
Telecom Expense Manager, Analyst / Consultant
Next Generation Inc.
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: New York City • New York • United States
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Salary
💰 $75,000 - $100,000 per year
Tech Stack
About the role
- Analyze telecom expenses across wireless, voice, data, and cloud services to identify cost savings opportunities and eliminate billing inefficiencies.
- Perform detailed invoice audits to identify overcharges, discrepancies, and unused services across telecom carriers.
- Work with large datasets and reports using tools such as Tableau, Power BI, Excel, and SQL to ensure data accuracy and generate actionable insights.
- Develop and maintain reports, dashboards, and presentations to communicate findings, trends, and recommendations to leadership.
- Conduct financial analysis, budgeting, and forecasting related to telecom spend, vendor contracts, and procurement activities.
- Track and monitor telecom assets, usage, and spend, ensuring alignment between internal systems and vendor records.
- Analyze and reconcile data across systems such as ServiceNow, PeopleSoft, and telecom carrier portals.
- Identify and implement process improvements and automation opportunities to streamline telecom expense management workflows.
- Evaluate vendor contracts, invoices, and spend against budget allocations to ensure financial accuracy and compliance.
- Support vendor management activities, including invoice validation, payment tracking, and contract analysis.
- Generate and analyze zero-usage and underutilization reports to identify cost reduction opportunities.
- Perform high-volume data validation across large telecom inventories, ensuring accuracy and consistency across systems.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams including IT, Finance, Procurement, and Operations to support telecom expense management initiatives.
- Prepare forecast reports, budget tracking reports, and variance analysis for leadership review.
- Investigate and resolve discrepancies related to telecom billing, asset tracking, and financial reporting.
- Stay current with emerging telecom technologies and expense management best practices.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Information Systems, or related field (or equivalent experience).
- 10+ years of experience
- Experience in Telecom Expense Management (TEM) including auditing telecom invoices managing wireless & wired services and optimizing telecom spend.
- Strong expertise in data analytics and financial analysis, with the ability to interpret large datasets and identify trends and cost-saving opportunities.
- Advanced proficiency in Excel (pivot tables, complex formulas), databases, and reporting tools such as Tableau and Power BI.
- Experience working with ServiceNow and PeopleSoft for reporting, asset tracking, and financial analysis.
- Familiarity with SQL and data querying techniques.
- Proven ability to analyze large-scale data reports, financial systems, and telecom usage datasets.
- Strong experience in invoice analysis, vendor payments, and budget tracking.
- Experience developing reports, dashboards, and executive-level presentations.
- Demonstrated ability to identify process improvements, cost-saving opportunities, and automation strategies.
- Knowledge of telecom carriers, billing structures, and contract management practices.
- Strong understanding of budgeting, forecasting, and project-based financial management.
- Exceptional analytical, problem-solving, and data interpretation skills.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to present complex data clearly to stakeholders.
- Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities, meet deadlines, and perform high-volume work accurately.
- Experience working in enterprise environments with large telecom inventories and complex financial systems.
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced, data-driven environment.
- Experience with process automation and optimization of manual workflows is highly preferred.
Benefits
- Hourly Rate Range $75 - $95 an hour
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
data analyticsfinancial analysisinvoice analysisbudget trackingtelecom expense managementprocess improvementsautomation strategiesdata queryingreportingforecasting
Soft Skills
analytical skillsproblem-solvingcommunication skillsorganizational skillscollaborationtime managementattention to detailpresentation skillsindependenceadaptability