Analyst I - Finance - Littleton, CO or Monroe, LA

Job Description

About CenturyLink
CenturyLink (NYSE: CTL) is the second largest U.S. communications provider to global enterprise customers. With customers in more than 60 countries and an intense focus on the customer experience, CenturyLink strives to be the world’s best networking company by solving customers’ increased demand for reliable and secure connections. The company also serves as its customers’ trusted partner, helping them manage increased network and IT complexity and providing managed network and cyber security solutions that help protect their business.

This position will support inventory reconciliation, asset management, invoicing, billing and reporting. This position reviews and approves all invoice payables to ensure compliance associated with rates, counts, payment terms, accounting, and supporting documentation. This position also issues all recurring billing for annual rental billing cycles as well as reviews and approves all billing prepared by others. This position also reviews and prepares entries as required related to cost recovery associated with field activities and works associated collections. The position works with customers both internally and externally related to asset record keeping, payables, receivables and collections .

• Responsible for the review and audit of invoice payable against contracts terms.
• Calculation of rates in accordance with Regulatory, FCC, CPI/HWI Index standards
• Works with internal stakeholders to provide reporting of expenses and revenue to make informed business decisions
• Becomes a subject matter expert with Utility Attachment contracts performing system quality audits regarding rates and contract tersm.
• Assists with invoice disputes/escalations relative to contract terms.. Collaboratively works with team members to identify improvement opportunities for reducing invoice coding exceptions.
• Identifies non-compliant Vendor situations and develops corrective action plans to ensure CenturyLink’s invoicing procedures are properly followed.
• Business partner to internal/external customers related to operational business practices and financial data processes.
• Performs cost analysis and metrics reporting. Manages the performance of CenturyLink’s Payment Provider and leads Quarterly Business Reviews.
• Quickly and efficiently prioritizes and resolves issues that may impact related field operations and deployment schecules related to financial obligations.
• Responsible for developing and maintaining productivity and performance reports, trend analysis, and delivering to expected SLA’s.

• 1+ years related financial experience with accounts payable and receivables
• Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Operations, Contract Management preferred
• Must have excellent written and oral communication skills
• Analytical / problem solving skills
• Proven ability to work in a fast-paced, high-volume environment
• Continuous improvement mindset, familiar with lean principles a plus
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and solve issues
• Skilled in Microsoft Office Programs, specifically Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, and Visio
• Ability to maintain accuracy and strong attention to detail
• Effective communication skills, both written and verbal
• Ability to organize workload and quickly adapt to change to meet business needs

Alternate Location: US-Colorado-Littleton

Requisition # : 216166

This job may require successful completion of an online assessment. A brief description of the assessments can be viewed on our website at http://find.centurylink.jobs/testguides/

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Disclaimer

The above job definition information has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. Job duties and responsibilities are subject to change based on changing business needs and conditions.