VP Bus Planning Fld Ops & CTIO

Job Summary

Working closely with operations leadership, the VP Business Planning – Field Ops & CTIO will lead all FP&A for the company’s technology and operations divisions, including oversight of budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning activities. The successful leader in this role will be a proactive partner to business leadership to ensure successful delivery of operating and capital budget development and performance, as well as an inspiriting leader who can motivate and develop a high performing team.

Responsibilities

• Leads the business planning team responsible for the development of operating and financial plans for the company’s Field Service, Infrastructure, Outside Plant, Support, Engineering, and IT functions.
• Oversees the budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning processes for functional areas, including active partnership with senior leaders and business planning teams to set, monitor, and deliver on operating budget performance.
• Responsible for financial management of the capital expenditure investment plan for functional areas, ensuring alignment with the enterprise strategy and growth plans.
• Leads the monthly forecasting and close process, including identification, communication and mitigation of variances to budget/forecast.
• Oversees all financial modeling for budgeting, financial analysis and ROI analysis; partners with Operations leadership to develop inputs and assumptions, validate reasonableness, and identify sensitivities and alternative scenarios.
• Leverages BI/analytics to drive informed, data-driven decisions on key actions and opportunities aimed at strengthening the company’s competitive position and operational and financial health.
• Manages monthly calendar and processes in support of financial plans and reporting deliverables; reviews with operations and corporate partners to ensure understanding of performance against goals and development of mitigation plans, as needed.
• Reviews all position requisitions, purchase orders, and expenditures, confirming alignment with budget.
• Partners closely with Accounting leadership for the proper accounting treatment of different financial transactions and decisions, as well as identification and adherence to SOX controls.
• Recruits, trains, manages, and mentors business planning team members.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of related Financial controller/business planning experience
• BS/BA degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field. MBA preferred
• Strong quantitative and analytical capabilities, and extensive experience with financial planning, forecasting, modeling, and data analysis 
• Prior experience leading large teams with the ability to assess, engage, and develop talent
• Demonstrated belief in a growth mindset, with the ability to take on challenges and adopt effective problem-solving strategies.
• Ability to ‘tell the story’ and convert detailed analyses into executive level content
• Experience in telecommunications, media, and/or technology preferred
• Ability to operate seamlessly in a matrix organization
• Outstanding communication skills; ability to collaborate with and build effective business partnerships at all levels of the organization.
• Exceptional MS Excel skills.  Experience with Hyperion preferred.

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