Financial Analyst

Ritter Communications is the largest privately held telecommunications provider serving exclusively the Mid-South, offering world-class broadband fiber, telecom, video, cloud and data center services. The company has grown rapidly over the years, investing millions recently in technology infrastructure and is now serving 155 communities and more than 57,000 customers in Arkansas, Texas, Missouri and Tennessee. Headquartered in Jonesboro, Arkansas, Ritter Communications invests heavily in the communities it serves by deploying proven, best-in-class infrastructure and technology, while coupling it with a world-class customer-focused experience.

General Summary:

The Financial Analyst interprets business situations in order to develop quality, timely and impactful financial analysis and effectively communicate the financial implications in a collaborative manner. This role provides key support role for development of budgets/forecasts across the organization and actively works with a variety of stakeholders, helping them to solve problems and achieve goals.

Essential Job Functions:

• Evaluates/quantifies impacts of various business scenarios and plans; provide detailed analytical support for ROI and other financial components of capital projects, new business opportunities, IT projects, sales and marketing initiatives, etc.;
• Analyzes the financial performance of the business, recognizing opportunities and concerns as they arise and consulting with other team members to develop alternatives for improving financial performance;
• Assists with the annual budget, periodic re-forecasts, and long range planning processes:
  
  
  
  • Develops budget models and templates - including revenue, cost of sales, overhead expenses, capital projects, balance sheets, cash flow;
  • Develops annual labor/benefits projections;
  • Assists/supports "budget owners" with completion of individual budget submissions;
  • Analyzes budget submissions, review for reasonableness, explain key variances - create bridges from prior projections/results;
  
  
  
  
• Administers the Budgeting and Reporting software (Adaptive Planning); Support the entire organization as the subject matter expert for Adaptive Planning;
• Identifies and implements process improvements for FP&A and related processes;
• Prepares and publishes monthly metric reports including: capital spending reports, key operational measurement reports, etc.;
• Assists in drafting budget/forecast presentations and period result communications;
• Monitors and reports monthly actual results as compared to budget, forecast, and previous year; Explains key variances in presentation format;
• Ad-hoc analysis and special projects as needed by the business.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Sound technical finance skills with a strong understanding of accounting principles and financial statement relationships;
• Experience with budgeting, financial analysis and financial modeling - supporting multiple functional areas across the organization (i.e. sales, operations, marketing, HR, IT, etc);
• Systems aptitude including specific experience with Budgeting and Reporting systems (Adaptive Planning a plus);
• Ability to extrapolate data patterns and complete timely analysis despite ambiguous or incomplete data sets;
• Ability to collect data, research and synthesize complex or diverse information with focus on problem resolution;
• Understands facts and trends impacting the business, with a thorough understanding of functional relationships and activity;
• High proficiency at spreadsheet modeling skills;
• Ability to think critically, ask effective questions, and draw appropriate conclusions;
• Instinctively review financial work to ensure data ties out, makes sense, and solves the question being asked;
• High quality output - quality assurance on one's own work;
• Analytical insight and curiosity - with a strong bias toward continuous learning;
• Ability to interface with all levels of the organization - with a collaborative, partnering mentality;
• Comfortable working on a wide variety of tasks in a fast-paced environment;
• Strong verbal and written communication skills combined with effective presentation skills;
• Strong verbal and written communication.

Education and Experience:

Bachelor's degree in Finance or Accounting is required.

Ritter Communications is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer; all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regards to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.

We strive to maintain a drug-free workplace.

We offer competitive compensation and an outstanding benefits package including health, dental, vision, cancer, accident and life insurance, short-term and long-term disability, 401(k) with company match, flexible spending accounts, free gym membership, company discounts, tuition reimbursement, paid training, paid leave, and much more!