Senior Financial Analyst

Telecommunications company looking for a Senior Financial Analyst.

The Sr. financial analyst position will be responsible for updating the company’s inyear forecast and maintaining the 5-year integrated model comprised of the income statement, balance sheet and cash flow statement. The Sr. financial analyst will execute and support financial and operational reporting and analysis. The position will focus on detailed analysis of budget to actual variance, revenue bookings & provisioning trends, business & financing initiatives, operational performance and competitor and market intelligence. 

The FP&A department is charged with spearheading certain process and data collection changes throughout the organization. Working with other departments to communicate the data needs of senior management and help support business initiatives is an important aspect of the position.

Principal Responsibilities:

 Update and maintain 5-year projection including in-year forecast

 Support financing initiatives

 Work with each department to support budget process for annual budgets

 Work with departments to provide explanation of monthly departmental budget to actual variances

 Engage with sales to provide commentary on bookings and provisioning trend reports

 Tracking and analysis of business initiatives

 Support M&A initiatives

 Review of data sources for quality and ensure it conforms to defined needs for analysis

 Creation and maintenance of due diligence material

 Support business case creation and review process including pulling revenue and cost data and validating with stakeholders prior to review with management

 Identify, analyze and overcome barriers to improved profitability. Identify opportunities to run more efficiently, including defining appropriate key performance metrics, and driving towards greater exception based reporting methodologies

 Advise business unit owners of the financial implications of initiatives

 Act as key business advisor to P&L owners and other senior executives to ensure attainment of revenue and profitability goals, which may involve monthly business monitoring meetings to identify problem areas, trends, and develop remedial action plans

 Continually improve the rolling forecast process through education of managers on financial issues impacting their financial performance

 Partner with finance leadership team to enhance and/or develop, implement and enforce policies and procedures of the organization by way of systems that will improve the overall operation and effectiveness of companies finance team

 Adhoc reporting and analysis as necessary

 4-7 years financial analysis experience

 Financial modelling experience

 Departmental Budget to Actual development, reporting and analysis

 Management Reporting

 Financial and IT system usage and implementation a plus

 Skills

 Expert Microsoft Office knowledge, specifically Microsoft Excel

 Ability to work independently and as part of a team

 Self-motivated

 Strong oral and written communications skills.

 Creative problem solving abilities

 Solid understanding of financial reporting

 Preferably has experience in networking/telco

Moving operations to NYC. 90-110k plus salary