Job Description

When you join Verizon

You want more out of a career. A place to share your ideas freely — even if they’re daring or different. Where the true you can learn, grow, and thrive. At Verizon, we power and empower how people live, work and play by connecting them to what brings them joy. We do what we love — driving innovation, creativity, and impact in the world. Our V Team is a community of people who anticipate, lead, and believe that listening is where learning begins. In crisis and in celebration, we come together — lifting our communities and building trust in how we show up, everywhere & always. Want in? Join the V Team Life. The Finance Organization

At Verizon, we are building a world-class Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) organization. We have begun a comprehensive program to streamline processes, improve systems, realign the organization and add opportunities for personal skill-building and professional growth. We’re finding new ways to add value and provide strategic support. This is the kind of work we do. We want to build leading FP&A practices within Verizon, setting the stage to become the place any FP&A professional wants to work. You can become a catalyst for change.

FP&A Corporate and Business Unit Team

Move beyond compiling data and help tell the story behind the numbers. The Business Unit facing positions offer opportunities to drive better business partnering and insights, while growing your FP&A leadership and interpersonal skills. You are considered a business partner and your contributions will make a difference. You’ll become involved in, but not limited to, pricing decisions and new initiatives to develop new products and services. You can have an impact on new business growth opportunities through development of business case scenarios.

• Evaluating business results and serve as a functional specialist to the business client to provide strategic guidance and insights during the analysis process.

• Partnering within the Value organization to help support CRO initiatives by ideating with partners and creating Commercial business cases to evaluate P&L impact

• Serving as a Subject Matter Expert to complex business performance issues to define and execute action plans.

• Assessing the impact of strategic financial decisions and present recommendations to leadership.

• Assessing customer/product profitability and drive profit optimization.

• Presenting and communicate to all levels of the business.

• Partnering with teams throughout the business to leverage digital finance tools to further automate modeling and disseminate insights to create more effective business decisions.

• Partnering with FP&A volume and revenue teams to provide learnings and adjust BVs and OLs based on performance

• Conducting the development of strategic business analysis with overlays and commentary.

• Proactively identifying possible scenarios, risks and opportunities around business performance.

• Communicating with partners in a clear and concise manner.

• Collaborating with key stakeholders to align goals and objectives, ensuring a customer-centric approach and long-term sustainability.

What we're looking for…

You'll need to have:

• Bachelor's degree or four or more years of work experience.

• Six or more years of relevant work experience.

• FP&A experience with understanding of the P&L & business cases

• Experience with Microsoft Office Suite

• Experience with analytics and leveraging data to tell a story to create recommended actions

Even better if you have one or more of the following:

• A Master's in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance, or Economics

• Experience in the technology and/or telecommunications industry

• A professional certification (e.g. CPA, CMA)

• A high degree of analytical capability with the proven ability to structure business case around a high-level strategic vision & be able to analyze results

• Strong strategic skills, with the proven ability to identify and assess key points, implications and recommendations

• An advanced understanding of corporate financial planning, reporting & analysis, and costing/profitability methodologies and processes

• Demonstrated in-depth understanding of common business and cost drivers, financial statement analysis, and deep-dive analysis

• Demonstrated experience in continuous improvement initiatives & root cause analysis

• Experience leading large and complex team projects with minimal direct supervision.

If Verizon and this role sound like a fit for you, we encourage you to apply even if you don’t meet every “even better” qualification listed above.

In this hybrid role, you'll have a defined work location that includes work from home and a minimum eight assigned office days per month that will be set by your manager.

Scheduled Weekly Hours

40

Equal Employment Opportunity 

We’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer - and celebrate our employees’ differences, including race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, and Veteran status. At Verizon, we know that diversity makes us stronger. We are committed to a collaborative, inclusive environment that encourages authenticity and fosters a sense of belonging. We strive for everyone to feel valued, connected, and empowered to reach their potential and contribute their best. Check out our diversity and inclusion page to learn more.