Senior FP&A Analyst: Budgeting, Forecasting & Board Prep

Centerline Communications LLC; United States; On-site; USD 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) plan

Referral bonuses

Generous PTO

Job summary

Centerline Communications LLC is seeking an experienced finance professional to own budget, forecasting, and variance management for corporate, wireline and wireless segments. The role leads the full annual budget cycle and continues into monthly reforecasting with executive leadership to ensure timely, accurate financial planning across all functions.

The position requires 3–5 years FP&A experience, strong Excel modeling, and ability to coordinate with senior leaders and the Controller.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or related field.
• 3–5 years of FP&A, financial planning, or budget/forecasting experience.
• Strong analytical skills with variance analysis, forecasting, and cost allocation methodology.
• Proven ability to manage competing deadlines across multiple stakeholders and leaders.
• Comfort working with senior leadership and board-level materials.
• Strong communication and relationship-building across HR, IT, Sales, Marketing, Legal, and other groups.
• Advanced Excel/financial modeling; experience with budgeting or FP&A software is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Own budget coordination and variance management.
• Learn and apply the corporate budget methodology and templates, coordinating with the Controller on structure and cost center setup.
• Validate that targets align with function-level capabilities, and brief all functions on submission requirements, process, and deadlines.
• Coordinate budget submissions, validating allocations and assumptions for completeness and accuracy.
• Identify outliers or inconsistencies in function submissions and resolve directly with function leaders as needed.
• Support First Pass review by explaining function assumptions, and incorporate feedback from leadership.
• Perform final QA of corporate data ahead of executive/board review.
• Lead final sign-off and board presentation support.
• Track variance on an ongoing basis, including managing benefits inflation, IT spending, and shared cost allocations.
• Provide ongoing support to function leaders, answering questions and resolving allocation or data issues.

Skills

FP&A experience

Forecasting

Budgeting

Cost allocation

Excel modeling

Communication

Stakeholder management

Education

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

Tools

Excel

FP&A software

ERP systems

Job description

Centerline Communications LLC is seeking an experienced finance professional to own budget, forecasting, and variance management for corporate, wireline and wireless segments. The role leads the full annual budget cycle and continues into monthly reforecasting with executive leadership to ensure timely, accurate financial planning across all functions.

The position requires 3–5 years FP&A experience, strong Excel modeling, and ability to coordinate with senior leaders and the Controller.