Lead Financial Analyst- Financial Planning and Analysis

Job Description

When you join Verizon

You want more out of a career. A place to share your ideas freely — even if they’re daring or different. Where the true you can learn, grow, and thrive. At Verizon, we power and empower how people live, work and play by connecting them to what brings them joy. We do what we love — driving innovation, creativity, and impact in the world. Our V Team is a community of people who anticipate, lead, and believe that listening is where learning begins. In crisis and in celebration, we come together — lifting our communities and building trust in how we show up, everywhere & always. Want in? Join the V Team Life.

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 an impetus for change.

Financial Planning & Analytics Services (FPAS)

Move beyond compiling data and help tell the story behind the numbers. The Financial Planning & Analytics positions offer opportunities to drive better business partnering and insights, while developing your FP&A skill set and leadership as we continue to grow as a world class organization. You are a valuable business partner, finding new and better ways of working by leveraging digital capabilities. You’ll become involved in, but not limited to, planning, reporting, analyses, and initiatives that will impact important decisions around the growth and development of Verizon business.

• Transforming strategic direction into tactical objectives.

• Performing complex work, including the creation of financial plans and reporting, business insights, ad-hoc analysis, modeling and segmentation.

• Ensuring timely and accurate delivery of financial planning, reporting & analyses for the business.

• Acting as the subject matter expert and deliver executive reviews, financial/operational storytelling, and insights.

• Being a value added business partner and align on results and forecasts

• Identifying process improvement opportunities and lead projects, which may include establishing objectives, creating timelines, digital tool recommendation, automation, data curation organization, and system integration execution.

• Actively participating in the cultural and professional development of FPAS as a world class organization through Mentor/Mentee relationships and various activities offered.

What we’re looking for…

You’ll need to have:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics or four or more years of work experience.

• Four or more years of relevant work experience.

• Experience with Microsoft Office Suite and Google Suite.

• Experience or transferable skills leveraging one of the digital tools such as: Tableau, Qlik, Power BI, Looker, ThoughtSpot, Alteryx, Knime, Power Query, SQL, Python, or R.

• Willingness to travel up to 25%.

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

• Master’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or Economics.

• Experience in the technology and/or telecommunications industry.

• A professional certification (e.g., CPA, CFA, CMA, Data Analytics Cert, etc)..

• Understanding of corporate financial planning, reporting & analysis, and costing/profitability methodologies and processes.

• Knowledge of common business & cost drivers, financial statement analysis, and descriptive & predictive analysis.

• Excellent communication skills and ability to focus on the details.

• Proficiency with Google Suite.

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.

Where you’ll be working

In this hybrid role, you'll have a defined work location that includes work from home and a minimum eight assigned office days per month that will be set by your manager.

Scheduled Weekly Hours

40

Equal Employment Opportunity

We’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer - and celebrate our employees’ differences, including race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, and Veteran status. At Verizon, we know that diversity makes us stronger. We are committed to a collaborative, inclusive environment that encourages authenticity and fosters a sense of belonging. We strive for everyone to feel valued, connected, and empowered to reach their potential and contribute their best. Check out our diversity and inclusion page to learn more.