Supports financial planning and analysis through forecasting, budgeting, five-year planning, capital budgeting, financial modeling, reporting, and performance analysis. Partners with leadership and business units to evaluate results, identify trends, risks, opportunities, and business drivers, and develop action plans. Extracts and analyzes large datasets, manages sensitive information, and delivers timely insights to support data-driven decisions.
This is a remote position.
Position Title: Financial Analyst
Base Salary: $91,000 to $116,800 annually DOE
Benefits: Medical, dental, vision, 401k, flexible spending account, paid sick leave and paid time off, parental leave, quarterly performance bonus, training, career growth and education reimbursement programs.
Ziply Fiber is a local internet service provider dedicated to elevating the connected lives of the communities we serve. We offer the fastest home internet in the nation, a refreshingly great customer experience, and affordable plans that put customers in charge.
As our state-of-the-art fiber network expands, so does our need for team members who can help us grow and realize our goals.
Our Company Values:
• Genuinely Caring: We treat customers and colleagues like neighbors, with empathy and full attention.
• Empowering You: We help customers choose what is best for them, and we support employees in implementing new ideas and solutions.
• Innovation and Improvement: We constantly seek ways to improve how we serve customers and each other.
• Earning Your Trust: We build trust through clear, honest, human communication.
Job Summary
As a member of the Finance team, the Financial Analyst is responsible for supporting the company's financial planning and analysis activities, including forecasting, budgeting, financial modeling, reporting, and performance analysis. This position plays a key role in delivering accurate financial insights, evaluating business performance, and helping leaders make data-driven decisions. The ideal candidate will have 2-5 years of relevant experience, advanced analytical capabilities, strong Excel and reporting skills, and the ability to effectively collaborate across multiple functions.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
The Essential Duties and Responsibilities listed below are a range of duties performed by the employee
and not intended to reflect all duties performed.
Strategic Financial Planning & Analysis
• Collaborate with leadership to drive annual planning process including five-year plan, operating budget, capital budget, and company strategy.
• Partner with business units to understand financial performance and develop/implement action plans to achieve objectives.
• Provide thorough and thoughtful financial analysis to drive better informed decision-making.
Financial Reporting & Cross-Functional Partnership
• Partner with business partners in developing relevant and timely financial reporting for business leaders.
• Cultivate and sustain effective working relationships across the company.
• Extract, consolidate, and analyze large volumes of financial and operational data to identify trends, risks, opportunities, and key business drivers.
Professional Integrity & Discretion
• Manage sensitive information and exercise excellent judgement and discretion.
Other Duties
• Performs other duties as required to support the business and evolving organization.
Required Qualifications:
• High school diploma or GED.
• Bachelor’s degree in finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or equivalent relevant work experience.
• 2-5 years’ experience in financial planning and analysis.
• Expertise with Microsoft Excel, PowerBI and financial modeling.
• Experience extracting, validating and analyzing large datasets to identify trends, business drivers, risks, and opportunities.
• Experience developing relevant and timely financial reporting for business leaders.
• Collaborative and service focused, comfortable working with employees at all levels.
• Flexible and adaptive in a rapidly changing environment.
• Self-starter, ability to work independently while achieving desired performance metrics.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
• Ability to work independently and apply sound judgment and reasoning skills to a variety of situations.
• Ability to multi-task and collaborate effectively with other personnel to meet deadlines.
• Strong verbal and written communication, attention to detail, and organizational skills.
• Ability to work within critical deadlines.
• Ability to adjust to rapidly changing priorities and schedules.
• Ability to provide excellent customer service.
Work Authorization
Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the US for any employer. Sponsorship is not available for this position.
Physical Requirements
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Essential and marginal functions may require maintaining physical condition necessary for bending, stooping, sitting, walking, or standing for prolonged periods of time; most of time is spent sitting in a comfortable position with frequent opportunity to move about. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
Work Environment
Work is performed in an office setting with exposure to computer screens and requires extensive use of a computer, keyboard, mouse, and multi-line telephone system. The work is primarily a modern office setting.
At all times, Ziply Fiber must be your primary employer. Unless otherwise prohibited by law, employees may not hold outside employment nor be self-employed without obtaining approval in writing from Ziply Fiber. In holding outside employment or self-employment, employees should ensure that participation does not conflict with responsibilities to Ziply Fiber or its business interests.
Diverse Workforce / EEO:
Ziply Fiber is an equal opportunity employer. Ziply Fiber will consider all qualified candidates regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, gender, age, marital status, sexual orientation, veteran status, and the presence of a non-job-related handicap or disability or any other legally protected status.
Ziply Fiber requires a pre-employment background check as conditions of employment. Ziply Fiber may require a pre-employment drug screening.
Ziply Fiber is a drug free workplace.
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