Financial Analyst II

Position Title: Financial Analyst II

Company Summary:

Crown Castle works around the country to build and maintain the infrastructure behind the world’s most revolutionary technologies. Crown Castle owns, operates and leases more than 40,000 cell towers and over 80,000 route miles of fiber supporting small cells and fiber solutions across every major US market. This nationwide portfolio of communications infrastructure connects cities and communities to essential data, technology, and wireless service – bringing information, ideas and innovations to the people and businesses that need them. Crown Castle is an S&P 500 and Fortune 500 company and one of the largest Real Estate Investment Trusts in the United States with an enterprise value of approximately $100 billion (as of closing on March 31, 2021).

Role:

The Financial Analyst II will be responsible for building and maintaining financial models, analyzing results, identifying key drivers, risk and opportunities and being able to communicate in a clear, concise manner. The successful candidate will be entrepreneurial by nature, analytical in approach, have a demonstrated ability working with stakeholders to provide timely analysis and insights into business performance and partner with business teams to address reporting needs.  This role requires a self-starter with superb business modeling skills, a keen attention to detail, and the ability to work in a fast-paced ambiguous environment. The candidate must have the aptitude to incorporate new approaches and methodologies, while dealing with big data.

Responsibilities

• Ability to develop and maintain moderately advanced financial models and complete adhoc analysis as needed, understanding trends and developing insights.
• Financial Planning & Analysis, both near- and long-term forecasts including complex large scale capital planning. Deep dives into the 'why' and not just the numbers.
• Create and implement financial and operating performance metrics, identifying key call outs and drivers to senior management.
• Build new and improve existing finance processes to ensure data integrity and efficient analyses.
• Identify root cause of issues, propose possible solutions or improvements.
• Ability to work with senior management and explain / present financial information to non-finance professionals.

Expectations 

• Collaborative work done in a way that balances educated decision making with measured speed of implementation. 
• Partnership & influencing skills with senior leaders.
• Effective problem solving and analysis skills, combined with business acumen & strategic thinking.
• Strong analytical, financial modeling, reporting and organizational skills, attention to detail.
• A constant example of modeling Crown’s B3 values.   

Education/Certifications  

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance.
• MBA preferred in finance or related field of equivalent experience.

Experience/Minimum Requirements  

• 2-5 years of experience of relevant work experience.
• Advanced knowledge in budgeting, forecasting, developing, and working with financial models.
• Experience with major ERP accounting systems.

Organizational Relationship  

Reports to: Manager, Finance

Working Conditions: This role falls into our hybrid work model working in the office on Monday through Thursday.  On Fridays, teammates on the hybrid schedule will 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.