Operations Planning Manager

Summary

Join Brightspeed as an Operations Planning Manager and contribute to program and project initiatives across a 20-state footprint. You will partner with field operations and project managers, providing analytics, financial support, and project tracking for operational expense reduction. This role involves leading financial and project report-out meetings, contributing to executive presentations, and assisting in business case development. You will also perform financial and operational trend analyses and partner with middle management to identify process improvement opportunities. The position requires strong analytical, communication, and decision-making skills, along with experience in financial or operational analysis within the telecommunications industry.

Requirements

• Be comfortable making multi-million dollar decisions on behalf of the company and be confident in explaining the data driven rationale behind those decisions
• Bachelor’s degree in business, finance, or equivalent working experience
• 5+ years of experience in a financial or operational analyst role – preferably experience in Financial Planning & Analytics (FP&A)
• Prior experience creating and participating in executive level presentations
• Ability to perform deep-dive operational and financial analyses using tools such as Excel, Power BI, Microsoft Office Suite, etc
• Effective communication skills, both written and oral
• The ability to perform in high-pressure, deadline driven environments

Responsibilities

• Lead a regular cadence of financial and project report-out meetings with the Field Operations Managers and the Network Transformation team seeking to identify, track, and summarize our key initiatives and status of our operational expense reduction efforts
• Be a main contributor to, and participant in, regularly scheduled executive presentations
• Assist in business case development, validation, and implementation
• Lead several initiative teams, providing direction to participants and partners based on findings and changes in the business
• Perform financial and operational trend analyses that will be widely distributed to SLT leadership
• Partner with middle management to identify opportunity areas for processes and procedures related to reporting and operational effectiveness
• Monitor and analyze operational drivers of key performance indicators
• Support the VP and Director of Business Operations Support with weekly, monthly, and quarterly reporting as needed

Preferred Qualifications

Prior exposure to the telecommunications business with an in-depth understanding of telecom fundamentals and industry basics

Benefits

• Competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits
• Paid time off programs
• Competitive medical, dental, vision, and life insurance
• An employee assistance program
• A 401K plan with company match
• A host of voluntary benefits
• Remote, hybrid, office or field-based work options