Senior Analyst Expense Management

Overview

This role provides senior-level analysis, administration, and oversight of third-party off-net expenses and network lease expenses to support accurate payment operations, cost management, financial reporting, and business decision-making. You will review complex vendor invoices and related financial and operational documentation to identify billing discrepancies, cost variances, financial risk, and opportunities to improve expense performance.

Responsibilities

• Independently review and analyze third-party off-net and network lease expense activity to support accurate, timely, and well-controlled payment processing.
• Analyze vendor invoices, network lease charges, contractual rate information, usage records, inventory data, service records, and related financial documentation to assess billing accuracy and financial impact.
• Reconcile vendor charges and network lease expenses against internal inventory, service, lease, and financial records; identify discrepancies, missing information, and potential areas of financial exposure.
• Research billing, inventory, contractual, lease, and payment variances; document findings; coordinate resolution; and determine next steps when procedures or prior examples are unclear.
• Analyze cost trends, exceptions, recurring billing issues, vendor charges, and network lease expense activity to identify savings opportunities, financial risks, and process improvement areas.
• Review unscheduled maintenance charges related to network lease expenses; coordinate with operations, engineering, vendors, lessors, and other stakeholders to validate charge accuracy, supporting documentation, service impact, and appropriate cost allocation.
• Prepare clear, data-supported summaries and recommendations related to third-party off-net services, network lease expenses, and related cost categories.
• Serve as a knowledgeable resource for internal teams regarding off-net expense trends, network lease expense activity, invoice exceptions, reconciliation practices, and vendor billing questions.
• Apply independent judgment when reviewing payment, billing, and network lease expense issues, including situations requiring analysis beyond established procedures.
• Coordinate with internal departments, external vendors, lessors, and business partners to resolve disputed charges, clarify billing or lease expense issues, validate service records, and improve expense-record accuracy.
• Recommend improvements to procedures, reporting methods, and reconciliation processes to improve payment accuracy and reduce unnecessary third-party off-net and network lease expenses.
• Prepare analytical reports, variance summaries, accrual support, and management-ready updates to support budgeting, audit, and decision-making activities for third-party off-net and network lease expenses.
• Own assigned recurring review activities, exception queues, documentation, and follow-up needed to support expense management processes.
• Support audits, budgeting, accrual review, vendor governance, lease expense review, and other financial planning activities related to off-net and network lease expense management.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Economics, or related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Experience in financial analysis, cost analysis, expense management, accounting, billing operations, lease expense review, vendor management, or related analytical work.
• Ability to analyze financial, contractual, operational, lease, and inventory data and summarize findings clearly and practically.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, reconciliation, and research skills, including the ability to evaluate issues where procedures may be limited, incomplete, or evolving.
• Ability to evaluate cost variances, identify potential issues, recommend practical next steps, and support management review of third-party off-net and network lease expenses.
• Strong Excel, reporting, and data interpretation skills; ability to create summaries or analytical tools to support expense review.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain findings, issues, and recommendations to internal stakeholders.
• Ability to work independently, manage competing priorities, follow through on issue resolution, and use sound judgment in a fast-paced environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with telecommunications, off-net services, network lease expense, vendor billing, circuit inventory, service validation, or inventory reconciliation.
• Experience independently supporting variance research, vendor dispute resolution, lease expense review, financial controls, or recurring expense review activities.
• Experience identifying financial trends, recurring billing or lease expense issues, and cost-reduction opportunities.
• Knowledge of internal controls, invoice review, lease expense review, audit support, accrual review, and financial risk awareness.
• Experience assisting team members, sharing process knowledge, or supporting documentation and review activities.

Compensation & Benefits

• Starting compensation range: $63,500 to $70,500
• Base pay depends on primary work location and other factors, including relevant skills and experience.

Benefits include:

• Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance Plans
• 401K Plan
• Health & Flexible Savings Account
• Life and AD&D, Spousal Life, Child Life Insurance Plans
• Educational Assistance Plan

Location

Work location will determine primary work location and other factors used to set base pay.