Financial Planning Analyst - Forecasting, Project Analysis, and Investment Planning
Location: Henderson, NV - Hybrid Position
Employment Type: Full-time
The Opportunity
We're hiring a Financial Analyst to build and manage company and project budgets, develop financial forecasts and tactical cash flow models (with a special focus on fiber builds), and produce concise, investor-ready materials. You'll partner closely with the CEO, President, CFO, and operations leaders to turn data into decisions that accelerate growth.
What You'll Do
- Budgeting & Forecasting
- Own annual and quarterly company budgets; maintain rolling reforecasts. The forecasts will include projected profit and loss statements, cash flow and balance sheets.
- Build project-level budgets for fiber deployments (CapEx, OpEx, contingencies, labor, materials).
- Create scenario models and sensitivity analyses for key drivers (take-rate, ARPU, churn, build costs).
- Build labor planning and forecasting models.
- Provide support for fund raising activities and M&A assessments.
- Cash Flow & Project Finance
- Develop 13-week tactical cash flow forecasts; track liquidity, covenant headroom, and draw schedules.
- Model project IRR/NPV, payback, WACC assumptions, and funding mixes (debt/equity/grants).
- Support BEAD/other grant tracking (claims timing, match requirements) and lender reporting.
- Performance & Variance Analysis
- Build KPI dashboards and monthly budget vs. actuals with clear commentary and insights.
- Partner with Ops (NOC/Field/Fiber PMs) to align build schedules, milestone billing, and inventory burn to the plan.
- Manage key ratios and financing covenants in assessing ongoing financial health of the company (ratios include current, debt equity, cost of capital et.)
- Investor & Executive Materials
- Provide financial analysis for investor decks, teasers, and board-ready exhibits: market sizing, unit economics, cohort/take-rate, pipeline, and case studies.
- Package models and charts that are accurate, crisp, and decision-ready.
- Systems & Process
- Pull and reconcile data from ERP systems and other sources; improve data hygiene and reporting cadence.
- Create templates, SOPs, and repeatable frameworks for budgeting and project approvals.
What You'll Bring
- 5+ years in FP&A, project finance, investment banking, corporate development, or management consulting (infrastructure/telecom/utility/construction experience is a plus).
- Strong modeling skills in Excel and other modeling software (3-statement models, driver-based forecasting, scenario/sensitivity tables).
- Experience with cash flow forecasting (weekly/13-week) and capital project budgeting.
- Familiarity with ERP systems and financial forecasting software and data reconciliation.
- Ability to translate complex analysis into clear slides and narratives for executives and investors.
- Comfortable partnering with operations and finance; proactive, detail-oriented, and bias to action.
- Strong generalist skills in understanding impacts of marketing, sales, competitive positioning and pricing and capital markets.
Nice to Have
- Experience with fiber/telecom economics (ARPU, churn, take-rate, passings, build cost per passing).
- Grant or public funding exposure; lender reporting.
- Power BI/Tableau/Looker or SQL for self-serve dashboards.
- IPO-readiness or investor relations experience.
- Professional accounting designation and or MBA
Why Stimulus
- Growing company with meaningful impact in underserved communities.
- Collaborative team; high ownership; visible work that moves the needle.
- Competitive salary, health insurance, 401(k) match, and PTO.
- Professional development support (certifications and training).
Compensation: Competitive base salary + performance bonus.
Interview Process
- Intro screen (30 min).
- Technical exercise: short budget/forecast and 13-week cash case plus 3-5 slides.
- Panel interview with Finance & Operations.
- Final interview with executive leadership.
How to Apply
Submit your resume and a cover-sheet highlighting:
- Your most relevant budgeting/forecasting experience,
- An example of a cash flow or project finance model you've built,
- A sample slide or anonymized chart you're proud of.
