FP&A Senior Project Manager

We are searching for an experienced FP&A Senior Project Manager at our Palmer HQ facility.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

SUMMARY OF POSITION'S ROLE

The Senior Project Manager, Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A), leads complex, cross-functional financial and strategic initiatives that support organizational priorities and executive decision-making.

This role combines project management, financial analysis, business partnership, and strategic execution. The Senior Project Manager works across Finance and operational departments to develop business cases, coordinate financial planning initiatives, manage strategic projects, evaluate investments, track financial outcomes, and ensure projects move from analysis to execution.

Reporting within the FP&A function, this position serves as a bridge between Finance, operational leaders, and executive leadership, bringing structure, accountability, and financial discipline to key organizational initiatives.

SPECIFIC TASK DESCRIPTION

Strategic Project Management

• Lead high-impact financial and operational projects from initial concept through implementation and post-project evaluation.
• Develop project plans, timelines, milestones, deliverables, dependencies, and accountability.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams involving Finance, Accounting, Operations, Iside Plant, Outside Plant, IT, Marketing, and other departments.
• Identify project risks, roadblocks, resource constraints, and financial impacts and escalate issues appropriately.
• Facilitate project meetings and maintain clear documentation of decisions, responsibilities, and next steps.
• Provide concise project-status reporting to FP&A and executive leadership.

Business Case & Financial Analysis

• Develop and coordinate financial business cases for strategic initiatives, capital investments, new products and services, technology investments, and other organizational priorities.
• Partner with FP&A leadership to develop financial models evaluating revenue, operating costs, capital investment, cash flow, and return on investment.
• Perform sensitivity and scenario analysis to identify major financial risks and decision points.
• Coordinate assumptions across departments and ensure financial models are supported by clearly documented business assumptions.
• Translate financial analysis into clear recommendations for decision-makers.

Capital Planning & Investment Management

• Support the development and management of the organization's long-range capital plan.
• Coordinate financial evaluation of significant capital projects and strategic investments.
• Partner with operational stakeholders to establish project assumptions, expected benefits, costs, timelines, and performance measures.
• Monitor major investments against approved budgets and business cases.
• Conduct post-project reviews comparing actual financial and operational results with original expectations.
• Identify lessons learned that can improve future capital and business-case decisions.

Financial Planning & Forecast

Support

• Support annual budgeting, rolling forecasts, and long-range financial planning.
• Coordinate planning inputs from departments and ensure assumptions are documented and internally consistent.
• Analyze significant budget-to-actual and forecast-to-actual variances.
• Assist FP&A leadership in identifying emerging financial risks and opportunities.
• Help translate operational plans and project activity into financial forecasts.

Business Partnership

• Serve as a finance partner to operational and department leaders on major initiatives.
• Help project owners understand the financial implications of operating decisions.
• Facilitate conversations between Finance and operational teams when assumptions, priorities, or financial expectations differ.
• Challenge assumptions constructively and ensure decisions are supported by reliable financial and operational information.
• Help departments establish measurable financial and operational success criteria for major initiatives.

Executive & Board Decision

Support

• Prepare financial analyses, project updates, dashboards, and executive-level presentations.
• Summarize complex projects into clear recommendations, alternatives, financial impacts, risks, and decision points.
• Support development of materials for executive leadership, Finance Committee, and Board discussions as appropriate.
• Maintain tracking of major strategic initiatives and associated financial commitments.
• Other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, Economics, Project Management, or related field.
• 7+ years of experience in project management, FP&A, corporate finance, strategic finance, business analysis, or related roles.
• 5+ years experience in telecommunications, broadband, utilities, cooperatives, or another capital-intensive industry. Demonstrated experience managing complex cross-functional projects.
• Strong financial and analytical skills with the ability to understand financial statements, budgets, forecasts, and business cases.
• Strong Excel and financial modeling capabilities.
• Excellent organizational and project-management skills.
• Strong written, verbal, facilitation, and presentation skills.
• Ability to communicate effectively with both financial and non-financial stakeholders.
• Experience with Power BI or other business intelligence/reporting tools.
• Experience evaluating capital projects, major technology investments, or strategic initiatives.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• PMP or similar project-management certification.
• MBA, CPA, CMA, or related finance credential.

*full (PDF) job description available upon request*

Employment Type: Full - Time

Compensation Type: Annual Salary