Senior WAN Financial & Program Analyst – Network Services

Ford • ,

1d • $99,100 - $166,200 • Remote

About The Position

Ford’s Network Services organization supports critical operations through global WAN and carrier services. The Senior WAN Financial & Program Analyst supports the financial, supplier, and operational management of those services, partnering with Network Engineering, Operations, Finance, Supply Chain, and strategic suppliers to improve cost visibility, supplier performance, and reliable connectivity for Ford’s global operations. The role combines financial analysis, supplier and contract coordination, program support, and stakeholder communication. It supports budgets and forecasts, tracks carrier services and commitments, identifies cost-optimization opportunities, and contributes to network transformation initiatives.

The analyst manages financial planning, forecasting, budgeting, reporting, and governance for global WAN and carrier services. Duties include supporting purchase orders, invoice tracking, budget reconciliation, forecasting, and supplier-spend oversight; producing financial reports, cost-allocation models, operational dashboards, and executive presentations; analyzing costs, commitments, and financial trends; and partnering with Finance and Network Services to strengthen financial controls and reporting processes.

The role also supports supplier, contract, and carrier management, including contract renewals, circuit demand planning, commercial activities, circuit inventory, service delivery, financial commitments, and supplier performance. The analyst coordinates with carriers and service providers on service improvements and disruption communications, and identifies opportunities to improve cost efficiency, service quality, and supplier accountability.

For global WAN transformation initiatives, the analyst provides financial analysis, supplier coordination, project tracking, and executive reporting. The role coordinates cross-functional work, tracks deliverables, dependencies, risks, issues, and decisions, communicates initiative status and milestones, and helps improve circuit demand planning, inventory tracking, financial reporting, and supplier coordination processes.

The position is salary grade 8, with a stated salary range of $99,100–$166,200. Final salary grade and base salary within the applicable range depend on the candidate’s skills and experience, job scope, responsibility, and competitive market value. Visa sponsorship is not provided; candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Technology Management, Information Systems, or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience.
• At least 5 years of experience in financial management, supplier management, contract administration, technology program management, or a related role.
• Experience with financial planning, forecasting, budgeting, reconciliation, and reporting.
• Experience coordinating cross-functional initiatives involving multiple stakeholders.
• Experience managing or tracking supplier performance, contracts, purchase orders, invoices, or financial commitments.
• Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple priorities in a global environment.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to present information to senior leaders.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills and experience working with large data sets.
• Strong analytical and financial-planning skills, including the ability to assess spend, forecasts, variances, and commitments.
• Experience preparing financial reports, dashboards, cost models, or executive presentations.
• Experience coordinating across Finance, Supply Chain, technical teams, operations, and external suppliers.
• Ability to organize and interpret complex financial, supplier, inventory, and service-delivery information.
• Strong communication and stakeholder-management skills, including the ability to explain financial and operational information clearly.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including working with large data sets.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with telecommunications, WAN, networking, carrier services, or infrastructure operations.
• Experience with supplier contract management, sourcing, procurement, or commercial activities.
• Knowledge of circuit inventory management, telecom expense management, and carrier billing.
• Familiarity with telecom financial concepts, including recurring and non-recurring charges, service commitments, and contract renewals.
• Experience supporting large-scale global technology environments or infrastructure transformation initiatives.
• Experience developing cost-allocation models, operational dashboards, or supplier-performance reporting.
• Familiarity with Python, Power BI, FlowCraft, Alteryx, or other analytics and automation tools.

Responsibilities

• Manage financial planning, forecasting, budgeting, and reporting for global WAN and carrier services.
• Support WAN financial governance, including purchase orders, invoice tracking, budget reconciliation, forecasting, and supplier-spend oversight.
• Develop and maintain financial reports, cost-allocation models, operational dashboards, and executive-level presentations.
• Analyze costs, commitments, and financial trends to identify risks, variances, and optimization opportunities.
• Provide stakeholders with visibility into budgets, supplier spend, financial commitments, and forecast assumptions.
• Partner with Finance and Network Services teams to support financial controls and improve reporting processes.
• Partner with Finance, Supply Chain, Network Engineering, and Operations to manage supplier budgets, contracts, and performance.
• Support carrier contract renewals, circuit demand planning, and commercial activities.
• Track WAN circuit inventory, service delivery, financial commitments, and supplier performance.
• Coordinate with carriers and service providers to drive service improvements and continuous-improvement initiatives.
• Support stakeholder communications and supplier coordination during major network service disruptions.
• Identify opportunities to improve cost efficiency, service quality, and supplier accountability.
• Support global WAN transformation initiatives through financial analysis, supplier coordination, project tracking, and executive reporting.
• Coordinate cross-functional initiatives involving Network Engineering, Operations, Finance, Supply Chain, and external suppliers.
• Track deliverables, dependencies, risks, issues, and decisions that could affect financial or program outcomes.
• Communicate initiative status, financial impacts, supplier actions, and key milestones.
• Improve processes for circuit demand planning, inventory tracking, financial reporting, and supplier coordination.

Benefits

• Immediate medical, dental, and prescription drug coverage.
• Flexible family care, parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up child care, and more.
• Vehicle discount program for employees and family members, and management leases.
• Tuition assistance.
• Established and active employee resource groups.
• Paid time off for individual and team community service.
• Paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day.
• Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior