We are seeking a high-performing, self-driven Business Strategy Associate to join our dynamic team within the jet engine and industrial gas turbine parts manufacturing business. This role acts as a thought partner for the P& L leader — supporting strategic decision-making with deep commercial, operational, and financial insight.

You will play a key role in monitoring and analyzing sales and margin performance, analyzing operating effectiveness, developing business cases for various investments, building product and capability roadmaps, monitoring market and competitor activity, and analyzing M& A opportunities. Your insights will shape senior leadership decisions that drive growth, margin, and strategy in a high-precision industrial business.

If you’re ready to hit the ground running and drive real business impact, this is the seat.

This role will work in a hybrid environment, with a preference for candidates located near Windsor, CT or Tampa, FL.

Due to government regulation only US persons (U.S. citizen, U.S. naturalized citizen, U.S. permanent resident, holder of U.S. approved political asylee or refugee status) may be considered for this role.

Key Responsibilities

• Performance Analytics & Reporting: Analyze sales performance, margin, product line profitability, and customer share. Build dashboards and reports to enhance visibility and drive accountability. Make data driven recommendations to leadership.
• Modeling & Simulation: Create business cases and financial models for new capital investments, NPI programs, pricing actions, product rationalizations, and cost reduction initiatives. Conduct make-vs-buy and capacity tradeoffs with Operations, Sales, and Finance.
• Competitive & Market Analysis: Monitor market conditions, competitor activities, industry trends, and industry databases. Deliver market briefs and develop actionable insights.
• M& A Support: Provide financial modeling and due diligence for acquisitions or divestitures. Assess strategic fit, synergy opportunities, and ROI of inorganic growth initiatives.
• Planning: Partner with Business Development, Engineering and Operations to maintain product and operations roadmaps. Provide analytical support for investment decisions, program portfolio reviews, and annual planning.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Engineering, or a related discipline; MBA/MS preferred.
• 2+ years of experience in business analysis within a high-performance industrial/manufacturing environment and/or private equity industry.
• Self-starter with exceptional organizational skills, attention to detail, and the ability to manage multiple priorities under tight deadlines.
• High intellectual curiosity.
• Strong analytical and financial modeling skills in Excel-based tools; experience with ERP and BI tools (Power BI, Tableau, etc.) preferred.
• Excellent communication and story-telling skills – able to translate analysis into compelling narratives for both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Experience in M& A analysis, product strategy, or portfolio planning is highly valued.
• Knowledge of jet engine or gas turbine industry is a plus.
• High integrity and discretion in handling sensitive business information.