Financial Analyst

Financial Analyst

About Conterra

Conterra Networks creates custom technology-based network solutions for businesses of all sizes nationwide. For over 25 years our team of local professionals have been designing, building, and managing our 11,000+ mile owned and operated fiber network.

We are committed to providing fiber-driven solutions for even the highest-bandwidth consuming organizations, and to employing and empowering highly qualified people to serve you better than any other provider.

Fiber driven. People powered.

Our slogan reinforces our customer commitment. Conterra delivers the network, but it is our people-and how much we care before, during, and after the build-that truly sets us apart.

As we continue to expand our business, we are looking for talented people with a creative mindset, a knack for problem-solving, a collaborative work ethic, and a passion for customer service to join our team.

And that’s where you come in.

This position is based at the headquarters in Charlotte.

Position reports to:

Manager - Financial Planning & Analysis

The position is a unique opportunity to:

Provide financial insights and projections to the senior management team. You will help lead the development of tools and reporting repositories to effectively collect, distribute and evaluate company performance.

You will provide reliable data and KPI analysis to assess the health of operations, identify opportunities and risks to the company’s return on investment, and to be used in decision-making and planning.

You will prepare accurate monthly financial reports and forecasts with a focus on improving automation, reducing manual effort, and increasing time spent on analysis and business insights, assist in the preparation of presentations that provide thoughtful analysis, identify action items, and effectively frame decisions that need to be made.

You will drive process improvement across the company that aids in the complete and accurate capture of data, optimizes expense and capital spend, and helps drive revenue and customer satisfaction.

You will contribute to the Finance organization’s continued evolution toward more automated, insight-driven, and technology-enabled decision support.

To be successful in this position

You possess a strong understanding of organizational structure, policies, and operations, and offer recommendations and solutions to improve business processes and data.

You are passionate about accuracy and presentation of reporting, pursuing root causes behind operational gaps, and driving implementation of best practices that improve insight, not just reporting output.

You demonstrate curiosity and adaptability in adopting new tools and technologies, including AI, to enhance analysis and decision support, while exercising sound judgment, validation, and professional skepticism in the use of outputs.

You must excel at engineering efficient, effective reporting models. You can manipulate, troubleshoot, modify, and trace the lineage of formulas in Excel models is critical to success.

You work constructively up and down the organizational chart, demonstrating exemplary interpersonal skills, establishing trust, and gaining commitment to project goals and deliverables.

You are knowledgeable of ROI methodologies for capital intense companies, understanding the interdependency of capital spend and subscription-based revenue generation.

You are well organized, capable of prioritizing and juggling multiple deliverables, and able to remain calm under stress.

What you will be doing

• Utilize and continue to enhance existing and future reporting models within the CPM/reporting environment for distribution and consumption partnering with senior FP&A leadership to transition repeatable reporting out of Excel where appropriate.
• Analyze, define, and develop business processes, methods, and tools to simplify and enhance management reporting and analysis with the goal of enabling more forward-looking insights, scenario analysis, and decision support for the business.
• Assist in maintaining data integrity across ERP, CPM, and reporting tools by identifying inconsistencies, partnering with data and systems teams, and helping to implement controls and validation checks.
• Support and help drive the production of monthly board reporting packages including financial, sales, forecast, and operational results with an emphasis on accuracy, consistency, and reduction of manual preparation effort over time.
• Monitor actual financial performance against budgeted and forecasted figures, providing timely and insightful variance analysis including identification of key drivers, recurring versus non-recurring impacts, and emerging risks or opportunities.
• Support with monthly reporting and analysis, identifying changes to workflow practices that aid reporting, collaborating with upstream owners to improve data quality, timeliness, and analytical usefulness
• Support forecast, reforecast, and scenario analysis activities, including sensitivity analyses related to revenue growth, margin performance, capital deployment, and operational execution.
• Partner with internal stakeholders (e.g., Sales, Network Operations, and Service Delivery) to translate financial and operational data into clear, actionable insights that support decision-making.
• Leverage emerging technologies, including AI-enabled tools, where appropriate to improve the efficiency, quality, and insight of financial analysis and reporting, while adhering to Company policies related to data security, confidentiality, and model governance.

What you will need

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance or related field
• 3+ years’ experience in Accounting and/or FP&A
• Intermediate or better PowerBI and SQL skills
• Advanced Excel skills, particularly in relation to designing and maintaining financial models
• Experience working with an ERP system and financial reporting or CPM platforms (e.g., Dynamics 365 F&O, Vena, or similar)
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Ability to simplify the explanation of complex concepts
• Strong attention to detail and quality of presentations
• Self-motivation and proven problem solving skills
• Resourceful, flexible and ability to maintain composure and positive attitude under pressure

What we offer

• Core values that embody teamwork, integrity, and excellence
• A super talented team who values hard work and success
• Work/ Life Balance
• Premium health benefits (medical, dental, vision, flex spending, etc.)
• Flexible and generous PTO schedule + paid holiday schedule
• 401K program

Diversity & Inclusion

Conterra celebrates and supports diversity for the benefit of our employees, our business, and our community. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and a workplace which leverages and thrives on the diversity and inclusion of everyone on our team to drive excellence throughout our organization.