Financial Analyst

Join Vonage and help us innovate cloud communications for businesses worldwide
Why this role matters:

Vonage is looking for an ambitious and motivated financial analyst to support the Finance Organization to help drive our company-wide Transformation and ensure the Transformation cash impact is assessed accurately and consistently.

We need someone who excels at "getting things done" in a dynamic work environment and is comfortable with ambiguity and excited about the opportunity to contribute to Vonage's long-term success. The Transformation Office Financial Analyst will work with cross-functional teams on a variety of data analysis & predictive modeling, gaining valuable professional experience across multiple segments of the business.

Your key responsibilities:

• Forge cross-functional partnerships and gain stakeholder buy-in to get the work done
• Prepare initiative business cases for review and approval
• Facilitate decision-making and collaborate with the appropriate parties to mitigate risks and issues and make recommendations for final approval of the initiatives at each stage gate
• Track, validate and provide stakeholder reporting on the financial impact of the Transformation
• Work with Initiative Owners and Finance teams across the business to ensure a consistent approach to valuation of initiative impact (including validating all initiative business cases)
• Perform financial tracking of progress against commitments (both value delivery and timing)
• Assist the Transformation Office in resolving resource allocation, project management, financial and risk issues
• Support CFO in integration of Transformation commitments with quarterly forecasts and annual budgets
• Highlight developing financial trends which could hinder or accelerate the financial impact of the Transformation
• Performs trend analyses to forecast future monthly impacts and compare against monthly financial goals
• Anticipate and recommend solutions for financial issues that arise
• Works side-by-side on a daily basis with key Transformation stakeholders across the business drive the Transformation
• Ad hoc sessions and training with Workstream Leads and Initiative Owners regarding initiative valuation approach as necessary
• Drives financial impact ownership and accountability of initiatives to operational owners
• Validates financial impacts by utilizing trackable and reportable data
• Automate impact validation process to make inputability, trackability, and measurability easier for the Finance Lead and Owner
• Ability to work independently and solution ambiguous problems

What you'll bring:

• Strong analytical capabilities, problem solving, organizational and interpersonal skills
• Ability to critically review and improve initiative metrics
• Technical financial modelling expertise
• Strong understanding of accounting principles ie. accruals, amortization, pre-paid expense
• Strong collaboration, organization and communication skills
• Experience with data analytics, predictive modeling and data visualization
• Experience with project management methodology and control techniques.
• Operational and technical experience and understanding
• Ability to interact and communicate with all levels of the organization in both business and technical areas
• Excellent executive-level communication skills - have the ability to create presentations and articulate positions with Senior leaders and stakeholders
• Strong analytical, problem solving, organizational and interpersonal skills
• Ability to multitask, work under pressure and meet tight deadlines

What is required of you:

• Bachelor's Degree in appropriate field of study: (Finance, Accounting, Economics) or (Management/Business Administration/Communications)
• Experience with business analysis, and financial modeling, understanding of financial statements and project management
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel (pivot tables, v-lookups, etc)
• Working knowledge of GAAP accounting and financial principles
• Project management/strategic planning experience - ability to manage several projects/people simultaneously
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to work independently without close supervision
• Possess enhanced organizational, leadership, management and multi-tasking skills
• Proven ability to multitask, work under pressure, and meet tight deadlines
• Great learning skills and curiosity
• Enjoy investigating issues, finding simplicity, and identifying innovative solutions.
• Experience using Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, data visualization shows and Smartsheet is a plus

There's no perfect candidate. You don't need all the preferred qualifications to make a valuable impact on our team. Our employees and customers come from diverse backgrounds, so if you're passionate about what you could achieve at Vonage, we'd love to hear from you.

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Who we are:

Vonage is a global cloud communications leader. And your talent will further help brands - such as Airbnb, Viber, WhatsApp, and Snapchat - accelerate their digital transformation through our fully programmable-based unified communications, contact center solutions, and communications APIs. Ready to innovate? Then join us today.

Note: The purpose of this profile is to provide a general summary of essential responsibilities for the position and is not meant as an exhaustive list. Assignments may differ for individuals within the same role based on business conditions, departmental need or geographic location.

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