Sr. Analyst of Financial Reporting & Consolidations

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.

Zayo is seeking a Senior Analyst, Financial Reporting & Consolidations to be responsible for preparing select month-end entries, financial statements and other monthly reporting packages including but not limited to financial statements and related notes to the financial statements. 

Our Senior Analyst, Financial Reporting & Consolidations also assists with technical accounting research, the interpretation and application of new accounting standards, and complex accounting projects, including purchase accounting, pensions, equity-based compensation and other comprehensive income. 

This position will report to the Senior Manager, Financial Reporting & Technical Accounting and will interact closely with various departments across Zayo, including Accounting, Investor Relations, Finance, Tax, Sales, Operations and IT.  

Our Senior Analyst, Financial Reporting & Consolidations will also be responsible for assessing internal stakeholder reporting asks and developing solutions to meet the needs of the business.  

*We're open to this position working in a hybrid capacity out of our Denver headquarters (1401 Wynkoop).

More About What You'll Get To Do:

• Prepare quarterly and annual financial statements, notes and MD&A, including a detail tie out of the financial statements and underlying support for multiple Zayo legal entities 

• Serve as subject matter expert in financial reporting and consolidations 

• Prepare month-end close entries and reconciliations for select processes including intangibles, debt and OCI, equity-based compensation, consolidation and elimination entries, and intercompany debt  

• Prepare monthly consolidated and segment-level cash flow statements 

• Assist with the external audit process, which may include preparing audit support and coordinating auditor requests 

• Recommend solutions to complex accounting projects, including valuation and accounting for business combinations, debt and equity instruments, pensions, consolidations and other non-routine accounting transactions 

• Interpret new accounting standards and develops our compliance approach including designing new processes and outlining new system requirements 

• Design and implement new internal reporting as needed and through partnership with Zayo Finance and Zayo’s IT teams 

• Assist in developing, documenting and educating others on Zayo’s accounting policies for critical areas, such as revenue recognition, lease accounting and capitalization 

• Regularly interact