Director, Corporate Finance

FirstLight is a leading telecommunications company dedicated to providing cutting-edge communication solutions to our customers. We are committed to innovation, reliability, and customer satisfaction. As we continue to grow and expand our services, we are seeking a talented Director, Corporate Finance, to join the team.

Job Summary:

The Director, Corporate Finance, will lead financial planning and capital strategy efforts for the company, with a focus on debt management, banking relationships, and strategic transactions. This role is central to supporting the company’s capital-intensive fiber network expansion and M&A activity, ensuring financial resources are effectively deployed to maximize growth and shareholder value. The Director plays a key role in the CFO department and will partner closely with Sales, Operations, and Accounting teams.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead development and maintenance of detailed financial and banking models to evaluate debt structures, financing arrangements, and capital deployment strategies.
• Assist on relationships with banks, credit facilities, and lenders; oversee compliance with debt covenants and reporting requirements.
• Provide strategic financial analysis for acquisitions, joint ventures, partnerships, and other corporate transactions.
• Partner with FP&A to incorporate financing and capital markets assumptions into budgets, forecasts, and long-range plans.
• Drive scenario and sensitivity analyses to assess liquidity, leverage, and capital structure under varying market conditions.
• Support debt and equity capital raises, refinancing activities, and negotiations with financial institutions.
• Monitor industry trends, market benchmarks, and competitive activity to inform corporate finance strategy.
• Serve as a senior finance advisor on ROI and payback analyses for fiber builds, network expansion, and new market entry.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field; MBA, CFA, or CPA strongly preferred.
• 8–12 years of progressive experience in corporate finance, investment banking, infrastructure/telecom finance, or private equity.
• Expertise in financial modeling, valuation, and capital structure analysis (DCF, IRR, ROI, payback, leverage metrics).
• Strong knowledge of debt instruments, credit facilities, and capital markets transactions.
• Demonstrated experience in M&A evaluation and execution.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to present to senior executives, boards, and external stakeholders.
• Proven ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, growth-oriented environment.

Skills:

• Experience in the telecom, fiber, utilities, or infrastructure sectors.
• Familiarity with key telecom metrics such as ARPU, churn, and network build economics.
• Track record of leading lender presentations, due diligence processes, and capital market transactions.
• Strong relationships with banking, infrastructure, or PE communities a plus.

Benefits and Compensation:

FirstLight offers a competitive benefits package including a comprehensive medical benefit, tuition reimbursement, paid time off, 401(k) and flexible work arrangements.

Join us in shaping the future of our dynamic telecommunications company and making a difference in the world through telecommunications. Your expertise and leadership can help us achieve our goals and empower our employees to thrive.

About FirstLight:
FirstLight, headquartered in Albany, New York, provides fiber-optic data, Internet, data center, cloud and voice services to enterprise and carrier customers throughout the Northeast connecting more than 13,000 locations in service with more than 125,000 locations serviceable by our more than 25,000-route mile network. FirstLight offers a robust suite of advanced telecommunications products featuring a comprehensive portfolio of high bandwidth connectivity solutions including Ethernet, wavelength, and dark fiber services as well as dedicated Internet access solutions, data center, cloud and voice services. FirstLight’s clientele includes national cellular providers and wireline carriers and many leading enterprises, spanning high tech manufacturing and research, hospitals and healthcare, banking and financial, secondary education, colleges and universities, and local and state governments.

FirstLight Fiber is an equal opportunity employer. In accordance with state and federal laws, FirstLight’s equal opportunity policy is that all applicants and employees are treated equally by the company with respect to employment opportunities, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, disability, or veteran status or veteran disability.