Project Manager Telecom Expense

Job Description:

THIS POSITION WILL REQUIRE CONSULTANT TO WORK ONSITE. NO TELEWORK WILL BE ALLOWED FOR THIS ROLE.

10 Years Experience

M-F @ 40 hours weekly

.30 Minute Unpaid Lunch Break

No Holiday work, Overtime or travel required

No Parking Provided

• Superior Financial and analysis skills.
• Able to identify, recommend, and lead cost-saving opportunities and process improvements
• Superior invoice analysis, reporting large data analysis and vendor payments.
• Ability to work effectively with large data reports to ensure accuracy in Identifying cost savings opportunities and optimizing expenditures and invoice overcharges from carriers.
• In depth analytical skills and excellent problem-solving abilities for addressing complex challenges
• In-depth experience with Excel spreadsheets, pivot tables, databases, PowerPoint, AI tools, and other relevant tools.
• Manage high-level data reports, performing in-depth analysis of reports and communicating results to leadership
• Service Now and Peoplesoft knowledge
• Experience in developing reports, presentations, and Power BI dashboards
• Experience in Telecom Expense Management, in managing telecom expenses, auditing telecom wireless, wired data usage and charges.
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills – ability to summarize and explain complex information

The Telecom Expense Management Unit team manages costs associated with telecommunication services, such as mobile and landline communications, including IT services such as cloud services, and data expenses. Identifies cost savings, optimizes voice and data and wireless services-and all telecom expenses ensuring cost efficiency in managing telecom assets effectively by tracking usage and charges, auditing invoices, negotiating contracts and identifying cost savings opportunities and services.

The incumbent candidate will assist in establishing and optimizing processes for the Telecom Expense Management Unit, including but not limited to, establishing processes for management, Analysis of spending and non-usage of mobile devices, invoice analysis, reporting large data analysis and vendor payments.

• The incumbent candidate will assist in establishing and optimizing processes for the Telecom Expense Management Unit including but not limited to perform financial analysis and gather business requirements and outline business needs. Incumbent will be working withIT Telecom Services & Expense Management Unit to manage the high-level data reports, performing in-depth analysis of projects and communicating results to leadership. Will also be analyzing and monitoring forecasting procurement requirements for new purchases, contract modifications, and vendor payments
• Some of the responsibilities include generating Service Now reports, verifying the asset records with wireless carriers' portals for accuracy and controls. Compare the approximately 30,000 mobile devices in the system with the databases of the four wireless carriers of AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, and Verizon, reviewing the records for any discrepancies, and wireless carrier bill review. Process zero usage reports, this is a very time-intensive and labor-intensive process, making it more difficult to accomplish the tasks outlined above without assistance and support from a consultant.
• Understand and be abreast of new technology.

• Establish/Optimize process services, such as mobile and landline communications, in preparation for monthly carrier reports analysis for the department;
  Analyze report for data integrity.
• Establish/Optimize process to manage costs associated with telecommunication services, review vendor reports to reduce cost by eliminating errors by eradicating cost inefficiencies identifying cost savings opportunities and optimize the wireless, voice and data services.
• Establish/Optimize process to Analyze vendor expenses and compare to funding of contract.
• Establish/Optimize process to Prepare forecast budget expense reports
• Establish/Optimize preparation status reports on in-process and completed projects. To indicate if projects are within budget parameters from both a dollar and time perspective.
• Establish/Optimize process to prepare and evaluate mid-year and year-end forecasts, monitor spending, and secure rollover of unspent funds
• Establish/Optimize process to track planned and actual expenses in support of the annual budget process
• Establish/Optimize process to Investigate and resolve project budget variances