Job Description

Department Summary

DISH is a Fortune 250 company with more than $14 billion in annual revenue that continues to redefine the communications industry. Our legacy is innovation and a willingness to challenge the status quo, including reinventing ourselves. We disrupted the pay-TV industry in the mid-90s with the launch of the DISH satellite TV service, taking on some of the largest U.S. corporations in the process, and grew to be the fourth-largest pay-TV provider. We are doing it again with the first live, internet-delivered TV service – Sling TV – that bucks traditional pay-TV norms and gives consumers a truly new way to access and watch television.

Now we have our sights set on upending the wireless industry and unseating the entrenched incumbent carriers.

We are driven by curiosity, pride, adventure, and a desire to win – it’s in our DNA. We’re looking for people with boundless energy, intelligence, and an overwhelming need to achieve to join our team as we embark on the next chapter of our story.

Opportunity is here. We are DISH.

Job Duties and Responsibilities

The Billing and Credit department supports the needs of DISH subscribers, agents, installers, and external departments by providing up front analysis for enterprise releases, initiatives, and projects. The department also provides support for back office operations and processes. The department is comprised of multiple facets with specific focus on targeted operational objectives that include, but are not limited to:

Billing Accuracy
Credit Qualification
Customer Payments
Customer Fraud and Revenue Assurance
Customer Delinquency, Collections, and Bankruptcy
Customer Installation Damage Claims
Third Party Provider Payments

The Financial Analyst will monitor daily financial activity, produce weekly and monthly reporting, forecast, and complete financial analysis. Additionally, they will analyze the financial impact of enterprise projects and make recommendations based on that analysis. While this is a Financial Analyst role, this role will have a particular focus on the Accounting side of the team, however there will also be some light forecasting and budgeting responsibilities.

Key Responsibilities:

Develops a thorough understanding of their financial area in order to serve as the Subject Matter Expert, which involves the communication of financial results within and outside of the department, identifying areas of improvement, and working with operations teams to help them understand financial impacts
Communicates monthly departmental accruals and invoices, as well as quarterly purchase order requests, to the Accounting department
Monitors and reports on financial activity, and effectively communicates any outliers
Identify trends in the financial results to facilitate strategic business decisions
Works well as both an autonomous contributor and member of a larger analytical team, while also working cross-functionally with other departments
Creates detailed and accurate forecasts to facilitate future business decisions
Works well with deadlines, while also being able to adapt well to change in a dynamic business environment
Reconciles financials and resolves variances with the Accounting department during the month-end process
Effectively communicates monthly financial results to department and company leadership
Completes cost-benefit analysis for enterprise projects to understand the financial impact
Create ad-hoc reports as requested in a timely and accurate manner, assist leadership with various tasks and items as needed, comply with all company policies and departmental procedures, ensuring honest and ethical conduct at all times while maintaining a positive attitude

Skills, Experience and Requirements

Education:  Bachelor's degree from four-year college or university and 1 year experience in a finance related role; or equivalent combination of education and experience

Skills and Qualifications:

Experience with analytical reporting, data analysis, forecasting, and making recommendations based off of gathered information
Natural curiosity to explore complex problems and offer well-thought out solutions; ability to work in fast-paced environment
Advanced-level skill and experience with Microsoft Excel
SQL experience preferred, but not required
Ability to read and interpret documents such as contracts, procedures and instructions, write routine reports and correspondence, speak effectively before groups of vendors and fellow employees
Ability to calculate figures and amounts, define problems, collect data, establish facts, draw valid conclusions, interpret an extensive variety of technical and non-technical instructions, and deal with several abstract and concrete variables