Senior Analyst

CenturyLink

(Monroe, Louisiana)
Full Time
Job Posting Details
About CenturyLink
CenturyLink (NYSE: CTL) is a global communications, hosting, cloud and IT services company enabling millions of customers to transform their businesses and their lives through innovative technology solutions. CenturyLink offers network and data systems management, Big Data analytics and IT consulting, and operates more than 55 data centers in North America, Europe and Asia. The company provides broadband,voice, video, data and managed services over a robust 250,000-route-mile U.S. fiber network.
Summary
The Senior Financial Analyst is responsible for understanding and monitoring the costs and key financial metrics for areas of the Customer Assurance and Managed Services organization. This position provides financial support to management to assist in decision making and performance tracking. Duties include analyzing and understanding financial impacts through detailed financial analysis and modeling. This position also has trending, budgeting and management reporting responsibilities for key operational areas of the company.
Responsibilities
- Produce accurate and insightful monthly financial analysis for required areas, by understanding cost management and the key drivers of profitability for area of focus. - Produce accurate and timely annual budgets and quarterly forecasts. Actively track and communicate budget and forecast variances to management and internal customers. - Provide business partner with monthly package on state of the business (focus on productivity). - Partner with internal customers to drive profitability and identify financial issues. - Effectively communicate within and across departmental lines to provide forum for insightful data and communication exchanges. **Essential duties: All duties below include, but are not limited to the support of Customer Assurance and Managed Services:** - Formulate, monitor and present accurate monthly financial analysis encompassing defined operational and financial metrics. Compare key metrics to budget and forecast amounts and effectively communicate results to management. - Produce accurate and timely annual budgets and monthly forecasts including headcount. Communicate within and across department to provide meaningful insight into accurate timing of costing and anticipate changing needs of the business and impact to cost budget/forecast. - Perform monthly review of Cost categories for Customer Assurance and Managed Services Global Operations and Global Colocation Services working with Accounting during close. Work with Organizations to understand cost changes. - Prepare or provide support to management on special projects and ad hoc analysis.
Ideal Candidate
- At least 4 years of corporate experience required in the areas of budgeting, forecasting, and financial analysis. Strong accounting knowledge and experience / understanding of accrual accounting. - Ability to independently extract key financial information from systems and efficiently prepare insightful financial reports and analysis. - Proven independent decisions making ability. Proactively presents solution to problems and opportunities. - Advanced desktop application experience Microsoft Power point, Excel, Word, and Access (a plus). - Positive approach and openness as process or business changes occur. Requires prioritization and excellent time management skills as well as ability to multitask. - Strong written and verbal communication with peers & partners throughout organization. Conveys confidence in all methods of communication and thorough understanding of work and issues. **Education** - BS degree in Business, Accounting or Finance required or equivalent education and experience.

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