Full-Time Senior FP&A Manager

We are currently looking for a Senior FP&A Manager – to join our growing Finance team! In this position, you will report directly to the Senior Director, FP&A. In this role, you will lead strategic and operational discussions with key stakeholders (including ELT and equity sponsors) and be in-charge of the budgeting, forecasting, annual and long-term planning as well as business performance reporting and analysis for the team. You will work directly with leadership team and be accountable for reporting and analyzing financial and operational results, including expense and capital plans, driving strategic and tactical business decisions, and proactively identifying opportunities for improvement by strong partnership with the business. You are expected to be a subject matter expert on your respective area and lead with critical thinking and strategic partnership to deliver on recurring deliverables and ad hoc support as required. In addition, you will also be working directly with the executive leadership team, responsible for performance reporting and analysis, budgeting and forecasting to drive a full understanding of drivers of provide forward looking insights. You are a strategic thinker, great communicator with outstanding interpersonal skills, comfortable working in a cross functional environment with all levels of leadership and able to drive insights and recommendations with strong analytical skills. The FP&A team at Brightspeed plays a critical role in ensuring the company’s success and helping leadership optimize decision making. We work in a highly collaborative environment where everyone’s contribution is valued.

As a Senior FP&A Manager, your duties and responsibilities will include:

• Lead the annual and long-term budgeting and forecasting process for your respective areas
• Lead reporting, interpretation, and evaluation of monthly analysis of business trends, including budget variance of financial results and Key Performance Indicators to identify areas of risk and opportunities and provide strategic recommendations
• Lead the development and reporting of KPIs; drive linkage of business decisions, KPIs and financial results and provide insights to the leadership team so we can better understand trends relative to business decisions
• Develop a dashboard of key metrics
• Identify detailed drivers and provide insights into revenue and expense. Identify areas of efficiency and cost savings opportunities
• Provide transparency into the day-to-day operations of the business through financial reports, forecasts, budgets, and analytics on a weekly, monthly, quarterly, annual and ad-hoc basis
• Provide forward looking views and proactively engage business leaders in discussion of gap analysis and course correction actions
• Be a trusted business partner to functional leaders and executive team, partnering with key stakeholders to drive strategic and actional insights with strong reporting commentary
• Act as thought leader within the FP&A team by sharing best practices and identifying enhancement opportunities for the team
• Assess the impact of strategic financial decisions and present recommendations to leadership
• Identify and assist with implementation and enhancements to financial reporting and planning systems
• Design, develop and implement methods and strategies to continually improve processes
• Present to and communicate with all levels of the business

WHAT IT TAKES TO CATCH OUR EYE:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance
• Well-rounded financial reporting, planning and analysis background
• Knowledge of telecommunications industry
• Highly adept in MS Excel with experience of building and/or maintaining complex financial models
• Experience working with planning and reporting tools such as Hyperion / Essbase, SAP, Anaplan as well as ERP and accounting systems
• Excellent analytical, problem solving and communication skills
• Self-starter with demonstrated flexibility and agility in a high growth environment
• Experience building strong relationships with internal business partners

BONUS POINTS FOR:

Master’s Degree in Accounting or Finance

• CPA designation
• 8+ years of experience with financial analysis in a large corporate environment
• Strong telecommunications product knowledge
• Ability to prepare financial and accounting records