Finance Manager- Data and AI

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The FP&A – Data & AI Finance Manager is responsible for end-to-end financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning for Data, Analytics and AI organizations. This role partners closely with Data & AI leaders, technology teams, and finance stakeholders to translate strategic roadmaps into multi-year financial plans, ensure forecast accuracy, and provide clear visibility into spend, investment, and value realization. The position combines strong FP&A discipline with an understanding of data platforms, AI initiatives and technology cost drivers to support informed, data-driven decision-making and sustainable growth.

Key Responsibilities:

• Own end-to-end FP&A processes for Data, Analytics, and AI functions, including annual budgeting, in-year forecasting, and long range planning.
• Partner with Data & AI, Engineering, and Product leaders to translate strategic priorities and roadmaps into executable financial plans and funding strategies.
• Lead monthly and quarterly forecast updates; analyze variances versus budget, forecast, and LRP, and clearly communicate drivers, risks, and opportunities.
• Build financial business cases, ROI analyses, and value-tracking frameworks for Data & AI initiatives.
• Create and maintain FP&A dashboards and reporting that provide transparency into spend, trends, and performance.
• Prepare executive-ready materials and insights for operating reviews, forecast reviews, and strategic planning forums.
• Analyze financial results, key performance indicators (KPIs) and variances, clearly communicate insights and recommendations to leadership.
• Partner with business leaders to provide decision support for revenue growth, expense optimization, capital allocation and risk management.
• Prepare executive-level presentations, dashboards, and reporting packages.
• Support regulator, compliance, and audit requirements by ensuring accuracy, transparency, and strong financial controls.
• Improve FP&A processes, tools and reporting through automation and best practices.
• Collaborate with Accounting, Treasury, Risk and other Finance teams to ensure alignment between actuals, forecasts and strategic objectives.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field; MBA or CPA a plus.
• 5+ years of experience in financial planning & analysis (FP&A), preferably supporting Financial Services, i.e. Credit Cards.
• Advanced Excel and financial modeling skills; experience with ERP and planning tools (e.g., SAP, Oracle).
• Excellent communication and business partnering skills.
• Ability to work independently in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
• Experience in developing and presenting business cases.
• Strong quantitative skills including knowledge of Data-base environments (MS SQL Server) 
• Deep understanding of financial services operations and financial regulations.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience supporting Data and AI
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment
• Strong Analytical and technical skills, i.e. Power BI, SQL,

• At least 18 years of age
• Legally authorized to work in the United States

Travel:
Travel Required (Yes/No): No
DOT Regulated:
DOT Regulated Position (Yes/No): No
Safety Sensitive Position (Yes/No): No

Base Pay Range: $86,300 - $155,700

Corporate Bonus Target: 15%

The pay range above is the general base pay range for a successful candidate in the role. The successful candidate’s actual pay will be based on various factors, such as work location, qualifications, and experience, so the actual starting pay will vary within this range.

At T-Mobile, employees in regular, non-temporary roles are eligible for an annual bonus or periodic sales incentive or bonus, based on their role. Most Corporate employees are eligible for a year-end bonus based on company and/or individual performance and which is set at a percentage of the employee’s eligible earnings in the prior year. Certain positions in Customer Care are eligible for monthly bonuses based on individual and/or team performance. To find the pay range for this role based on hiring location, https://paylookup.t-mobile.com/paylookup?reqID=REQ342778¶dox=1

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