Business Analyst

Parque Industrial de Elche (Poligono Industrial), Spain



About PLD Space

PLD Space is an international space services company with in-house engineering and manufacturing. It is dedicated to transporting satellites and humans into space, vertically integrating engineering, testing, manufacturing and operations of its reusable and sustainable rockets. Headquartered in Elche (Spain) and founded in 2011 by Raúl Torres and Raúl Verdú, PLD Space has established itself as a global benchmark in the space launcher sector. Its MIURA family of launchers and its LINCE manned capsule position the company as a leader in European technological sovereignty in space transportation, covering the full range of space missions. 

With a team of more than 280 employees and 170 million in total funding, PLD Space also has the largest private test benches in Europe, located in Teruel (Spain), and operates two launch bases: El Arenosillo, in Huelva (Spain); and the Guiana Space Centre (CSG), in Kourou (French Guiana). In total, it has more than 188,000m2 of industrial infrastructures under management. 

 

Mission 

As a Business Analyst, your main mission within the area will be to lead the preparation and maintenance of business analysis tasks such as, preparing financial scenarios, market intelligence, feasibility studies, etc. for the C-Level of the organization. You will also be supporting the rest of the team by preparing business materials such as Business Plans or financial models will also be part of your job, as well as supporting the area in other back-office tasks. All of this while maintaining an excellent relationship with the rest of the company's areas such as Engineering, Finance or the Program Management team to get to know the business from within in order to be able to present it to the outside world.


Responsibilities 

  • Support in creating, reviewing and maintaining the company's financial model.
  • Create, review and maintain the analyses that the business needs such as sensitivity analysis, case studies, market intelligence, clients and competitors, etc.
  • Keep the business's key stakeholders' database up to date.
  • Support the front-office team in preparing meetings and resolving questions from investors or clients.
  • Support in organizing and preparing meetings and visits with current and potential investors coordinated with the rest of the area.
  • Report and support the C-Level on the analyses carried out.
  • Point of contact with finance for the development of the business model.
  • Data analysis of the CRM and previous rounds to search for leads and lessons learned.
  • Support in the development of the PLD Space fundraising strategy.
  • Support in the financial modeling of the business and valuations.
  • Everything that is necessary to meet the objectives of the area.


Necessary Requirements 

  • Ability to analyze data, work with databases, statistics and modeling, etc.
  • Knowledge of finance will be necessary. Financial statements, business modeling, profitability calculation, calculation of company valuations, etc.
  • Experience in Business Development in general and strategy in particular.
  • Professional level English.
  • Very advanced level of office package. Excel and Power Point will be your allies.
  • Ability to present the business and the analysis in public in several languages.
  • Effective communication.
  • Digital capacity and work with EPRs
  • Active and proactive business intelligence capacity (searching for information on and off the Internet)
  • Profiles with more than 5 year's experience.  

Desired Requirements 

  • Other languages ​​such as French, Italian, Chinese, German 
  • Knowledge of the space sector 
  • Knowledge of the space/launcher sector 
  • Training in business school or similar 
  • Experience in Management Consulting or similar.

Benefits

Health & Wellness

  • Physiotherapy within our facilities
  • 50% discount on your health insurance
  • You can sign-up your family members with health insurance at a competitive price.
  • Healthy snacks and lots of fruit

Find balance

  • 23 days of paid vacation plus December 24th and 31st
  • Flexible work schedule

Never stop learning

  • We encourage practical learning
  • We promote professional development through internal mobility and teamwork

Focus on your financial future

  • Childcare flexible contributions
  • Restaurant tickets
  • Transport flexible contributions
  • Training support

 

Values

We have five critical beliefs that guide the way PLD Space is shaping the future of space launch technologies.

  • Teamwork.
  • Hard work.
  • Dynamism.
  • Commitment.
  • Keep it simple.

 

Join us to reinvent how rockets are built!