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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):
Under guidance of the Manager, Business Planning & Analysis, provide quantitative and qualitative analysis and support to ensure implementation of American Red Cross’s programs and activities in Service to Armed Forces & International Services. Provide analysis and support to directly address needs and organizational challenges in accordance with specified objectives in areas such as operations, administration, budget, business information systems, and planning. Document and share key learnings and knowledge gained through this process to improve future practice within the American Red Cross. Provide support, development and/or leadership guidance to all volunteers.
Responsibilities:
- Develop and create complex modeling and reporting tools for monitoring and analyzing performance and data integrity. Maintain historical data to develop historical trends and analysis.
- Perform complex analyses of SAF programs and operations. In collaboration with DMERL and Business Operations teams, develop metrics for and monitor performance of business units, with a focus on SAF KPI’s along with supporting global operations.
- Provide business user support for SAF Service Delivery Portal (SDP), Power BI, and related systems. Work with business to gather feedback regarding needs for training, system updates, or documentation for the business. Create or update training and business process documentation based on analysis and identified needs.
- Build tools to monitor metrics and monitor performance of business unit, organization, initiatives and/or business operations. Identify trends and develop recommendations for highly complex issues.
- Create and maintain information products to communicate department activities in Power BI, PowerPoint, Excel, ArcGIS, survey analysis software, and Salesforce.
- Produce and review digital and information products produced by department for accuracy and consistency. Publish and organize information and process documentation for department in a way that is easily accessible.
- Support knowledge management, to include SDP documentation, departmental data, analysis, and other similar support. Provide Governed Meeting Support to include supporting teams in providing information, supporting facilitation, and preparing visuals. Create and maintain accurate and up to date Standard Operating Procedures for all key reporting.
- Under the guidance of Manager, Business Planning & Analysis, align with corporate guidance and standards for enterprise analytics, data warehouse and information security standards, and other corporate standards. Work collaboratively with HS Operations, Business Systems Integration, Communications, Fundraising, and Resource Mobilization teams to ensure alignment. Onboard, engage, and manage a team of volunteers to further the work of the American Red Cross mission.
Scope:
Individual contributor that is fully proficient in applying subject matter knowledge. Knowledge based acquired from several years of experience in particular area. Work independently and may instruct or coach other professionals.
Qualifications:
Education: Bachelor's degree required.
Experience: Minimum 5 years of related experience or equivalent combination of education and related experience required.
Management Experience: N/A
Skills & Abilities: Knowledge of applicable principles, concepts, practices, and standards. Good interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills. Basic proficiency in use of Personal Computer, word-processing, spreadsheet applications, and database applications when applicable. Ability to work on a team.
Advanced Excel skills and experience in PBI Report Building required. Salesforce experience required.
Travel: May travel and participate in meetings and conferences throughout chapter jurisdiction, state and Red Cross system.
Key Competencies: Attention to Detail; Customer Savvy; Analysis
- Combination of candidate’s education and general experience satisfies requirements so long as the total years equate to description’s minimum education and general experience years combined (Management experience cannot be substituted).
PAY INFORMATION: The annual salary range for this position is $80,000 - $100,000. We do not offer an annual bonus for this role. Note that American Red Cross salaries are aligned to the specific geographic location in which the work is primarily performed. Other factors that may be used to determine your actual salary may include your specific skills, how many years of experience you have and comparison to other employees already in this role. **We will review specific salary information at the time of phone screening based upon your location & experience.**
BENEFITS FOR YOU:
As a mission-based organization, we believe our team needs great support to do great work. Our comprehensive package includes:
- Medical, Dental Vision plans
- Health Spending Accounts & Flexible Spending Accounts
- PTO: Starting at 15 days a year; based on type of job and tenure
- Holidays: 11 paid holidays comprised of six core holidays and five floating holidays
- 401K with up to 6% match
- Paid Family Leave
- Employee Assistance
- Disability and Insurance: Short + Long Term
- Service Awards and recognition
- LI-JG1
Apply now! Joining our team will provide you with the opportunity to
make your career a force for good!
The American Red Cross is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, San Diego Fair Chance Ordinance, the California Fair Chance Act and any other applicable state and local laws.
AmeriCorps, the federal agency that brings people together through service, and its partners — the Peace Corps, AmeriCorps Alums, National Peace Corps Association, and the Service Year Alliance — launched Employers of National Service to connect national service alumni with opportunities in the workforce. American Red Cross is proud to be an EONS partner and share our employment opportunities with the network of organizations.
