Sr. Manager, Financial Planning & Analysis (Future Opportunity)

Position Summary

The Sr. Manager, Financial Planning and Analysis is a key leadership position within Alaska Communications. This role oversees financial planning, forecasting, cost assurance, internal reporting, and analysis of financial and sales performance. The Manager leads the Financial Planning team, prepares budgets, long-term models, and supports strategic decisions. They also interact with executive leadership and provide reports to the Board of Directors.

Essential Functions

• Lead and develop the Financial Planning team, including work assignments, direction, mentoring, and performance management.
• Ensure adequate resource allocation to deliver results impacting financial performance.
• Act as a point of escalation.
• Create and maintain the company's annual operating budget, including sales, revenue, COGS, operating expenses, gross margin, capital spending, and balance sheet.
• Drive analysis of actual results vs. budgeted, forecasted, and historical results. Provide meaningful variance analysis of key drivers impacting results and trends.
• Support all departments in managing their budgets.
• Oversee the development of financial models, forecasting tools, and ad-hoc analysis to assist the senior leadership team with strategic decisions.
• Assist the CFO with the maintenance of the long-term forecast model.
• Lead the budget process, resulting in detailed, driver-based operating and capital budgets.
• Partner with all areas of the company to understand key drivers of revenue, COGS, operating expense, and capital and ensure consistent assumptions across all areas.
• Lead the development of the five-year forecast.
• Perform other duties and complete projects not specified on this job description, as assigned.

Competency Statements

• Business and Process Leadership: Understanding of business processes, ability to drive process metrics, and capability to manage budgets and forecasts.
• Analytical Skill: Ability to gather and process complex data with decision-making skills.
• Financial Aptitude: Understanding and explaining economic and accounting information, preparing and managing budgets, and making long-term investment decisions.
• Business Acumen: Grasping and understanding business concepts and issues.
• Communication Skills: Excellent oral and written communication skills, including the ability to prepare and deliver detailed plans and proposals at executive and Board levels.

Minimum Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in finance, Business Administration, Accounting, or related field. Preferred: Master’s degree in finance, Business Administration, Accounting, or related field.
• Experience: Eight (8) years of progressively responsible experience in financial analysis, accounting, or a closely related discipline. At least three of these years should be in supervision or management of employees or processes, with a demonstrated success in managing multiple projects and priorities.

Additional Requirements

• Computer Skills: Proficiency working with Microsoft Office Suite, including Word, Excel, Access, and Outlook.
• Other Requirements: Ability to identify strengths and weaknesses in organizational processes, conduct root cause analysis, manage work groups and teams, and promote lean process improvement usage.

Pay

The Compensation Range For This Job Is $117,046.00 - $160,007.00

Schedule

This is an ongoing posting. Applications will be actively reviewed for current and future openings and filled as vacancies become available.