Level 3 Communications, Inc

Lead, Finance

Level 3 Communications, Inc$100K — $130K *
Finance & Insurance
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree with 9 years of experience or graduate degree with 7 years of related experience; or 13 years of relevant experience without a degree.

Responsibilities

  • Forecast and analyze IT service spending for effective monthly and annual planning.
  • Consolidate forecasts to deliver accurate monthly reports with variance and trend analysis.
  • Provide financial guidance to Service Area leadership and staff.
  • Interface with various organizational levels to troubleshoot financial issues.
  • Drive initiatives to improve financial processes, streamlining data into actionable information.
  • Conduct capital investment analysis for the Service Area.
  • Support the monthly close process by preparing account reconciliations and journal entries.

Benefits

  • 9/80 work schedule with every other Friday off.
  • Collaborative work environment with exposure to executive management.
  • Opportunities for process improvement and professional development.
Full Job Description
Job Title: Lead, Finance

Job Code: 39842

Job Location: (On Site) Melbourne, FL

Job Schedule: 9/80: Employees work 9 out of every 14 days - totaling 80 hours worked - and have every other Friday off

Job Description:

The Corporate Headquarters IT Finance organization is seeking a highly motivated self-starter to financial support for a large Service Area in the IT Organization. The Finance lead will be responsible preparing budgets, analyzing actual expenditures, and maintaining forecasts for the Service Area. The information prepared will be regularly communicated to budget owners, executive management, FP&A, Compliance, and to other LHX customers. The position is also expected to perform various ad hoc analyses to be used by leadership for key financial decision making.

Essential Functions:
  • Forecast and analyze IT services spend for large, complex Service Area in support of monthly forecasting and annual planning cycles
  • Consolidate forecasts of other analysts to provide timely and accurate monthly reporting including variance and trend analysis for management review
  • Provide financial leadership and guidance to Service Area VP and staff
  • Interface with all levels of the organization to troubleshoot and resolve issues
  • Drive process improvement initiatives - streamline and automate processes for transforming financial data into decision making information
  • Provide capital investment analysis for Service Area
  • Provide Service Area accounting support including preparing and reviewing account reconciliations and standard journal entries as part of the monthly close
  • Support internal and external audit/compliance requirements
  • Prepare various ad hoc analyses, reports, and presentations
  • Ability to work with and provide financial direction to other functional areas in a dynamic work environment with frequent changing priorities


Qualifications:
  • Bachelor's Degree and minimum 9 years of prior relevant experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 7 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 13 years of prior related experience.


Preferred Additional Skills:
  • Experience PeopleSoft, Ariba, Hyperion, and Power BI
  • Strong leadership, teamwork and business partnering skills
  • Strong analytical ability
  • Advanced forecasting and consolidation skills
  • Self-starter with continuous improvement mentality
  • Ability to multi-task, meet deadlines and prioritize in a fast-paced environment

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