Financial Analyst
6 Months
Oakland, CA 94612
Primary Responsibilities (Financial Focus)
- Develop and maintain annual budgets, forecasts, accruals, and long-range financial plans for Wireline and Wireless telecom portfolios.
- Perform monthly financial reporting, variance analysis, and forecasting activities; identify and explain budget-to-actual differences.
- Monitor telecom expenditures, commitments, and financial trends to support budget management and strategic decision-making.
- Partner with Finance, IT leadership, vendors, and business stakeholders to ensure accurate financial planning and reporting.
- Prepare monthly, quarterly, and ad hoc financial reports, dashboards, and executive summaries.
- Conduct financial analysis to identify cost savings opportunities, spending trends, and optimization recommendations.
- Support annual planning cycles, monthly forecasting updates, and budget submissions.
- Review, validate, and reconcile telecom invoices, accruals, and financial transactions.
- Ensure financial data integrity across SAP and related financial systems.
- Support audits, financial controls, compliance requirements, and reporting governance.
Preferred Telecom Expense Management (TEMS) Experience
- Experience managing telecom expense management (TEM) programs, including wireless and wireline services.
- Knowledge of telecom billing, inventory management, carrier invoicing, and expense reconciliation processes.
- Experience supporting telecom Moves, Adds, Changes, and Disconnects (MACD) activities.
- Ability to create and manage telecom service orders and coordinate with telecommunications vendors.
- Experience auditing telecom invoices, identifying billing discrepancies, and managing dispute resolution activities.
- Familiarity with telecom inventory reconciliation and recurring cost management.
- Experience working with TEM platforms such as Tangoe, Rivermine, Calero, or similar systems.
- Understanding of telecommunications contracts, carrier pricing, service ordering, and vendor management.
- Experience working with Accounts Payable processes, SAP financial systems, and invoice payment workflows.
- Ability to support telecom reporting, forecasting, budgeting, and operational analytics.
Desired Skills & Competencies
- Strong financial planning and analysis (FP&A) experience.
- Expertise in budgeting, forecasting, accrual management, and variance reporting.
- Advanced Excel and financial modeling skills.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
- Experience interpreting large datasets and transforming data into actionable business insights.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Proven ability to present complex financial information to leadership and business stakeholders.
- Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously.
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment.
- Experience developing dashboards, metrics, and executive-level reporting.
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