Company Description

Zayo provides mission-critical bandwidth to the world's most impactful companies, fueling the innovations that are transforming our society. Zayo's 141,000-mile network in North America and Europe includes extensive metro connectivity to thousands of buildings and data centers. Zayo's communications infrastructure solutions include dark fiber, private data networks, wavelengths, Ethernet, and dedicated Internet access. Zayo serves wireless and wireline carriers, media, tech, content, finance, healthcare and other large enterprises.

Position Details

Zayo is seeking Funding Analyst to join our team and be responsible for governmental program guidance (E-rate and RHC Funding Program) for customers and the company, customer invoicing, and other finance projects as needed.

*We're open to this position working in a remote capacity within the United States. Please note that if candidates do live within 45 miles of a Zayo office location, we ask that you work in a hybrid capacity.

Primary Responsibilities

• E-rate and RHC Funding Filing Management: Review and monitor E-rate and RHC Funding filings to ensure filings are accurate, complete, filed timely, and in compliance with E-rate and RHC Funding standards and guidelines. Invoice E-rate customers to ensure customers are appropriately billed for their portion of service.

• E-rate Compliance: Ensure customers' and Zayo's compliance with government E-rate and RHC Funding program. Provide E-rate and RHC Funding customer support by assisting and responding to funding requests and inquiries. Provide advice and information on funding questions as appropriate. Organize, review, and track customer paperwork and correspondence.

• Assist with customer invoicing and related telecom bills reconciliation and payments.

• Continuous Process Improvement: Develop working knowledge of current tools to facilitate automation and process improvements within the Finance Department. Work with clients, vendors, and internal departments to gather information, provide advice, and resolve problems.

• Other duties as assigned.

Minimum Expectations of a Professional

• Occasionally coaches, instructs or assists others in area of expertise.

• Occasionally is sought out for counsel, training and assistance on issues and area of expertise.

• Personally seeks continuous improvements in own job performance to contribute positively to department service excellence objectives and customer service.

• Impact directly supports Zayo's achievement of short term and long-term success.

Qualifications

• A bachelor's degree in accounting or business, preferred.

• Minimum of 3 years' experience in the accounting or finance fields.

• Experience with E-rate, RHC Funding or similar government programs.

• Experience with MS Office, including a high level of proficiency in Excel.

• Experience with NetSuite, MS Dynamics CRM, and large datasets a plus.

• Deadline oriented as well as detail-oriented; motivated with strong organizational skills, have the ability to work well in a team setting, and possess excellent customer service and communication skills.

• Possess an "audit trail" mentality to facilitate E-rate compliance.

• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, or technical procedures.

• Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.

• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.

• Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions and deal with several abstract and concrete variables. Ability to research/reconstruct workflow to resolve issues.

Base Pay Range: $87,500 - $105,855 USD/annually, commensurate with experience.

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Benefits, Rewards & Wellness

• Excellent Health, Dental & Vision Insurance

• Retirement 401(k) Savings Plan

• Fitness membership discounts

• Generous paid time off policy including paid parental leave

Zayo provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, provincial or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.