Financial Planning and Analysis Global Sourcing, Supply Chain, and Sustainability- Senior Manager

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What you'll be doing...

Financial Planning and Analysis Corporate Verizon Global Services, Global Sourcing, Supply Chain, and Sustainability.

Move beyond compiling data and help tell the story behind the numbers. The Global Sourcing, Supply Chain, and Sustainability (GSSCS) partners with the GSSCS Operations Team to offer opportunities to drive better business partnering and insights, while growing your Financial Planning and Analysis leadership and interpersonal skills. You are considered a business partner and your contributions will make a difference. You'll become involved in, but not limited to, forecasting, reporting, initiative tracking, research, and operational analysis.

• Owning the development and communicating of the planning and forecasting, operational analysis, and executive reviews for Actuals, Business Plan, Commitment View, and Best View for VZ GSSCS.
• Evaluating business results and serving as a functional specialist to our GSSCS business partners to provide strategic guidance and insights during the analysis process.
• Being a trusted advisor providing value-added decision supporting and guidance to our business partners.
• Providing strategic financial and operational insights utilizing recurring performance reports, ad-hoc analysis and performance reviews.
• Evaluating distribution center performance and metrics.
• Partnering on strategic initiatives.
• Managing operational and capital expenses.
• Partnering with Center of Excellence to establish service level agreements and driving continuous effective and efficient improvements.
• Evaluating business trends and assessing monthly and quarterly business performance in driving strategic business analysis.
• Advising on risk and opportunity considerations for managing cost and profitability.
• Recommending planning and business performance issues to define and execute action plans.
• Identifying and assessing cost and effect patterns in the business not captured in existing reporting.
• Performing monthly performance review of business unit initiatives and identifying opportunities for improvement.
• Designing, developing and implementing methods and strategies to continually improve processes.
• Providing decision support and guidance; leading ad-hoc presentation development and executive review.
• Presenting and communicating to all levels of the business.

What we're looking for...

You'll need to have:

• Bachelor's degree or four or more years of work experience.
• Six or more years of relevant experience required, demonstrated through one or a combination of work and/or military experience, or specialized training.
• Experience with Microsoft Office Suite.

Even better if you have one or more of the following:

• A Master's in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance, or Economics.
• Experience in the technology and/or telecommunications industry.
• A professional certification (e.g. CPA, CMA).
• A high degree of analytical capability with the proven ability to structure business case around a high-level strategic vision.
• Strong strategic skills, with the proven ability to identify and assess key points, implications and recommendations.
• An advanced understanding of corporate financial planning, reporting & analysis, and costing/profitability methodologies and processes.
• Demonstrated in depth understanding of common business and cost drivers, financial statement analysis, and deep-dive analysis.
• Knowledge of FASB and SEC requirements, Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, tax reporting and accounting practices and International Financial Reporting.
• Demonstrated experience in continuous improvement initiatives, root cause analysis and project management.
• Proficiency in Essbase, Smart View, Hyperion Planning, and Hyperion Strategic Finance.
• Experience leading large and complex team projects with minimal direct supervision.

If Verizon and this role sound like a fit for you, we encourage you to apply even if you don't meet every "even better" qualification listed above.

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