Senior Analyst - Insurance and Warranty Program

T-Mobile USA•Overland Park, KS

29d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Insurance and Warranty Program Accounting team is seeking a senior analyst. This role is responsible for ensuring that the device insurance and warranty program activities are accurately presented under US GAAP and IFRS accounting standards. T-Mobile’s insurance and warranty program entity produces stand-alone financial statements as well as consolidating with T-Mobile’s overall financial statements. The ideal candidate will be a team player with a solid foundation in accounting, financial statement preparation and controls, and strong critical thinking, technical, analytical, and problem-solving skills. Core functions will include monthly close responsibilities, SOX and financial audit compliance, process improvements and other projects as needed within the team. This position can work with finance and operations teams throughout the company including Product & Technology, Financial Planning & Analysis, Financial Reporting, Accounting Policy, SOX and across Operational Accounting teams to ensure proper accounting, reporting and control environment.

Requirements

Strong understanding of accounting theory and accounting systems – Oracle experience a plus
Excellent interpersonal, decision-making and analytical abilities
Excellent verbal and written communication skills and ability to communicate effectively with different levels within the organization
Comfortable expressing concerns and ideas during interactions and meetings
Strong organizational and time management skills and the ability to balance a large group of diverse projects simultaneously with excellent attention to detail
Ability to resolve complex problems positively and professionally with minimal supervision
Ability to interpret and apply accounting theory to accounting operations/scenarios
Ability to understand complex contracts and determine accounting implications
Ability to analyze large volumes of data from multiple systems, as needed
High proficiency in Excel required
Bachelor’s degree in Accounting required
3+ years of relevant accounting experience, preferably within a large company accounting environment, with 1+ years public accounting preferred
At least 18 years of age
Legally authorized to work in the United States

Nice To Haves

SQL, Snowflake, Databricks, and Alteryx experience preferred, but not required
CPA or equivalent preferred
Telecommunication industry experience preferred
Insurance industry experience preferred

Responsibilities

Perform monthly close activities related to the insurance and warranty program, including preparation and review/posting of journal entries, reconciling general ledger accounts, performing account analysis and supporting financial statement preparation for the insurance legal entity
Analyze and validate financial activity utilizing multiple systems and reporting tools
Design and produce supporting schedules to understand business drivers and explain their effect on financial results to ensure business changes are accurately reflected in the financial statement and communicated to business partners
Review third-party contracts and ensure they are properly administered and accounted for
Understand your process area, including: accounting concepts, risks, controls, accounting transaction, system flows for transactions, dependencies and how output produced by the team is being used, in order to identify improvements to drive efficiencies or more effective processes
Effectively align with appropriate departments and third-party partners to provide end-to-end support of insurance and warranty accounting
Provide subject matter expertise for insurance and warranty accounting to business and finance partners and facilitate internal and external financial reporting processes
Proactively identify issues and process improvement opportunities; recommend solutions and work with appropriate business partners to resolve or assist with implementation
Use accounting concepts, wide-ranging experience, analytical skills and knowledge of industry to identify and resolve issues in creative and effective ways
Collaborate with other team members to drive team goals
Respond to inquiries from business partners and effectively align with them to achieve business objectives
Ensure compliance in meeting Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) requirements
Provide support for the audits performed by internal and external auditors
Assist in creating ad hoc and monthly reports from multiple sources, as needed
Perform special projects as requested