Financial Planning & Analysis - Value Consolidations

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What you’ll be doing...

The Finance Organization

At Verizon, we are building a world-class Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) organization. We have begun a comprehensive program to streamline processes, improve systems, realign the organization and add opportunities for personal skill-building and professional growth. We’re finding new ways to add value and provide strategic support. This is the kind of work we do. We want to build leading FP&A practices within Verizon, setting the stage to become the place any FP&A professional wants to work. You can become a catalyst for change.

FP&A Corporate and Business Unit Team

Move beyond compiling data and help tell the story behind the numbers. The Business Unit facing positions offer opportunities to drive better business partnering and insights, while growing your FP&A leadership and interpersonal skills. You are considered a business partner and your contributions will make a difference. You’ll become involved in, but not limited to, pricing decisions and new initiatives to develop new products and services. You can have an impact on new business growth opportunities through development of business case scenarios.

The FP&A Senior Manager- Consolidations is a pivotal role responsible for owning the end-to-end financial story and results for Verizon's Value Prepaid brands. This individual will manage the full consolidation of financials, crafting the narrative for executive leadership during month-end close, strategic planning, and forecasting cycles. This is a highly visible position that requires a strategic mindset, a strong technical foundation, and the ability to lead a team while serving as a key partner to the business.

Key Responsibilities:

• Financial Planning & Reporting Ownership.
• Owning the consolidations process and data product in support of Value brands across domain leads supporting Volumes, Revenue and Operating Expense. Transform existing processes to leverage governed financial systems of record to streamline recurring deliverables.
• Owning the end-to-end development and communication of the financial plan and forecast, including the Business Plan, Commitment View, and Best View.
• Leading the month-end close process for the P&L, ensuring the accuracy and timeliness of all financial data across all prepaid brands.
• Managing a consolidated roll-up of all financial data, serving as the final gatekeeper for data integrity before leadership reviews.
• Overseeing channel-specific reporting and analysis to provide detailed insights into performance.
• Serving as the Subject Matter Expert to analyze complex business performance issues and develop action plans to define and execute them.
• Crafting the financial narrative at month-end, translating complex data from multiple sources into a cohesive and compelling story that highlights key drivers, risks, and opportunities.
• Interpreting and evaluating monthly analyses of business trends, including budget variance of financial results and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), and provide clear recommendations to leadership.
• Assessing the impact of strategic financial decisions and present recommendations to leadership, including ad-hoc analyses that require a consolidated view of the business.
• Developing and assessing business cases for pricing and investment decisions, providing critical financial insights and support.
• Managing and coordinating across the internal teams providing guidance on the development and the quality of their work.
• Partnering with the business to develop and improve costing/profitability models, assessing customer and product profitability to drive profit optimization.
• Leading inter-brand and cross-functional reconciliations, acting as the primary liaison to VCG HQ FP&A, FPAS, Corporate FP&A and Accounting to ensure alignment on all reporting and forecasts.
• Designing, developing, and implementing methods and strategies to continually improve processes, enhancing efficiency and minimizing manual efforts.
• Acting as the primary owner of the financial data architecture, ensuring data consistency and accuracy across all planning and reporting systems.
• Assessing capital requirements, develop a capital plan, and provide recommendations on capital allocation.
• Be accountable for making decisions and recommendations that ensure the quality and delivery of all financial products and services.
• Presenting and communicating with all levels of the business, translating complex data into actionable insights for both technical and non-technical audiences.

What we’re looking for...

You’ll need to have:

• A Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics or four or more years of work experience.
• Six or more years of relevant work experience.
• Project management experience.
• Experience with Microsoft Office and Google suites. Capabilities with ETL and automation tools including but not limited to Knime, Alteryx and SQL. Proficiency with internal governed financial systems such as PMR and Essbase Data Warehouse and internal reporting tools such as ThoughtSpot.

Even better if you have one or more of the following:

• A Master's in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance, or Economics.
• Experience in the technology and/or telecommunications industry.
• A professional certification (e.g. CPA, CMA).
• A high degree of analytical capability with the proven ability to structure business case around a high-level strategic vision.
• Strong strategic skills, with the proven ability to identify and assess key points, implications and recommendations.
• An advanced understanding of corporate financial planning, reporting & analysis, and costing/profitability methodologies and processes.
• Demonstrated in depth understanding of common business and cost drivers, financial statement analysis, and deep-dive analysis.
• Knowledge of FASB and SEC requirements, Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, tax reporting and accounting practices and International Financial Reporting.
• Demonstrated experience in continuous improvement initiatives, root cause analysis and project management.
• Proficiency in Essbase, Smart View, Hyperion Planning, and Hyperion Strategic Finance as well as automation tools such as Knime and Alteryx.
• Experience leading large and complex team projects with minimal direct supervision.

If Verizon and this role sound like a fit for you, we encourage you to apply even if you don’t meet every “even better” qualification listed above.

Scheduled Weekly Hours

Equal Employment Opportunity 

Verizon is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to veteran status, disability or other legally protected characteristics.

Benefits and Compensation

Our benefits are designed to help you move forward in your career, and in areas of your life outside of Verizon. From health and wellness benefit options including: medical, dental, vision, short and long term disability, basic life insurance, supplemental life insurance, AD&D insurance, identity theft protection, pet insurance and group home & auto insurance. We also offer a matched 401(k) savings plan, stock incentive programs, up to 8 company paid holidays per year and up to 6 personal days per year, paid parental leave, adoption assistance and tuition assistance, plus other incentives, we’ve got you covered with our award-winning total rewards package. Depending on the role, employees have the opportunity to receive compensation in the form of premium pay such as overtime, shift differential, holiday pay, allowances, etc. Newly hired employees receive up to 15 days of vacation per year, which grows with additional service. For part-timers, your coverage will vary as you may be eligible for some of these benefits depending on your individual circumstances.