Senior Financial Analyst

Overview

The organization is seeking an experienced finance professional to own budget, forecasting, and variance management for corporate, wireline, and wireless segments. This role leads the full annual budget cycle—from methodology setup through board presentation—and continues with ongoing monthly reforecasting and variance management. You will collaborate with entity leaders, the Data Consolidation team, and executive leadership (CEO/CFO) to ensure timely, accurate, and well-supported financial planning across all corporate functions.

Responsibilities

• Own budget coordination and variance management
• Learn and apply the corporate budget methodology and templates, coordinating with the Controller on structure and cost center setup
• Validate that targets align with function-level capabilities; brief functions on submission requirements, process, and deadlines
• Coordinate budget submissions, validating allocations and assumptions for completeness and accuracy
• Identify outliers or inconsistencies in function submissions and resolve them directly with function leaders as needed
• Support First Pass review by explaining function assumptions and incorporate leadership feedback and revisions
• Perform final QA of corporate data ahead of executive and board review
• Lead final sign-off and support board presentation
• Track variance on an ongoing basis, including managing benefits inflation, IT spending, and shared cost allocations
• Provide ongoing support to function leaders by answering questions and resolving allocation or data issues

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or related field
• 3–5 years of experience in FP&A, financial planning, or budget/forecasting; ideally with exposure to corporate/shared-services cost allocation
• Strong analytical skills with experience in variance analysis, forecasting, and cost allocation methodology
• Proven ability to manage competing deadlines across multiple stakeholders and functional leaders
• Comfort working with senior leadership, the Controller’s office, and supporting board-level materials
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills to work effectively with function leaders across HR, IT, Sales, Marketing, Legal, and other corporate groups
• Advanced Excel/financial modeling proficiency; experience with budgeting or FP&A software is a plus

Compensation & Benefits

• Salary range: $90,000 – $110,000 annually
• Actual compensation will be determined based on experience, skills, qualifications, and location
• Comprehensive insurance benefits (medical, dental, vision)
• 401(k) plan
• Referral bonuses
• Generous PTO

Location

Compensation is based on location.