Sr. Manager, Financial Planning & Analysis (Future Opportunity)
At Alaska Communications , we’re committed to putting our team first , always being customer focused , having a can-do attitude , owning our results and always acting with integrity . This is what we hire for and what our team members exhibit each day. Want to make an impact with us?
We are unable to support remote international applicants or routinely sponsor work visas.
The compensation range for this job is:
$117,046.00 - $160,007.00 This is a Future Opportunity
This is an ongoing posting. Applications will be actively reviewed for current and future openings and filled as vacancies become available. Please note while you may not be contacted immediately, we welcome your interest and look forward to connecting as openings arise.
POSITION SUMMARY
The Sr. Manager, Financial Planning and Analysis is a key leadership position within the Company and manages a team responsible for financial planning, forecasting, cost assurance, internal reporting, and related analysis of financial and sales performance. The Manager is responsible for overseeing the preparation of various reporting measures including budgets, long term models, BVR’s and KPI’s which drives accountability within the company and improves customer experience outside the organization. The Manager balances between finance and operations and works cross functionally to present key data on multiple platforms to support decision-making throughout the business. The role is responsible for optimizing the cost of goods sold spending. The position interacts with executive leadership and provides key reports to the Board of Directors.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
Reasonable Accommodations Statement
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable Accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Examples of Job Duties
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Lead and develop the Financial Planning team, to include providing work assignments, direction/assistance, mentoring/coaching, developing skills/competencies, recruiting and performance management. Ensure adequate resource allocation to deliver results which directly impact financial performance. Act as a point of escalation.
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Lead the creation and maintenance of the company’s annual operating budget, including sales, revenue, cogs, operating expenses, gross margin, capital spending and balance sheet.
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Drive analysis of actual results vs. budgeted, forecasted, and historical results. Provide meaningful variance analysis of key drivers impacting results and trends. Support all departments in managing their budgets.
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Oversee the development of financial models, forecasting tools and ad-hoc analysis to assist the senior leadership team with strategic decisions. Assist the CFO with the maintenance of the long-term forecast model.
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Lead the budget process, resulting in preparation of detailed, driver-based operating and capital budgets. Partner with all areas of the company to understand key drivers of revenue, COGS, operating expense, and capital and ensure consistent assumptions across all areas.
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Lead the development of the five-year forecast.
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Perform other duties and complete projects not specified on this job description, as assigned.
Competency Statements
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Business and Process Leadership – A keen understanding of business processes including sales, customer service, ordering, service delivery, billing, customer support, capital spending and cost assurance with the ability to map processes and understand inter-linkages to each other and to the systems that support the processes. Ability to drive process metrics and measures, measurement points in a process and the ability to drive customer experience improvements and process change. Strong capabilities in vendor management and integrating vendor provided support to technical and process functions of the engineering organization.
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Analytical