Financial Planning Analyst

Financial Planning Analyst - Forecasting, Project Analysis, and Investment Planning

Location: Henderson, NV - Hybrid Position

Employment Type: Full-time

About Stimulus Technologies

Stimulus Technologies delivers broadband, managed IT services, and VoIP to SMBs and communities across NV, CA, MO, OR, NM and beyond. We're growing fast, expanding fiber infrastructure, and preparing for significant capital initiatives. We've received large grant funding awards to support our broadband deployments.

Our core values: Driven to Grow • See a Need, Fill a Need • Elevate Others • Extreme Ownership • Celebrate Success.

The Opportunity

We're hiring a Financial Analyst to build and manage company and project budgets, develop financial forecasts and tactical cash flow models (with a special focus on fiber builds), and produce concise, investor-ready materials. You'll partner closely with the CEO, President, CFO, and operations leaders to turn data into decisions that accelerate growth.

What You'll Do

• Budgeting & Forecasting
  • Own annual and quarterly company budgets; maintain rolling reforecasts. The forecasts will include projected profit and loss statements, cash flow and balance sheets.
  • Build project-level budgets for fiber deployments (CapEx, OpEx, contingencies, labor, materials).
  • Create scenario models and sensitivity analyses for key drivers (take-rate, ARPU, churn, build costs).
  • Build labor planning and forecasting models.
  • Provide support for fund raising activities and M&A assessments.
• Cash Flow & Project Finance
  • Develop 13-week tactical cash flow forecasts; track liquidity, covenant headroom, and draw schedules.
  • Model project IRR/NPV, payback, WACC assumptions, and funding mixes (debt/equity/grants).
  • Support BEAD/other grant tracking (claims timing, match requirements) and lender reporting.
• Performance & Variance Analysis
  • Build KPI dashboards and monthly budget vs. actuals with clear commentary and insights.
  • Partner with Ops (NOC/Field/Fiber PMs) to align build schedules, milestone billing, and inventory burn to the plan.
  • Manage key ratios and financing covenants in assessing ongoing financial health of the company (ratios include current, debt equity, cost of capital et.)
• Investor & Executive Materials
  • Provide financial analysis for investor decks, teasers, and board-ready exhibits: market sizing, unit economics, cohort/take-rate, pipeline, and case studies.
  • Package models and charts that are accurate, crisp, and decision-ready.
• Systems & Process
  • Pull and reconcile data from ERP systems and other sources; improve data hygiene and reporting cadence.
  • Create templates, SOPs, and repeatable frameworks for budgeting and project approvals.

What You'll Bring

• 5+ years in FP&A, project finance, investment banking, corporate development, or management consulting (infrastructure/telecom/utility/construction experience is a plus).
• Strong modeling skills in Excel and other modeling software (3-statement models, driver-based forecasting, scenario/sensitivity tables).
• Experience with cash flow forecasting (weekly/13-week) and capital project budgeting.
• Familiarity with ERP systems and financial forecasting software and data reconciliation.
• Ability to translate complex analysis into clear slides and narratives for executives and investors.
• Comfortable partnering with operations and finance; proactive, detail-oriented, and bias to action.
• Strong generalist skills in understanding impacts of marketing, sales, competitive positioning and pricing and capital markets.

Nice to Have

• Experience with fiber/telecom economics (ARPU, churn, take-rate, passings, build cost per passing).
• Grant or public funding exposure; lender reporting.
• Power BI/Tableau/Looker or SQL for self-serve dashboards.
• IPO-readiness or investor relations experience.
• Professional accounting designation and or MBA

Why Stimulus

• Growing company with meaningful impact in underserved communities.
• Collaborative team; high ownership; visible work that moves the needle.
• Competitive salary, health insurance, 401(k) match, and PTO.
• Professional development support (certifications and training).

Compensation: Competitive base salary + performance bonus.

Interview Process

1. Intro screen (30 min).
2. Technical exercise: short budget/forecast and 13-week cash case plus 3-5 slides.
3. Panel interview with Finance & Operations.
4. Final interview with executive leadership.

How to Apply

Submit your resume and a cover-sheet highlighting:

• Your most relevant budgeting/forecasting experience,
• An example of a cash flow or project finance model you've built,
• A sample slide or anonymized chart you're proud of.

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