Manager, Finance

Crown Castle; Houston (TX); Hybrid; USD 114,000 - 157,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare benefits and HSA matching

401(k) with company contributions and,

New-child leave and parental benefits

Tuition reimbursement

Scholarship program for dependents

Matching charitable contributions

Generous paid time off and holidays

Job summary

Crown Castle is seeking a Manager, Finance (M2) to lead complex financial modeling and translate contract economics into executive narratives. The role emphasizes high-impact analyses and cross-functional coordination for the Commercial team.

You will collaborate with Commercial, Legal, Operations, Accounting, BI, and Finance to validate terms, reconcile inputs, and assess revenue, margin, and timing of customer agreements. Hybrid work with in-office Mon–Thu and optional Fridays remote.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, or related field.
• 5+ years of relevant experience in finance, accounting, FP&A, commercial finance, revenue analysis, pricing, or financial planning.
• Advanced Excel skills with detailed financial modeling and executive-ready outputs.
• Advanced PowerPoint skills to deliver polished, concise presentations.
• Strong understanding of revenue recognition, margin analysis, forecasting, and cash flow timing.
• Experience interpreting contract terms, billing details, and financial results to identify drivers, risks, and opportunities.

Responsibilities

• Build, maintain, and enhance complex financial models for strategic commercial activities.
• Translate modeling outputs into concise, compelling presentations for executive leadership.
• Own the workflow of analytical projects: intake questions, modeling approach, inputs, timelines, and delivery.
• Collaborate with Commercial, Legal, Operations, Accounting, BI, and Finance to validate terms and reconcile inputs.
• Analyze customer agreement structures for revenue, expenses, margin, timing, and billing implications.
• Develop and maintain customer pricing models, compare to historical pricing and terms.
• Support pricing governance by identifying inconsistencies and advising on pricing strategy.
• Contribute to revenue assurance by reviewing terms, billing, and pricing conditions.
• Identify revenue leakage or discrepancies and drive cross-functional resolution.
• Prepare recurring and ad hoc analyses on customer performance, run-rate revenue, and forecast impacts.
• Summarize data from multiple sources; improve data quality, documentation, and controls.

Skills

Financial modeling

Advanced Excel

PowerPoint

Cross-functional collaboration

Executive storytelling

Attention to detail

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance/Accounting/Economics/Business

MBA/CFA/CPA preferred

Tools

ERP systems

Contract management systems

BI tools

Job description

POSITION TITLE: Manager, Finance (M2)

For more than three decades, Crown Castle has led the way in shared communications infrastructure, delivering profitable solutions by connecting communities, businesses, and people, and enabling each to thrive with reliable access to voice and data in more places, faster than ever before. When you join Crown Castle, you become part of a dynamic team of passionate and collaborative professionals engaging in complex challenges and contributing to projects that shape the future of life and work.

About The Role

The Manager, Finance will be responsible for managing critical finance processes, developing extensive financial models, and translating complex customer agreement economics into concise, executive-level business narratives. This role requires ownership of high-impact analytical workstreams, process discipline, cross-functional coordination, and polished presentation materials that support Crown Castle’s Commercial team.

The successful candidate will combine strong finance and accounting acumen with advanced financial modeling, presentation development, cross-functional collaboration, and the ability to communicate the financial, operational, and strategic drivers of complex agreements into simple narratives. This person should be comfortable working independently, gathering assumptions across stakeholder groups, reconciling data from multiple sources, identifying key risks and opportunities, and producing decision-ready analysis under tight timelines.

