Manager, Fp&a

**Who are we?**

Equinix is the world’s digital infrastructure company®, operating over 260 data centers across the globe. Digital leaders harness Equinix's trusted platform to bring together and interconnect foundational infrastructure at software speed. Equinix enables organizations to access all the right places, partners and possibilities to scale with agility, speed the launch of digital services, deliver world-class experiences and multiply their value, while supporting their sustainability goals.

A career at Equinix means you will collaborate on work that impacts the world and be surrounded by endless opportunities to learn new skills and grow in varied directions. We embrace diversity in thought and contribution and are committed to providing an equitable work environment that is foundational to our core values as a company and is vital to our success.

Manager, FP&A (Data Center Operations)

Budgeting/Financial Management
- Manages the Americas Operations expense analyst team responsible for PR creation, forecasting/budgeting, reporting, analysis and business partnering
- Monitor, review and analyze weekly expenses to minimize & communicate financial risks
- Provide weekly flash reports to Senior Director, Americas Operations leadership team, and FP&A analysts. Summarize and/or simplify financial reports to support business partners when needed
- Consolidate and analyze annual budgets and quarterly reforecast submissions
- Ensure PR/PO process follows company policy
- Drive scalable and standardized business processes and promote continual operational improvements
- Partner efficiently with teams including IBX site operations, Ops Finance, Procurement, AP, Legal and Accounting to execute initiatives and improve performance
- Conduct Monthly / Quarterly meetings with AMER Integrated Solution leadership team to provide complete budget visibility
- Participate in Quarterly PRB meetings to provide complete budget visibility/reporting at a summary level and detailed project level for projects on the PRB agenda
- Conduct Quarterly budget reforecast Opex and Capex
- Create and implement process to provide reports to PMs regularly to follow up on invoices
- Ensure quarterly funds are committed and POs are paid on time.
- Provide monthly flux summary to Global Operations Finance leadership team
- Track and update Opex and Capex changes on Budget live files
- Track and manage Liquid Cooling Budget overall program budget of over $20M for all projects/IBX locations being managed by AMER Integrated Solutions team
- Manage and Track Financial impact due to legal delays
- Analyze and provide solutions for finance related queries
- Ensure resolution of invoice-related issues with AP
- Present Financial Summary MoM and QoQ to AMER Integrated Solutions leadership team and AMER Ops leadership
- Develop and implement process to present Financial Progress of each project and updates to project budget & spend with each project team
- Create, implement, and manage Project Budget Change Management process
- Collaborate with Programs and Projects Team leadership to implement project budget tracking with SmartSheet process
- Tracking funds moving from one project to another project MoM and QoQ
- Lead and support special projects or ad hoc projects

People Management
- Assesses and improves employee engagement. Responsible for hiring decisions, defining job responsibilities and balancing workloads
- Responsible for quarterly conversations, coaching and career development
- Responsible for succession planning recommendations and contributing to and driving the people development strategy
- Provide operational training for team when needed
- Ensures KPI's are in place for the team which are appropriate for the needs of the function and its stakeholders

**Qualifications**
- Positive attitude, highly organized, self-motivated/directed
- High attention to detail with excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Able to deliver projects on time, with exceptional level of quality
- Able to provide sound recommendations to help customers achieve their business needs
- Able to comfortably speak to and engage audiences during meetings and/or presentations
- Bachelor’s degree in finance or equivalent experience
- Minimum 4 - 6 years of Finance experience, preferably in FP&A/Corporate Finance
- Minimum 2 years of experience managing employees
- Experience in Hyperion, Oracle R12, Excel, SharePoint & MS Office. Knowledge in Coupa, Anaplan & Power BI are a plus.

Equinix is an Equal Employment Opportunity and, in the U.S., an Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to unlawful consideration of race, color, religion, creed, national or ethnic origin, ancestry, place of birth, citizenship, sex, pregnancy / childbirth or related medical conditions, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital or domestic partnership status, age, veteran or military s