Level 3 Communications, Inc

Specialist, Finance

Level 3 Communications, Inc$70K — $95K *
Finance & Insurance
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree with 4+ years relevant experience, or Graduate Degree with 2+ years; 8+ years experience can substitute for degree.
  • Experience with PeopleSoft, Ariba, Hyperion, and Business Intelligence software.
  • Proven teamwork and business partnering skills.
  • Strong planning, organizational, and analytical abilities.
  • Familiarity with budgeting, forecasting, and management reporting.

Responsibilities

  • Forecast and analyze IT services spending for budgeting cycles.
  • Deliver timely monthly reporting, including variance and trend analysis.
  • Identify and elevate critical issues and recommendations to management.
  • Collaborate with service owners to project capital needs and timing.
  • Provide capital investment analysis as needed.
  • Streamline and automate financial data processes for decision-making.
  • Prepare account reconciliations and journal entries for monthly close.

Benefits

  • 9/80 work schedule allowing for every other Friday off.
  • Opportunities for professional growth and development.
  • Support for internal and external audit compliance requirements.
Full Job Description
Job Title: Specialist, Finance

Job Code: 36980

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 skilled and The Corporate Headquarters IT Finance organization is seeking a motivated self-starter to support the IT Finance Manager in partnering with the IT Organization. The Finance Specialist will be responsible for a wide variety of detailed financial analysis including budgeting, forecasting and ad hoc reporting for the IT Services organization.

Essential Functions:
  • Forecast and analyze IT services spend in support of monthly forecasting and annual planning cycles; assist Manager in making recommendations for cost saving opportunities
  • Provide timely and accurate monthly reporting including variance and trend analysis for management review
  • Elevate critical issues/recommendations to management to ensure proactive resolution.
  • Work with service owners and project managers to project capital needs and timing of expenditures
  • Provide capital investment analysis as requested
  • Streamline and automate processes for transforming financial data into decision making information
  • Prepare certain 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 other functional areas in a fast-paced, multiple project environment with changing priorities

Qualifications:
  • Bachelor's Degree and minimum 4 years of prior relevant experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 2 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 8 years of prior related experience.


Preferred Additional Skills:
  • Experience PeopleSoft, Ariba, Hyperion, and Business Intelligence SW skills
  • Strong teamwork and business partnering skills
  • Strong planning, organizational, and analytical skills
  • Experience with cost/schedule development, budgeting, Customer/Management reporting, and forecasting
  • Process improvement oriented, ability to identify and implement improvement ideas
  • Six Sigma Green Belt

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