Finance Director

Ziply Fiber; Kirkland (WA); On-site; USD 160,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Ziply Fiber, headquartered in Kirkland, WA, seeks a Director of Finance to scale a fast-growing company through FP&A leadership for the U.S. fiber build and operations.

You will provide financial modeling, insights, and reporting, partnering with Ziply and Bell Canada executives and cross‑functional teams to influence strategic decisions. The ideal candidate will bring strong analytical skills, experience in leading high‑performing teams, and a track record of delivering actionable financial

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or related field.
• Minimum of ten years of financial planning & analysis experience.
• Minimum of five years of people leadership experience with high-performing teams.
• Advanced proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint; strong presentations.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategic planning, five-year plan, operating/capital budgets, and company strategy.
• Collaborate with units to understand financial performance and drive action plans.
• Prepare and present materials to Ziply and Bell Canada executives; manage stakeholder relationships.
• Handle confidential information with sound judgment and discretion.
• Perform other duties to support business needs.

Skills

Excel

PowerPoint

PowerBI

SQL

Alteryx

Anaplan

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or related field

Job description

Our Company Values:

• Genuinely Caring: We treat customers and colleagues like neighbors, with empathy and full attention.
• Empowering You: We help customers choose what is best for them, and we support employees in implementing new ideas and solutions.
• Innovation and Improvement: We constantly seek ways to improve how we serve customers and each other.
• Earning Your Trust: We build trust through clear, honest, human communication.

Ziply Fiber is a local internet service provider dedicated to elevating the connected lives of the communities we serve. We offer the fastest home internet in the nation, a refreshingly great customer experience, and affordable plans that put customers in charge.

As our state-of-the-art fiber network expands, so does our need for team members who can help us grow and realize our goals.

Job Summary

The Director, Finance will help scale a fast-growing company by serving as the financial planning and analysis liaison with Bell Canada. The Director provides financial insights, modeling, and reporting to support Ziply’s U.S. fiber build and overall operations. The role offers broad visibility across the organization and the opportunity to deliver insights that meaningfully impact the business. The ideal candidate is a team player with strong analytical and modeling skills who enjoys solving complex problems.

To be considered for this role you must live within commuting distance of our office in Kirkland, WA.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

The Essential Duties and Responsibilities listed below are a range of duties performed by the employee and not intended to reflect all duties performed.

Strategic Planning & Financial Leadership

• Collaborate with Ziply leadership team to drive the annual planning process including five-year plan, operating budget, capital budget, and company strategy.
• Support Ziply operating expense and subsidiary FP&A function
• Assess ROI for capital expenditures and other business investments.
• Provide thorough and thoughtful financial analysis to drive better informed decision-making.

Business Partnership & Reporting

• Partner with business units to understand financial performance and develop/ implement action plans to achieve objectives.
• Partner with Accounting team in developing relevant and timely financial reporting for business leaders.

Stakeholder Relations & Communication

• Frequently prepare and present materials to senior Ziply and Bell Canada executives
• Cultivate and sustain effective working relationships between Bell Canada and Ziply.

Confidentiality & Professional Judgment

• Manage sensitive information and exercise excellent judgement and discretion.

Other Duties

• Performs other duties as required to support the business and evolving organization.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or related field.
• Minimum of ten (10) years’ experience in financial planning and analysis.
• Minimum of five (5) years of people leadership experience, including managing and developing high-performing teams.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel (including financial modeling) and Microsoft PowerPoint for creating and delivering impactful presentations.
• Experience with PowerBI, SQL, Alteryx, and Anaplan considered an asset for the role
• Experience with treasury function considered an asset
• Strong ability to communicate complex financial models in a clear, simplified manner for diverse audiences.
• Hands‑on and detailed oriented but also be able to see the big picture.
• Collaborative and service focused, comfortable working across all organizational levels.
• Flexible and adaptive in a rapidly changing environment.
• Self-starter with the ability to work independently and achieve desired performance metrics.

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior leadership experience within the telecommunications industry.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Ability to work independently and apply sound judgment and reasoning skills to a variety of situations.
• Ability to multi-task and collaborate effectively with other personnel to meet deadlines.
• Strong verbal and written communication, attention to detail, and organizational skills.
• Ability to work within critical deadlines.
• Ability to adjust to rapidly changing priorities and schedules.
• Ability to provide excellent customer service.

Work Authorization

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the US for any employer. Sponsorship is not available for this position.

Physical Requirements

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Essential and marginal functions may require maintaining physical condition necessary for bending, stooping, sitting, walking, or standing for prolonged periods of time; most of time is spent sitting in a comfortable position with frequent opportunity to move about. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Work is performed in an office setting with exposure to computer screens and requires extensive use of a computer, keyboard, mouse, and multi-line telephone system. The work is primarily a modern office setting.

At all times, Ziply Fiber must be your primary employer. Unless otherwise prohibited by law, employees may not hold outside employment nor be self-employed without obtaining approval in writing from Ziply Fiber. In holding outside employment or self-employment, employees should ensure that participation does not conflict with responsibilities to Ziply Fiber or its business interests.

Diverse Workforce / EEO

Ziply Fiber is an equal opportunity employer. Ziply Fiber will consider all qualified candidates regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, gender, age, marital status, sexual orientation, veteran status, and the presence of a non-job-related handicap or disability or any other legally protected status.

Ziply Fiber requires a pre-employment background check as conditions of employment. Ziply Fiber may require a pre-employment drug screening.