Interested in Volunteering? Visit redcross.org/volunteertoday to learn more, including our most-needed volunteer positions.
To view the EEOC Summary of Rights, click here: Summary of Rights
Please use Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox when accessing Candidate Home.
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):
Under guidance of the Manager, Business Planning & Analysis, provide quantitative and qualitative analysis and support to ensure implementation of American Red Cross’s programs and activities in Service to Armed Forces & International Services. Provide analysis and support to directly address needs and organizational challenges in accordance with specified objectives in areas such as operations, administration, budget, business information systems, and planning. Document and share key learnings and knowledge gained through this process to improve future practice within the American Red Cross. Provide support, development and/or leadership guidance to all volunteers.
Responsibilities:
- Develop and create complex modeling and reporting tools for monitoring and analyzing performance and data integrity. Maintain historical data to develop historical trends and analysis.
- Perform complex analyses of SAF programs and operations. In collaboration with DMERL and Business Operations teams, develop metrics for and monitor performance of business units, with a focus on SAF KPI’s along with supporting global operations.
- Provide business user support for SAF Service Delivery Portal (SDP), Power BI, and related systems. Work with business to gather feedback regarding needs for training, system updates, or documentation for the business. Create or update training and business process documentation based on analysis and identified needs.
- Build tools to monitor metrics and monitor performance of business unit, organization, initiatives and/or business operations. Identify trends and develop recommendations for highly complex issues.
- Create and maintain information products to communicate department activities in Power BI, PowerPoint, Excel, ArcGIS, survey analysis software, and Salesforce.
- Produce and review digital and information products produced by department for accuracy and consistency. Publish and organize information and process documentation for department in a way that is easily accessible.
- Support knowledge management, to include SDP documentation, departmental data, analysis, and other similar support. Provide Governed Meeting Support to include supporting teams in providing information, supporting facilitation, and preparing visuals. Create and maintain accurate and up to date Standard Operating Procedures for all key reporting.
- Under the guidance of Manager, Business Planning & Analysis, align with corporate guidance and standards for enterprise analytics, data warehouse and information security standards, and other corporate standards. Work collaboratively with HS Operations, Business Systems Integration, Communications, Fundraising, and Resource Mobilization teams to ensure alignment. Onboard, engage, and manage a team of volunteers to further the work of the American Red Cross mission.
Scope:
Individual contributor that is fully proficient in applying subject matter knowledge. Knowledge based acquired from several years of experience in particular area. Work independently and may instruct or coach other professionals.
Qualifications:
Education: Bachelor's degree required.
Experience: Minimum 5 years of related experience or equivalent combination of education and related experience required.
Management Experience: N/A
Skills & Abilities: Knowledge of applicable principles, concepts, practices, and standards. Good interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills. Basic proficiency in use of Personal Computer, word-processing, spreadsheet applications, and database applications when applicable. Ability to work on a team.
Advanced Excel skills and experience in PBI Report Building required. Salesforce experience required.
Travel: May travel and participate in meetings and conferences throughout chapter jurisdiction, state and Red Cross system.
Key Competencies: Attention to Detail; Customer Savvy; Analysis
- Combination of candidate’s education and general experience satisfies requirements so long as the total years equate to description’s minimum education and general experience years combined (Management experience cannot be substituted).
PAY INFORMATION: The annual salary range for this position is $80,000 - $100,000. We do not offer an annual bonus for this role. Note that American Red Cross salaries are aligned to the specific geographic location in which the work is primarily performed. Other factors that may be used to determine your actual salary may include your specific skills, how many years of experience you have and comparison to other employees already in this role. **We will review specific salary information at the time of phone screening based upon your location & experience.**
BENEFITS FOR YOU:
As a mission-based organization, we believe our team needs great support to do great work. Our comprehensive package includes:
- Medical, Dental Vision plans
- Health Spending Accounts & Flexible Spending Accounts
- PTO: Starting at 15 days a year; based on type of job and tenure
- Holidays: 11 paid holidays comprised of six core holidays and five floating holidays
- 401K with up to 6% match
- Paid Family Leave
- Employee Assistance
- Disability and Insurance: Short + Long Term
- Service Awards and recognition
- LI-JG1
Apply now! Joining our team will provide you with the opportunity to
make your career a force for good!
