Cost Analyst

Job Description

Role & responsibilities TEOCOs audit team is seeking a smart, self-motivated, and collaborative candidate. This is a great opportunity to get in the ground floor of consulting, building a foundation of telecom knowledge and developing advanced software skills. Based on direction from management, cost analyst will process invoices, analyze client invoice data and pinpoint vendor overbillings or under billings by applying general audit principals such as pattern recognition, data filtering, and cross referencing multiple data sources. The applicant will be required to analyze contracts, applicable tariffs, Interconnection Agreements, and research other sources of potential data. Other source data may include industry databases, client provisioning systems, internal TEOCO cost assurance software and analytics tools such as BillTrak. and external software tools such as Miscrosoft Office and Python. Employee will leverage some or all of the following software tools as part of daily activities: MS Excel, SQL, MS Access, Python, Alteryx and Business Objects. Employee will load potential overbillings or under billings in a spreadsheet format into TEOCOs web-based Claim Center application, adding a written description of the issue and any necessary supporting information. Employee will analyze any responses from vendors and provide on-going support to the reconciliation team to help resolve issues on behalf of the client with the vendor. Employee may be called, on occasion, to participate in calls with clients to explain issues or to demonstrate and train clients on how issues were identified. Preferred candidate profile Bachelor's Degree, perferably in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Math or Statistics. Experience working in telecom environment helpful and Accounts Payable experience. Previous experience with telecom invoices helpful.