Finance Manager

Location: Shawnee Mission

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This position will be a key part of the T-Mobile BTS (Beyond The Smartphone) Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) team responsible for activation forecasting, planning, analyzing, and reporting for all BTS products. This individual will provide financial and KPI guidance to leadership on the trends and drivers behind the results and present reports on findings.

As a part of their daily activities, this individual will be required to interface with diverse groups within T-Mobile. This includes, but not limited to, Accounting, Marketing, Field Operations, as well as other peer groups within FP&A. Continuing and enhancing current modeling and forecasting processes and procedures will be a key element in the role. The ideal candidate will possess skills as a seasoned, experienced professional with a full understanding of industry practices and have demonstrated the ability to create and present the status of the business in practical ways.

The ideal candidate will also have a record of demonstrated success in a fast paced and flexible environment and ability to work well across organizations. Strong demonstrated modeling and forecasting skills are required. The role is HYBRID and requires 3 days in office.

Responsibilities:

Leads the development of the annual plan, monthly forecasts, and weekly outlooks

Works closely with business partners to socialize results, present recommendations, and influence strategy to achieve business targets.

Pull data from SQL based systems to create insights and key callouts for data analysis

Use statistical and financial modeling techniques to analyze results and identify variances and underlying causes, opportunities, and risks.  Provide actionable insights around trends and financial performance. Present findings to Senior Management, including suggestions for course correction.

Creates and maintains complex financial models using key performance indicators to forecast future business performance – including advanced financial and statistical techniques.

Measure key performance indicators and benchmarking results across accounts, markets, business units, and channels and communicate results to leadership via dashboards and reports

Analyzes and explains monthly variances versus forecast outputs.

Gathers, analyzes, prepares and summarizes recommendations for financial plans, trended future requirements and operating forecasts

Proactively seeks out enhanced data sets and continuous improvement in modeling, partnership, and general business acumen

Qualifications:

7+ years’ experience in a forecasting and financial analysis role including KPI management and variance analysis

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Business Administration, Accounting, or a related area Experience building and managing complex models; highly proficient in MS Excel, Power Point Proficiency  in data mining, analytics software and dashboard development (MS SQL Server, COGNOS/TM1, Teradata, Power BI, Tableau, Advanced MS Excel/Power Pivot)
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

Experience of working in an ambiguous, fast paced, growing and ever-changing environment, requiring flexibility and creativity to meet the needs of the business

Ability to work independently and with limited supervision, manage multiple priorities simultaneously

General familiarity with…