The American Red Cross is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, San Diego Fair Chance Ordinance, the California Fair Chance Act and any other applicable state and local laws.
AmeriCorps, the federal agency that brings people together through service, and its partners — the Peace Corps, AmeriCorps Alums, National Peace Corps Association, and the Service Year Alliance — launched Employers of National Service to connect national service alumni with opportunities in the workforce. American Red Cross is proud to be an EONS partner and share our employment opportunities with the network of organizations.
Interested in Volunteering? Visit redcross.org/volunteertoday to learn more, including our most-needed volunteer positions.
To view the EEOC Summary of Rights, click here: Summary of Rights
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What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in business planning analyst jobs.
- Bachelor's degree in finance, economics, accounting, or a related business field
- Advanced proficiency in Excel, including financial modeling and scenario analysis
- Experience building and maintaining annual operating plans and rolling forecasts
- Familiarity with business intelligence tools such as Tableau, Power BI, or similar platforms
- Strong communication skills for presenting financial findings to senior leadership
- Experience with ERP or financial planning software such as SAP, Anaplan, or Adaptive Insights
Tips for Your Business Planning Analyst Job Search
Tailor your resume to planning outputs
Hiring managers for business planning analyst roles want to see deliverables, not duties. Lead each bullet with the planning artifact you produced, such as a three-year operating plan, a scenario model, or a variance report, and name the tool you built it in.
Highlight cross-functional stakeholder experience
Business planning analysts rarely work in a silo. Call out moments where you translated financial data for non-finance audiences, like presenting budget assumptions to a product or operations team, so interviewers can picture you in that cross-functional dynamic.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists business planning analyst openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.
Filter by planning cycle stage and industry
Openings posted in September through November often target analysts who can contribute to annual planning cycles immediately. If your background is industry-specific, like healthcare revenue planning or tech headcount modeling, search for that combination to surface roles where your domain knowledge is a differentiator.
Prepare a case study from your planning work
Many business planning analyst interviews include a take-home model or a live case. Practice walking through one real planning scenario you owned, covering your assumptions, the variables you sensitized, and how the output influenced a business decision.
Negotiate around the full compensation package
Business planning analysts at mid-to-senior levels often have leverage on bonus structure, long-term incentives, or project scope in addition to base pay. Come to the offer conversation knowing which planning responsibilities carry the most strategic weight so you can make a targeted case.
Business Planning Analyst Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most business planning analysts?
The companies hiring the most business planning analysts right now include BKF Engineers, HP, and Amazon, with the largest share of openings in California, Texas, and Illinois, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Demand tends to concentrate in large enterprises and high-growth technology and healthcare companies with complex multi-year planning needs.
How many business planning analyst jobs are remote?
About 73% of business planning analyst openings are fully remote or hybrid as of November 2026, reflecting strong employer demand for analysts who can collaborate asynchronously across finance and strategy teams. Sub-specializations focused on financial modeling, FP&A support, and long-range forecasting tend to be the most remote-friendly, while roles requiring close coordination with operations or supply chain teams are more likely to be on-site.
How do you become a business planning analyst?
Start with a bachelor's degree in finance, economics, or business, then build hands-on experience with financial modeling, budgeting, and forecasting, either through internships, rotational programs, or adjacent analyst roles. Develop proficiency in Excel and at least one planning or BI tool. Move into a business planning analyst title by targeting roles that emphasize annual planning cycles and cross-functional collaboration rather than pure accounting or reporting work.
How do you get a business planning analyst job with little experience?
Focus on roles labeled associate or junior business planning analyst, which typically accept candidates with one to two years in finance, operations, or data analysis rather than dedicated planning experience. Build a portfolio of self-directed models, such as a mock operating plan or a revenue forecast for a public company using reported financials, to demonstrate you can produce planning-quality outputs even if you haven't held the title yet.
What does the business planning analyst interview process look like?
Most business planning analyst interview processes include an initial recruiter screen, a hiring manager conversation focused on your planning experience and cross-functional communication style, and a technical round that involves a modeling exercise or case study. Final rounds often include a panel with finance leadership or business partners who assess how well you translate data into strategic recommendations. The full process typically runs across several weeks.
Where can I find and apply to business planning analyst jobs?
You can find and apply to business planning analyst jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from across the United States. Search for roles that match your experience level and industry background, then apply directly to each listing that fits.
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