Senior Financial Data Analyst, Forecasting & Management Reporting

Brightspeed - Charlotte, NC

Full-time - Mid Level

Charlotte, NC

About the position

The Senior Financial Analyst, Forecasting & Management Reporting at Brightspeed plays a crucial role in the Finance team, focusing on financial, managerial, and operational reporting. This position involves analyzing financial results, identifying performance variances, and providing actionable insights to enhance decision-making processes. The analyst will work collaboratively with various stakeholders to optimize financial operations and support the company's vision of delivering superior internet services.

Responsibilities

• Provide actionable insights and strong reporting commentary, including metrics reporting.
• Report and analyze weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual business trends, financial statements, revenue streams, and cost structures to identify key trends and insights.
• Translate complex financial data into clear and concise narratives for executive management.
• Communicate financial insights and recommendations to various stakeholders, including executives, department heads, and investors.
• Understand, manipulate, and maintain models and reports, leveraging various software tools and platforms for reporting and financial analytics such as PowerBI, SAC, and other ERP accounting tools.
• Optimize and automate reports through the use of VBA, SAC, and PowerBI.
• Obtain data from BigQuery, Looker, and other data sources and manage offline financial data tables monthly for reporting use.
• Partner with key stakeholders to drive strategic and actionable insights with strong reporting commentary.
• Support ad-hoc corporate projects including modeling, analysis, and reporting.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, or data analytics.
• 5+ years of proven experience in financial data analysis, accounting, and understanding financial statements including the P&L, Balance Sheet, and Cash Flows.
• Highly adept in MS Excel with experience in building and/or maintaining complex financial models.
• Experience working with planning and reporting tools such as Hyperion / Essbase, SAP, Anaplan, PowerBI, SAC, as well as ERP and accounting systems.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
• Proficient in SQL, report automation, and handling large quantities of data.

Nice-to-haves

• Master's degree in accounting, finance, or data science.
• CPA designation.
• Strong telecommunications product knowledge.
• Ability to prepare financial and accounting records.

Benefits

• Competitive medical, dental, vision, and life insurance.
• Employee assistance program.
• 401K plan with company match.
• Voluntary benefits.