Senior WAN Financial & Program Analyst – Network Services

At Ford, we are the movers of the world and the makers of the future. We get up every day, roll up our sleeves, and build a better world,together. At Ford, we’re all part of something bigger than ourselves. Are you ready to help change the way the world moves?

Do you believe reliable, cost-effective connectivity is essential to keeping a global business moving? Ford’s Network Services organization supports critical operations through global WAN and carrier services. Strong financial management, supplier performance, and cross-functional coordination help ensure those services meet business needs while delivering value.

We are seeking a Senior WAN Financial & Program Analyst to support the financial, supplier, and operational management of Ford’s global WAN and carrier services. In this role, you will partner with Network Engineering, Operations, Finance, Supply Chain, and strategic suppliers to improve cost visibility, strengthen supplier performance, and support reliable connectivity for Ford’s global operations.

This role combines financial analysis, supplier and contract coordination, program support, and stakeholder communication. You will help manage budgets and forecasts, track carrier services and commitments, identify cost-optimization opportunities, and support network transformation initiatives.

Responsibilities

Financial Planning, Reporting & Governance

• Manage financial planning, forecasting, budgeting, and reporting for global WAN and carrier services.
• Support WAN financial governance, including purchase orders, invoice tracking, budget reconciliation, forecasting, and supplier-spend oversight.
• Develop and maintain financial reports, cost-allocation models, operational dashboards, and executive-level presentations.
• Analyze costs, commitments, and financial trends to identify risks, variances, and optimization opportunities.
• Provide stakeholders with clear visibility into budgets, supplier spend, financial commitments, and forecast assumptions.
• Partner with Finance and Network Services teams to support financial controls and improve reporting processes.

Supplier, Contract & Carrier Management

• Partner with Finance, Supply Chain, Network Engineering, and Operations to manage supplier budgets, contracts, and performance.
• Support carrier contract renewals, circuit demand planning, and commercial activities.
• Track WAN circuit inventory, service delivery, financial commitments, and supplier performance.
• Coordinate with carriers and service providers to drive service improvements and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Support stakeholder communications and supplier coordination during major network service disruptions.
• Help identify opportunities to improve cost efficiency, service quality, and supplier accountability.

Program Coordination & Network Transformation

• Support global WAN transformation initiatives through financial analysis, supplier coordination, project tracking, and executive reporting.
• Coordinate cross-functional initiatives involving Network Engineering, Operations, Finance, Supply Chain, and external suppliers.
• Track deliverables, dependencies, risks, issues, and decisions that could affect financial or program outcomes.
• Support clear communication of initiative status, financial impacts, supplier actions, and key milestones.
• Help improve processes for circuit demand planning, inventory tracking, financial reporting, and supplier coordination.

Qualifications

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Technology Management, Information Systems, or a related field,or equivalent relevant experience.

Experience

• 5+ years of experience in financial management, supplier management, contract administration, technology program management, or a related role.
• Experience with financial planning, forecasting, budgeting, reconciliation, and reporting.
• Experience coordinating cross-functional initiatives involving multiple stakeholders.
• Experience managing or tracking supplier performance, contracts, purchase orders, invoices, or financial commitments.
• Strong organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities in a global environment.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to present information to senior leaders.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills and experience working with large data sets.

Required Technical Experience

• Strong analytical and financial-planning skills, with the ability to assess spend, forecasts, variances, and commitments.
• Experience preparing financial reports, dashboards, cost models, or executive presentations.
• Experience coordinating across Finance, Supply Chain, technical teams, operations, and external suppliers.
• Ability to organize and interpret complex financial, supplier, inventory, and service-delivery information.
• Strong communication and stakeholder-management skills, including the ability to explain financial and operational information clearly.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including working with large data sets.

Preferred Experience

• Experience with telecommunications, WAN, networking, carrier services, or infrastructure operations.
• Experience with supplier contract management, sourcing, procurement, or commercial activities.
• Knowledge of circuit inventory management, telecom expense management, and carrier billing.
• Familiarity with telecom financial concepts, including recurring and non-recurring charges, service commitments, and contract renewals.
• Experience supporting large-scale global technology environments or infrastructure transformation initiatives.
• Experience developing cost-allocation models, operational dashboards, or supplier-performance reporting.
• Familiarity with Python, Power BI, FlowCraft, Alteryx, or other analytics and automation tools.

What You’ll Bring

A combination of business acumen, financial discipline, supplier-management expertise, analytical capability, and program-coordination skills to help deliver reliable, cost-effective global network services that support Ford’s business worldwide.

Benefits

• Immediate medical, dental, and prescription drug coverage
• Flexible family care, parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up child care and more
• Vehicle discount program for employees and family members, and management leases
• Tuition assistance
• Established and active employee resource groups
• Paid time off for individual and team community service
• A generous schedule of paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day
• Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.