Engineering Business Budget Forecasting & Research Manager

• Own financial forecasting and budget management for ARC

• Lead and shape ARC Business Research Unit focused on fast scenario-based modeling

• Provide forward - looking guidance across labor industrial/IE GPSC/material flow robotics business and data science/AI

• Lead financial planning forecasting and budget management for the ARC organization across capital expense and headcount.

• Analyze cost structures ROI and investment trade - offs to support data-driven decision-making and prioritization.

• Monitor spend identify variances and recommend corrective actions to maintain financial discipline.

• Own or support NPP ARs and investment cases ; ensure proposals are aligned with strategic and financial goals.

• Evaluate ROI and trade - offs to guide decisions on project sequencing scope and timing; identify and track offsets for critical projects.

• Forecast unapproved projects to support accurate out - year and Long - Term Plan (LTP) planning and performance tracking.

• Ensure capital cash and other financial targets are met; lead finance-driven requests for deferrals re - phasing and additional funding as required.

• Track progress risks and dependencies across ARC initiatives highlighting business and financial impacts and proposing mitigation paths.

• Support portfolio prioritization and sequencing ensuring the highest-value automation and robotics initiatives are resourced first.

• Lead or support risk mitigation planning including scenario-based impact assessments (upside/downside) and contingency options.

• Develop and maintain cost center structures track headcount and coordinate reorganizations and staffing changes in partnership with HR.

• Drive core operating rhythms including quarterly business reviews headcount planning resource allocation and portfolio performance reviews.

• Partner with ARC leadership to define annual goals OKRs and long - range plans for automation and robotics initiatives.

• Translate ARC strategies into actionable business plans budgets and investment roadmaps .

• Connect engineering and robotics work to business impact ensuring clarity on value drivers risks and expected outcomes.

• Build and lead a fast assumption - driven business research capability that frames how ARC should think about major automation deployment and sourcing decisions.

• Develop and maintain scenario models that explicitly document assumptions sensitivities and ranges of outcomes rather than single-point estimates.

• Complement Finance by building financial context and future - state models for ARC automation and robotics initiatives exploring plausible scenarios and de - risking choices before complete data exists.

• Standardize how assumptions are captured challenged and refreshed; establish clear accountability for assumptions used in business cases and forecasts.

• Create reusable frameworks and templates for recurring ARC decisions and comparing scenarios (e.g. alternative deployment strategies timing options sourcing approaches) and articulate trade-offs in terms of cost risk and strategic impact in areas such as Labor Finance Industrial/IE (BOM cost predictions break-even BOM and process optimization) GPSC/Material Flow Robotics Business (volume forecasts) and Data Science/AI (scenario optimizer).

• Serve as a key liaison between Engineering Finance Manufacturing GPSC Product HR and IT/Data .

• Prepare clear compelling materials for executive updates business reviews and strategic discussions including scenario comparisons and recommendation rationales.

• Coach analysts and stakeholders in assumption - driven thinking encouraging thoughtful "best-guess" guidance over analysis paralysis.

• Bachelor's degree in Business Finance Engineering or a related field.

• 4+ years of experience in business operations financial analysis strategy program management.

• Demonstrated experience building or leading complex financial models forecasts and scenario analyses in ambiguous or fast-changing environments.

• Proven ability to translate technical and operational information into clear business insights and decision options.

• Strong analytical and financial skills including high proficiency with spreadsheets and comfort with assumption-driven modeling.

• Excellent communication storytelling and stakeholder - management skills including experience presenting to senior leadership.

• Experience leading or mentoring analysts or cross - functional teams setting priorities and managing workload in a fast-paced environment.

• Experience in automation robotics industrial engineering GPSC/material flow or en gineering-driven environments.

• Advanced degree (MBA MS in Finance/Analytics or related field) preferred.

• Experience with scenario modeling tools simulation or data science/AI - driven decision support .

• Demonstrated track record of driving faster assumption - driven decisions and improving ROI selection in complex portfolios.

• Scope and prioritize all projects to meet NPP waterlines.

• Author all NPP ARs and ensure alignment with strategic and financial goals.

• Identify offsets for critical projects.

• Ensure accurate monthly forecasting.

• Lead all financial-driven requests for deferrals and offsets.

• Ensure financial targets are met for Capital Cash.

• Forecast unapproved projects to support accurate out-year planning.

• Manage additional funding requests and integration/ARs if required.

• Serve as gatekeeper for all ARC projects proposals.

• Develop Long-Term Plan (LTP) and manage monthly forecasts and performance.

• Lead risk mitigation activities as needed.

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