Telecom Assistant Controller

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  About the role

  At Alaska Communications, we’re committed to putting our team first, always being customer focused, having a can-do attitude, owning our results and always acting with integrity. This is what we hire for and what our team members exhibit each day. Want to make an impact with us? We are unable to support remote international applicants or routinely sponsor work visas. The Telecom Assistant Controller supports the Controller in overseeing accounting operations, financial reporting, internal controls, regulatory compliance, and financial analysis for a telecommunications organization. This role is responsible for ensuring accurate accounting for telecom-specific transactions, including network assets, IRUs, dark fiber arrangements, leased facilities, revenue recognition, capital projects, and federal or state grant programs. The position assists in maintaining compliance with U.S. GAAP, SOX requirements, tax regulations, and telecommunications reporting obligations. We hope you’ll join us as we change lives through technology.

  Responsibilities

  • Financial Reporting & Close Process: Manage monthly, quarterly, and annual financial close activities; review journal entries, account reconciliations, and support schedules; assist in preparation of GAAP financial statements and management reporting packages; support external audit and regulatory audit requirements; coordinate consolidation activities and intercompany accounting.
  • Telecommunications Accounting: Oversee accounting for fiber networks and telecommunications infrastructure; indefeasible rights of use (IRUs); dark fiber agreements and capacity swaps; network construction and capital projects; asset acquisitions and dispositions; site leases and tower agreements; ensure proper capitalization and depreciation of network assets; support accounting analyses under ASC 606, ASC 842, ASC 805, ASC 360, and other applicable standards.
  • Internal Controls & SOX Compliance: Assist with design, implementation, and monitoring of SOX controls; maintain accounting policies and procedures; coordinate management testing and remediation activities; support risk assessments and control documentation; ensure compliance with company accounting policies.
  • Revenue & Regulatory Support: Review accounting for telecom services including enterprise services, wholesale services, broadband and transport services, carrier contracts; partner with operations and revenue assurance teams to ensure revenue accuracy; support regulatory reporting requirements as applicable.
  • Budgeting & Financial Analysis: Assist in annual budgeting and forecasting processes; analyze financial results and identify variances; provide financial support for strategic projects and capital investments; develop management reporting and KPI dashboards.
  • Team Leadership: Supervise accounting staff and senior accountants; review workpapers and reconciliations; provide coaching and professional development; foster continuous process improvement initiatives.
  • Reasonable Accommodations: Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

  Requirements

  • Competency Statement(s):
    • Analytical Skills – Ability to use thinking and reasoning in gathering raw data and processing that data into a meaningful form.
    • Business and Process Leadership – Strong expertise in telco service provider / carrier process and procedures; keen understanding of key telco processes (retail/sales/service, ordering/service delivery, network management, customer support) and ability to map processes and understand inter-linkages to each other and to the systems that support the processes; strong ability to coordinate with sales, service, engineering, field operations, finance and other departments.
    • Communication Skills – Excellent oral and written communication skills; frequent preparation and delivery of detailed plans and proposals; strong communication/interpersonal skills with emphasis on decision-making, conflict management, and team building and teamwork; ability to develop work plans, work effectively as a member of a team, report on status of projects, and represent the team in meetings and/or with the client; ability to coordinate issues identification and resolution between clients and the development team.
    • Financial Management – Ability to work with complex ERP, billing, provisioning systems and switching records; consistent budgetary adherence managing both capital and operating expense budget models.
    • Management Skills – Ability to organize and direct oneself and effectively train and supervise others.
    • Detail Oriented – Ability to pay attention to the minute details of a project or task while balancing multiple concurrent projects.
  • Other Requirements: Strong U.S. GAAP knowledge; understanding of ASC 606 Revenue Recognition, ASC 842 Leases, fixed asset accounting, telecom network accounting; ERP system experience (Workday).
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    Requirements

    • Analytical Skills – Ability to use thinking and reasoning in gathering raw data and processing that data into a meaningful form.
    • Business and Process Leadership – Strong expertise in telco service provider / carrier process and procedures; keen understanding of key telco processes (retail/sales/service, ordering/service delivery, network management, customer support) and ability to map processes and understand inter-linkages to each other and to the systems that support the processes; strong ability to coordinate with sales, service, engineering, field operations, finance and other departments.
    • Communication Skills – Excellent oral and written communication skills; frequent preparation and delivery of detailed plans and proposals; strong communication/interpersonal skills with emphasis on decision-making, conflict management, and team building and teamwork; ability to develop work plans, work effectively as a member of a team, report on status of projects, and represent the team in meetings and/or with the client; ability to coordinate issues identification and resolution between clients and the development team.
    • Financial Management – Ability to work with complex ERP, billing, provisioning systems and switching records; consistent budgetary adherence managing both capital and operating expense budget models.
    • Management Skills – Ability to organize and direct oneself and effectively train and supervise others.
    • Detail Oriented – Ability to pay attention to the minute details of a project or task while balancing multiple concurrent projects.
    • Strong U.S. GAAP knowledge; understanding of ASC 606 Revenue Recognition, ASC 842 Leases, fixed asset accounting, telecom network accounting; ERP system experience (Workday).
    Now Qualifications: Education, Experience, etc. We have: Education: Bachelor’s degree in accounting, Finance, or a related field (CPA or advanced degree preferred). Experience: Eight (8) years of progressive accounting experience. Three (3) years in a supervisory role. Telecommunications industry experience is strongly preferred. Experience with SOX compliance, external audits, and financial reporting. We'll list as
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    Qualifications

    • Education: Bachelor’s degree in accounting, Finance, or a related field (CPA or advanced degree preferred).
    • Experience: Eight (8) years of progressive accounting experience; three (3) years in a supervisory role.
    • Telecommunications industry experience is strongly preferred.
    • Experience with SOX compliance, external audits, and financial reporting.
    Skills: Skills & Abilities section includes computer skills: Demonstrated proficiency using Microsoft Office suite, including Word, Advanced Excel, Access, and Outlook. Also maybe we already covered communication etc but those were under Requirements. The Skills section may include computer skills only. We'll output.

    Skills

    • Computer Skills: Demonstrated proficiency using Microsoft Office suite, including Word, Advanced Excel, Access, and Outlook.
    Pay: compensation range.

    Pay

    The compensation range for this job is $117,046.00 - $160,007.00.

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