Finance Analyst/Manager
Duration: 12 Months + possible extension
Tax Work Location: 3245 146th Place SE, Bellevue, WA, USA
Schedule: Fully onsite - 8am to 5pm, 9am - 6pm, 10am - 7pm (some flexibility) possible O.T.
Interview process - 2 rounds - Webex initially and then on-site for 2nd round
Additional information from HM
- Document review - all documents are filled out and submitted
- Managing market requests and budgeting vs budget given
- Handling Change requests
- Possibly help on promotional side of account activities
- Reconciling of payment requests from vendors
- Excel experience used exclusively - forecasting, majority of work is in Excel extensively, minimum of pivot tables, v-look ups, sum ifs and index
- Put reports together for a clean summary
- Telecom exp a plus but not mandatory
- Know how to calculate numbers and be logical
- Working with T-Mobile channel
- Sole individual contributor but work with business and program owners
- Make sure in Samsung compliance with policies
- Marketing budgeting experience a plus not mandatory
- Forecasting and articulate
Top skills: Revenue Forecasting, Cost Optimization, Excel proficiency
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree with data analytics experience required
- Experience in business strategy, management consulting, business intelligence and/or industry analytical track record across various practice areas and industries
- Minimum 5 years of related work experience, with successful track record for growth and leadership
Role & Responsibilities
The Manager will support the T-Mobile MX Account Team efforts by helping to drive strategy with data-driven insights and coordinate strategic projects across functional teams. This position will be crucial to Samsung’s ability to set its short, medium, and long-term course in the highly dynamic mobile industry. Scope of work encompass entire mobile ecosystem, not limiting to mobile phones, tablets, wearables, and accessories
- T-Mobile Strategy & Analytics: Analyze channel sales trends to develop appropriate response and growth strategy including all business and financial metrics (including but not limited to pre and postpaid mobile subscriber trends, ARPU, device and service revenue trends, etc.), as well as industry developments as they occur
- Asses business performance – e.g. revenue growth / profitability / M/S.
- Market Intelligence: Analyze market (e.g., industry structure, macroeconomic changes, competitive behavior, consumer sentiment). Deliver insights on trends/opportunities and assist with setting strategic direction.
- Timeliness of insights: Provide timely and insightful analysis of carrier and competitor’s quarterly and annual earnings reports and other critical events and issues as relevant.
- Business Strategy Support: Offer ad-hoc support, analysis, and recommendations for Senior executives in response to strategic developments or other necessities internally and externally
- Meeting / Workshops: Lead / help organizing cross-divisional strategy conference, meetings and workshops and ensure successful outcomes and follow-ups
- Cross-functional T/F: Lead and facilitate cross-functional task forces on key cross- strategic issues based on senior management request.
- Partner Relationships: Manage and cultivate relationships with 3rd party providers to enhance business intelligence capabilities. Monitor partner performance and data accuracy. Act as liaison between partners and business units to assist with intelligence.
- Close gaps in existing methods and processes, implement best practices and be a champion of continuous process improvement
Skills:
- Understanding of telecommunications industry technologies & trends.
- Ability to recognize business opportunities through data and simulations. Develop actionable insights, convert insights to strategic recommendations, and present findings to key stakeholders
- Comfort managing ambiguity and ability to aggregate information from multiple sources to formulate a cohesive strategy or direction
- Hypothesis driven problem solving approach
- Excellent communication and presentation skills, with ability to influence senior stakeholders
- Quality of insights: Depth, relevance, and actionable nature of strategic insights
- Influential reporting: Quality of presentations / reports (verbal, written, PPT) to peers and top management
- Effective navigation and project management: Ability to bring in and network with internal executive team and key managers from across divisions to drive results
- Forward-thinking approach, strategic agility, and tenacity to drive what matters
- Passion for “storytelling with data” to create a vision and inspire others to drive change
- Data processing tools like Altyrex, Pandas or Tableau a plus