Network Cost Analyst

Company: Bandwidth
Location: Denver
Posted on: May 16, 2022

Job Description:

Who We Are:Bandwidth (NASDAQ: BAND) is a global communications software company that helps enterprises connect people around the world with cloud-ready voice, messaging and emergency services. Backed by a network reaching 60+ countries covering 90 percent of global GDP, companies like Cisco, Google, Microsoft, RingCentral, Uber and Zoom use Bandwidth's APIs to easily embed communications into software and applications. Bandwidth has more than 20 years in the technology space and was the first Communications Platform-as-a-Service (CPaaS) provider to offer a robust selection of APIs built around our own global network. Our award-winning support teams help businesses around the world solve complex communications challenges every day.At Bandwidth, your music matters when you are part of the BAND. We celebrate differences and encourage BANDmates to be their authentic selves. #jointhebandWhat We Are Looking For:The Network Cost Analyst will be responsible for a variety of network cost invoices including auditing, identifying, summarizing, and presenting disputed charges with vendors and negotiating dispute settlements. Work with a variety of internal teams to review any internal processes causing cost variances while reviewing possible process improvements.What You'll Do:

• Ensure receipt and timely payments of monthly network cost invoices
• Analyze Feature Group D, Local Interconnection Network and Wholesale termination invoices
• Compare invoice costs to expected invoice costs to identify any cost variances
• Contribute to the review of vendor contracts and tariffs to ensure appropriate vendor billing accordingly
• Communicate open disputes with vendors and follow-up regularly to ensure resolution
• Provide regular reporting of outstanding cost variances and disputes resulting from differences in expected and actual billingWhat You Need:
  • Bachelor Degree or 5-year relevant telecommunications work experience, financial, statistical audit or financial analytics.
  • +2-year telecommunications experience & Financial Analysis
  • LERG, State & Federal Access Tariffs, Interconnection Agreements & Direct Peering Agreements, Carrier Access Billing Systems (CABS) & Telecommunication Vendor Invoice Management Best Practices
  • Basic SQL & Intermediate Excel skills, CCMI Access Tariff Database ManagementThe Whole Person Promise:At Bandwidth, we're pretty proud of our corporate culture, which is rooted in our "Whole Person Promise." We promise all employees that they can have meaningful work AND a full life, and we provide a work environment geared toward enriching your body, mind, and spirit. How do we do that? Well---
    • 100% company-paid Medical, Vision, & Dental coverage for you and your family with low deductibles and low out-of-pocket expenses.
    • All new hires receive four weeks of PTO.
    • PTO Embargo. When you take time off (of any kind!) you're embargoed from working. Bandmates and managers are not allowed to interrupt your PTO - not even with email.
    • Additional PTO can be earned throughout the year through volunteer hours and Bandwidth challenges.
    • "Mahalo moments" program grants additional time off for life's most important moments like graduations, buying a first home, getting married, wedding anniversaries (every five years), and the birth of a grandchild.
    • 90-Minute Workout Lunches and unlimited meetings with our very own nutritionist.
    • Competitive Compensation: $65,000 - $95,000
      Are you excited about the position and its responsibilities, but not sure if you're 100% qualified? Do you feel you can work to help us crush the mission? If you answered 'yes' to both of these questions, we encourage you to apply! You won't want to miss the opportunity to be a part of the BAND.Applicant Privacy Notice

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