Sr Finance Manager – Channelization & Distribution

This highly visible role drives the creation and socialization of key volume drivers that influence monthly sales targets, forecasts for commissions and OpEx, and long-range planning for FP&A. As an individual contributor within the FP&A Field Sales team, you’ll own the organization-wide channelization of the subscriber activation and device upgrade forecasts for consumer sales channels. You’ll also play an active role in long-range planning for channel mix strategy and store distribution for T-Mobile’s brick and mortar fleet. In addition to consolidating the guidance of business owners across the T-Mobile sales organization, you’ll be directly responsible for the bottoms-up development of sales volume forecasts for the Digital/Web, Customer Care, and Telesales channels, as well as multiple other emerging programs and new sales channels. You’ll be the subject matter expert for all things channel-related, providing guidance to leadership on the performance of our sales channels, evolving trends, and upcoming impacts to the business. This will include ongoing forecasting, scenario analysis, business case evaluation. You’ll also be a resource to other teams and business groups, providing guidance for their forecasting and planning operations. This role provides necessary glue that keeps FP&A’s various business groups operating in harmony. The role is an individual contributor and does not manage people. This position can be located in Bellevue, WA; Frisco, TX or Overland Park, KS. Bachelors Degree in Finance, Business Administration, Management, Accounting, Economics, Engineering 7-10 years experience in in Analytics and Planning. 2-4 years experience with project management or other indirect leadership situations. 2-4 years experience in IBM Planning Analytics, Cognos TM1, or similar performance management system. 2-4 years experience with SQL query languages. 2-4 years Wireless Telecom or similar subscription-based work experience preferred Extensive experience as a Subject Matter Expert in business case development, complex financial modeling preferred. Experience with forecasting/analyzing cash flow preferred Experience in forecasting/budgeting/internal reporting in a publicly held company preferred. Lead the development, maintenance, and socialization of bottoms-up channel activation and upgrade forecasts for the Digital, Care, and Telesales sales channels, by working directly with business partners to understand the drivers of their business, adapt to changes in their operating model, respond to internal and external shocks to their business. Work in partnership with teammates and their business partners to update and consolidate forecasts, actuals, and variance analysis for all other consumer sales channels. Maintain continuous outreach and partnership with the business to monitor emerging products and programs that will expand existing sales channels and define new ones. Provide monthly reporting and narrative updates to FP&A leadership on the evolution of the customer forecast and take responsibility for loading forecast outcomes to data systems (IBM Planning Analytics/Cognos TM1). Use statistical and financial modeling techniques to analyze results and identify variances and underlying causes, opportunities, and risks. Provide actionable insights around trends, performance, and impacts to long-range planning goals to Senior Management, including suggestions for course correction. Serve as a resource for other teams and organizations, providing insights and expertise where necessary to keep the business aligned on assumptions about channel strategy and growth. Work internally and with strategic partners to ensure processes and procedures are in place for alignment on data sources, in pursuit of a single source of truth. Ensure that forecasts/budgets reflect current policies/procedures/assumptions. Utilize analytical and modeling capability to perform scenario and sensitivity analysis to enhance decision making across a range of options and present findings and recommendations for prioritization of resources to all levels of the organization. Lead the development of key performance indicators and benchmarks across accounts, markets, business units, and channels in support of long-range planning; develop process for measurement and reporting; communicate results to leadership via dashboards and reports. Equal Employment Opportunity We take equal opportunity seriously—by choice. T-Mobile USA, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All decisions concerning the employment relationship will be made without regard to age, race, ethnicity, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, religious affiliation, marital status, citizenship status, veteran status, the presence of any physical or mental disability, or any other status or characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. Discrimination, retaliation or harassment based upon any of these factors is wholly inconsistent with how we do business and will not be tolerated.