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