Financial Analyst (Transformation Office)

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