What You Will Do

• Build, maintain, and enhance complex financial models supporting strategic commercial activities, including scenario analysis, sensitivity analysis, cash flow timing, revenue impacts, expense assumptions, contract economics, and enterprise financial implications.
• Translate detailed financial modeling outputs into concise, compelling presentations that tell the business story, highlight key assumptions, summarize risks and opportunities, and clearly communicate the financial and commercial takeaways for executive leadership.
• Own process management for assigned analytical workstreams, including intake of business questions, development of modeling approaches, coordination of inputs, timeline management, version control, quality review, and delivery of final analysis.
• Partner with Commercial, Legal, Operations, Accounting, Business Intelligence, and Finance stakeholders to gather assumptions, validate contract terms, reconcile financial inputs, and ensure analysis reflects the best available data.
• Analyze customer agreement structures to assess revenue, expense, margin, timing, billing, and operational implications, with a focus on clear decision support and disciplined process execution.
• Develop and maintain customer pricing models, inclusive of comparing proposed pricing to historical pricing, contracted terms, cost-to-serve assumptions, volume commitments, escalation mechanics, and profitability objectives.
• Support pricing governance and controls by identifying pricing inconsistencies, documenting assumptions, evaluating margin impacts, and recommending fact-based pricing guidance that balances competitiveness, profitability, and revenue integrity.
• Support revenue assurance efforts by reviewing contract terms, billing outputs, customer activity, pricing conditions, and operational handoffs to help ensure the company captures all revenue due under negotiated agreements.
• Investigate potential revenue leakage, billing discrepancies, missed escalators, customer-specific terms, or process gaps; quantify financial exposure and partner with stakeholders to drive resolution.
• Prepare recurring and ad hoc analysis related to customer agreement performance, run-rate revenue, forecast impacts, and pricing outcomes.
• Reconcile and summarize data from multiple financial, operational, contract, and reporting sources; identify data quality issues and recommend process improvements to improve accuracy, repeatability, and confidence in outputs.
• Serve as a finance subject matter expert for assigned processes, providing guidance on modeling methodology, accounting considerations, financial impacts, reporting needs, and analytical best practices.
• Drive continuous improvement by simplifying manual processes, standardizing templates, improving documentation, and strengthening controls around modeling and pricing.
• Balance accuracy, speed, and business judgment to deliver high-quality analysis and presentation materials within compressed timelines.

What You Will Need To Succeed

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, or a related field.
• 5+ years of relevant experience in finance, accounting, FP&A, commercial finance, revenue analysis, pricing, or financial planning roles.
• Advanced Excel skills with demonstrated experience building detailed financial models, scenario analyses, sensitivity tables, and executive-ready outputs.
• Advanced PowerPoint skills with the ability to create polished presentations that simplify complex analysis and communicate a clear storyline.
• Strong understanding of financial and accounting concepts, including revenue recognition considerations, expense classification, margin analysis, forecasting, variance analysis, and cash flow timing.
• Demonstrated ability to interpret contract terms, operational data, billing details, and financial results to identify key drivers, risks, and opportunities.
• Experience supporting customer pricing, contract economics, or commercial finance.
• Experience developing standardized financial models, process documentation, executive presentation templates, and recurring management reporting.
• Excellent analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills with high attention to detail.
• Strong communication and stakeholder partnership skills, including the ability to influence without direct authority and collaborate across functions.

Preferred Qualifications

• MBA, CFA, CPA, or other advanced coursework and certifications in finance, accounting, analytics, or a related discipline.
• Experience with major ERP, contract management, business intelligence, planning, or reporting systems.

Organizational Relationship

Reports to: Director, Finance

Title(s) of Direct Reports (if applicable): N/A

Where You Will Work

This role falls into our hybrid work model working in the office on Monday through Thursday. On Fridays, teammates have the option to work from the office or home. There is an expectation of collaboration with teammates and stakeholders for moments that matter that could require travel.

Your Company Benefits

At Crown Castle, we do our best to ensure you have access to the resources you need to live a healthy and happy life no matter where you are in life. Our benefits are built around your individual needs, covering physical, mental, and financial health and designed to enhance your quality of life.

• Comprehensive healthcare plans with highly company subsidized premiums and up to $2,000 annual company contribution to your Health Savings Account (HSA base plan for employee and dependents).
• Market-leading 401(k) plan, which includes up to 10% company contributions through our 5% match and 5% profit sharing program (based on employee contributions).
• New-child leave up to 8 weeks of 100% paid leave upon birth or legal adoption of a new child. Birth mothers are eligible for up to 8 weeks of additional 100% paid medical leave.
• Tuition reimbursement up to $5,250 per year of eligible tuition and fees.
• Crown Castle scholarship program awarding up to $10,000 per recipient each year for eligible dependent children of employees and interns.
• Matching charitable contributions to qualified charitable organizations of up to $1,000 per year per teammate.
• Generous paid time-off for eligible full-time employees (minimum 18 days per year based on years of service).
• 10 company holidays plus 2 floating holiday.
• All offices provide free beverages and snacks.

Compensation

The salary range offered for this position is $114200 - $157100 annually. A candidate's offer is determined by various factors including but not limited to, depth of experience, role-related knowledge and skills, relevant education or training, internal alignment, and work location. Depending on the position offered, the compensation package may also include incentive compensation opportunities in the form of a discretionary annual cash bonus or commissions, and equity incentives.

Additional Information

We do not accept resumes from agencies, headhunters, or other third-party suppliers who have not signed a formal agreement with us. This position will remain posted until filled.