Telecom Assistant Controller
for section headings. Use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. Use
for prose.
We must not repeat job title as heading. Not include Job ID.
We must not create sections with filler like "commensurate with experience". Pay is given, so we include Pay section.
We must not include Benefits or Schedule if not present.
We need to preserve all substantive information. Let's extract:
Company commitment paragraph: "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."
That's about the role/company.
Position Summary paragraph: "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."
Essential Functions: list of categories with bullet points.
We need to turn each bullet into
- . The categories: Financial Reporting & Close Process, Telecommunications Accounting, Internal Controls & SOX Compliance, Revenue & Regulatory Support, Budgeting & Financial Analysis, Team Leadership.
Under each category there are sub-bullets (starting with verbs). We'll flatten? Probably keep as list items under each category? Could make nested lists but spec only says use
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. Could do top-level ul with li for each duty; but we have categories. Could treat each category as a heading? But we only have h3 for section headings; we could keep categories as inside li? Simpler: make a flat list of all duty statements. Let's extract each duty:
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.
Now Position Qualifications: includes Competency Statement(s) with bullet points: Analytical Skills, Business and Process Leadership, Communication Skills, Financial Management, Management Skills, Detail Oriented. Each has description.
Then Skills & Abilities: Education, Experience, Other Requirements, Computer Skills.
We need to decide sections: Could have "Requirements" or "Qualifications". We'll use "Qualifications" heading. Under that we can list competency statements as
- . Then maybe separate "Skills" heading for education/experience etc. But spec says prefer few substantive sections over many thin ones. Could combine all qualifications into one section "Qualifications". Use
- for each bullet (including sub-bullets). Might be long but okay.
Pay section:
Pay
The Compensation Range For This Job Is $117,046.00 - $160,007.00
We must not include Benefits or Schedule.
Now produce HTML fragment.
Let's craft:
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.
Position Summary
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.
Responsibilities
- 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.
- Oversee accounting for fiber networks and telecommunications infrastructure.
- Oversee accounting for indefeasible rights of use (IRUs).
- Oversee accounting for dark fiber agreements and capacity swaps.
- Oversee accounting for network construction and capital projects.
- Oversee accounting for asset acquisitions and dispositions.
- Oversee accounting for 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.
- 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.
- Review accounting for telecom services including enterprise services.
- Review accounting for telecom services including wholesale services.
- Review accounting for telecom services including broadband and transport services.
- Review accounting for telecom services including carrier contracts.
- Partner with operations and revenue assurance teams to ensure revenue accuracy.
- Support regulatory reporting requirements as applicable.
- 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.
- Supervise accounting staff and senior accountants.
- Review workpapers and reconciliations.
- Provide coaching and professional development.
- Foster continuous process improvement initiatives.
Qualifications
- 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.
- 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 strongly preferred; experience with SOX compliance, external audits, and financial reporting.
- 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).
- Computer Skills: Demonstrated proficiency using Microsoft Office suite, including Word, Advanced Excel, Access, and Outlook.
for prose. We must not repeat job title as heading. Not include Job ID. We must not create sections with filler like "commensurate with experience". Pay is given, so we include Pay section. We must not include Benefits or Schedule if not present. We need to preserve all substantive information. Let's extract: Company commitment paragraph: "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." That's about the role/company. Position Summary paragraph: "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." Essential Functions: list of categories with bullet points. We need to turn each bullet into
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. Could do top-level ul with li for each duty; but we have categories. Could treat each category as a heading? But we only have h3 for section headings; we could keep categories as inside li? Simpler: make a flat list of all duty statements. Let's extract each duty:
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.
Now Position Qualifications: includes Competency Statement(s) with bullet points: Analytical Skills, Business and Process Leadership, Communication Skills, Financial Management, Management Skills, Detail Oriented. Each has description.
Then Skills & Abilities: Education, Experience, Other Requirements, Computer Skills.
We need to decide sections: Could have "Requirements" or "Qualifications". We'll use "Qualifications" heading. Under that we can list competency statements as
- . Then maybe separate "Skills" heading for education/experience etc. But spec says prefer few substantive sections over many thin ones. Could combine all qualifications into one section "Qualifications". Use
- for each bullet (including sub-bullets). Might be long but okay.
Pay section:
Pay
The Compensation Range For This Job Is $117,046.00 - $160,007.00
We must not include Benefits or Schedule. Now produce HTML fragment. Let's craft: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.
Position Summary
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.
Responsibilities
- 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.
- Oversee accounting for fiber networks and telecommunications infrastructure.
- Oversee accounting for indefeasible rights of use (IRUs).
- Oversee accounting for dark fiber agreements and capacity swaps.
- Oversee accounting for network construction and capital projects.
- Oversee accounting for asset acquisitions and dispositions.
- Oversee accounting for 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.
- 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.
- Review accounting for telecom services including enterprise services.
- Review accounting for telecom services including wholesale services.
- Review accounting for telecom services including broadband and transport services.
- Review accounting for telecom services including carrier contracts.
- Partner with operations and revenue assurance teams to ensure revenue accuracy.
- Support regulatory reporting requirements as applicable.
- 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.
- Supervise accounting staff and senior accountants.
- Review workpapers and reconciliations.
- Provide coaching and professional development.
- Foster continuous process improvement initiatives.
Qualifications
- 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.
- 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 strongly preferred; experience with SOX compliance, external audits, and financial reporting.
- 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).
- Computer Skills: Demonstrated proficiency using Microsoft Office suite, including Word, Advanced Excel, Access, and Outlook.
- for each bullet (including sub-bullets). Might be long but okay.
Pay section:
- . Then maybe separate "Skills" heading for education/experience etc. But spec says prefer few substantive sections over many thin ones. Could combine all qualifications into one section "Qualifications". Use