Project Manager, Long Haul Capital Management

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 Description 

Our Project Manager, Long Haul Capital Management is a key member of the Long Haul OSP Deployment organization. This role is responsible for program-level capital oversight, including forecasting, budgeting, financial tracking, variance analysis, materials capital planning, month end reconciliation, and executive-level reporting. The Project Manager ensures that capital deployment aligns with corporate financial goals, maintains strong financial controls, and provides visibility into capital performance across the long-haul program. 

NOTE: The team preference is that this role sits at the Denver/Wynkoop Office Location (in-office several days per week). The Team may consider a Remote location.

Position/Team Responsibilities 

Program Level Capital Planning & Forecasting 

• Lead the development, maintenance, and refinement of capital forecasts for long haul OSP programs. 

• Partner with project managers and regional leaders to align monthly and quarterly forecasts with actuals and organizational financial targets. 

• Track capital performance trends and provide proactive early warning insights into potential overages, underruns, or schedule-driven forecast shifts. 

Budget Management & Financial Controls 

• Monitor project and program capital expenditures to ensure alignment with approved budgets and long-range planning. 

• Manage ongoing spend analysis, including variance reviews, burn rate assumptions, and cost-to-complete projections. 

• Conduct internal financial audits to ensure adherence to capital tracking protocols, proper cost coding, and accurate reporting. 

• Assess and validate financial impacts associated with scope changes, schedule adjustments, and production changes. 

Month-End Capital Review & Reporting 

• Lead monthly capital review meetings with regional and functional stakeholders. 

• Identify and resolve monthly financial discrepancies, ensuring accuracy in the capital reporting ecosystem. 

• Prepare and deliver program and project level executive reports highlighting capital performance, risks, opportunities, and financial health. 

• Produce capital dashboards and decision-ready summaries for leadership and cross-functional partners (finance, accounting, deployment). 

Invoice, Spend, and Material Financial Reconciliation 

• Evaluate project invoi