Commercial Analyst Graduate Programme 2014

Ref

UKLHW3248

Region

UK - Heathrow

Location

London - Heathrow - Waterside

Category

Student & Graduate Opportunities

Closing Date: 23rd December 2013

Assessments: Assessments will take place across the end of January and throughout February 2014.

About our Graduate Programme

 

We are looking for graduates to join our Commercial Performance function, who is responsible for delivering insights to the business in order to drive tactical and strategic decision making, from long term revenue forecasting to setting targets and pricing decisions.

 

Our Commercial Performance area is divided into three key areas, specialising in providing expert support to our internal clients. Alongside professionals in our department, you could be one of the people influencing BA’s £6bn revenue delivery every year.

About the day to day

Our three teams cover a wide variety of responsibilities.

• You could be analysing the impact of geographical disasters or global events, such as the Olympics or Sporting World Cups, examining UK and Ireland sales, or focusing on corporate or high earning clients
• Day-to-day you’ll support the performance monitoring process for relevant business areas, providing insight on current revenue streams
• You’ll highlight issues and opportunities, leading to actions that deliver sales and marketing revenue targets
• Analyse revenue performance, highlight relevant issues and provide recommendations outlining appropriate action to be taken (e.g. promotional activity, inventory action or price changes)
• Play an integral role in the revenue planning process, which delivers revenue targets and forecasts to all areas of the business
• Input to sales and marketing strategy by providing analysis on the marketplace, cost of sale, marketing budget prioritisation plus customer and distribution initiatives
• Provide data for and monitor return on investment via relevant tools and analysis

Tools and data we use:

• We use Excel modelling, SAS for data analysis and data mining, Enterprise miner, Business Objects, Teradata SQL. We would train you up on all of these but look for you to have strong Excel skills already
• Our data covers most aspects of BA business available on databases, for example flights information, commercial results, market shares, executive club member behaviour, schedules, margins on ancillary revenues, network plans.

The Individual

• On a structured induction and training programme you’ll be supported by both your line manager and a buddy, who will help you reach your goals. Best practice and continuous improvement are at the heart of what we do, so you shouldn’t be afraid to ask questions about how and why things are done
• We’re looking for you to have a 2:1 degree or above with a strong analytical skill set developed as part of your degree
• You’ll have a curious mind and enjoy questioning and identifying the root causes of trends and delivering strong & relevant recommendations to your stakeholders.
• You will need to be comfortable with excel based analysis. You will have experience and knowledge of collecting, collating and organising data, as well as being able to make sense of and interpreting data.
• Experience in SAS or SQL is not essential but highly regarded
• The ability to build strong relationships across different departments and stakeholder management is needed in this role
• Commercial awareness and ability to think creatively and strategically There are many analytical roles available throughout BA and we have a strong analytical community for you to grow your career.
• Find out what it’s like to be part of our analyst community, visit analystjobsatba.co.uk

Application Process

All applicants are required to submit their CV and answer the following questions. Please prepare your answer in advance.

 

1) What is it that attracts you to working as a commercial analyst graduate at British Airways? Please describe what you think you will enjoy the most and why you would be an excellent fit for this programme. (max 250 words)

 

2) Please provide an example of when you have had to analyse or work with large amounts of information. How did you make sense of the information? What tools or techniques did you use? What conclusions did you draw from the information? (max 250 words)

 

3) Describe a time when you have spotted an opportunity to improve either yourself or a process. What did you do? (max 250 words)

 

If successful at the application stage you will then be invited to take part in further assessments, the details of which will be provided to you.

 

The face to face assessments will be held at Waterside, our head office near Heathrow. We encourage you to submit your application at the earliest opportunity to avoid any disappointment.

 

Please Note:- email servers may misinterpret emails from corporate addresses as junk mail or SPAM, so you may need to add the address BARecruitment@jobsba.co.uk, to your list of contacts in order to ensure that you receive emails.
 

Please DO NOT respond or send any queries to this email address, as it is not manned.

 

Please note we do not permit applications for more than one graduate programme. Please only apply for your first choice.

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This role is based at BA’s corporate headquarters Waterside. Situated in 260 acres of parkland it offers an internal street and many onsite facilities e.g. Waitrose, hairdresser, gym, bank etc

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