance of a workplace that fosters trust, equality, and teamwork, in which all employees recognize and appreciate the diversity of individual team members. We provide all qualified applicants for employment and employees with equal opportunities for hire, promotion, and other terms and conditions of employment, regardless of their race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin/ethnicity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic factors, military/veteran status, or any other status or characteristic protected by federal, state, and/or local law. Blue Origin will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable federal, state, and local laws, including the Washington Fair Chance Act, the California Fair Chance Act, the Los Angeles Fair Chance in Hiring Ordinance, and other applicable laws. For more information on “EEO Is the Law,” please see here.

Affirmative Action and Disability Accommodation

Applicants wishing to receive information on Blue Origin’s Affirmative Action Plans, or applicants requiring a reasonable accommodation in order to participate in the application and/or interview process, please contact us at EEOCompliance@blueorigin.com.

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