Sr Financial Analyst at Crown Castle in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania

Job Description:

Company Summary

Crown Castle works around the country to build and maintain the infrastructure behind the world’s most revolutionary technologies. Crown Castle owns, operates and leases more than 40,000 cell towers and over 80,000 route miles of fiber supporting small cells and fiber solutions across every major US market. This nationwide portfolio of communications infrastructure connects cities and communities to essential data, technology and wireless service – bringing information, ideas and innovations to the people and businesses that need them. Crown Castle is an S&P 500 company and one of the largest Real Estate Investment Trusts in the United States with an enterprise value of more than $80 billion. 

 

Position Title:  Senior Financial Analyst-5E             

 

Location- Any Crown Castle office location   

 

 

Position Summary

 

The Senior Financial Analyst (SFA) will be responsible for performing the day-to-day financial reporting & analysis for assigned functional area in the Compliance & Revenue Assurance team.  In partnership with other leaders, the SFA is responsible for creating and maintaining tools and analysis at scale to create a consistent program of reporting and analysis.  Partner with Financial analyst and leadership to analyze Small Cell Network Projects, Jobs, Cost data and Contracts to assure identification of Non-recurring revenue and timely notification and billing to customer.   Work closely with Network Project delivery and Network Finance teams through course of project delivery and contract compliance. The SFA is expected to deliver high quality, accurate financial reporting & analysis and drive continuous improvements throughout the reporting tools and processes.

 

Essential Job Functions

 

• Conduct or review identification and analysis of Non-recurring revenue within Small Cell Network Contracts and Projects (including but not limited to Capital Pass through, Milestone, Cost Plus PT & Clawback)


• Create and maintain reporting tools & analysis to enable real time analytics and performance management


• Create insights from data to inform process and program improvements.


• Communicate & Enforce operational financial interpretation and processes for contract compliance and revenue assurance


• Act as subject matter expert for business partners related to Non-recurring revenue, while ensuring accuracy of contract complaince and assurance


• Build and maintain strong, collaborative relationships with other company stakeholders to drive accomplishment of overall company goals and objectives.


• Responsible for the preparation and analysis of the periodic management reporting of financial results for assigned functional areas.


• Research and prepare variance analysis and explanations.


• Research and resolve business unit inquiries for assigned functional areas.


• Perform special projects to improve process efficiency and performance.

 

Critical Core Competencies

Instills Trust

• Gains confidence and trust of others through honesty, integrity, and authenticity.


• Is consistently honest and straightforward when working with others.


• Establishes a solid reputation for integrity by maintaining high ethical standards and professional code of conduct.

 

Ensures Accountability

• Consistently accepts responsibility for the successes and failures of own work.


• Designs feedback loops that enables the individual to quickly gather and learn from stakeholder feedback as work unfolds.

 

Collaborates

• Build partnerships and work collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives.


• Ensure stakeholders remain well informed and that surprises are eliminated.


• Urges others to share their ideas and input and expresses appreciation for these contributions.


• Discourages us vs. them thinking in self and others.

 

 

Self Development

• Actively seeks new ways to grow and be challenged using both formal and informal development channels.


• Learns from experiences and takes action to continuously improve.


• Accepts assignments that broaden capabilities.

 

Education/Certifications

 

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Accounting, or related discipline preferred.

 

Experience/Minimum Requirements

 

• Five (5) years of experience in a financial analyst or accounting related position.

 

Other Skills/Abilities

 

• Routine communication with management relating to financial analysis, issues and deliverables.


• Strong ability to effectively and efficiently communicate financial results to management.


• Demonstrate candor and poise to field difficult questions from internal and external audience.


• Excellent interpersonal skills, able to build and maintain trusting relationships.


• Understanding of the data sets that can be pulled from the system for reporting purposes.


• Effectively organize, prioritize and execute on initiatives to enhance corporate performance.


• Support experimentation as a way to find the best solution.


• Ability to develop financial acumen to better understand economic and financial value drivers.


• Must have strong computer skills, specifically Microsoft Office/Excel and JDE ERP.

 

Working Conditions:  Works in a normal office setting with no exposure to adverse environmental conditions.  Minimal travel required.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)

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