Regional Financial Planning and Analysis Manager

**Who are we?**

Equinix is the world’s digital infrastructure company, operating 200+ data centers across the globe and providing interconnections to all the key clouds and networks. Businesses need one place to simplify and bring together fragmented, complex infrastructure that spans private and public cloud environments. Our global platform allows customers to place infrastructure wherever they need it and connect it to everything they need to succeed.

We are a fast-growing global company with 70+ consecutive quarters of growth. Through our innovative portfolio of high-performance products and services, we have created the largest, most active global ecosystem of nearly 10,000 companies, including 1,800+ networks and 2,900+ cloud and IT service providers in over 26 countries spanning five continents.

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.

**Responsibilities**
- Focus of this position will be to support Finance Operations Finance Planning and Analysis (FP&A) team on the fast-growing Hyperscale business unit, which includes the following responsibilities:

- Manage & Support annual budget process for Countries’ data center Operations, Regional data centers Ops
- Manage Cash Capex forecast based on project timelines and vendors’ billing schedules.
- Responsible for quarterly forecasts for submittal to Regional & Corporate FP&A teams to assist with financial guidance.
- Review and analyze Regional Operations finance activities to ensure accurate month end accruals prior to submission to accounting.
- Review actuals against budget/forecast with Operations teams to provide details for flux analysis.
- Compile monthly/quarterly reporting package for business partners, identify and investigate monthly budget / forecast vs. actual variances
- Continuous improvement of Operations financial reporting processes as business requirements evolve.
- Work closely with other functional groups, such as FP&A, Procurement, Accounts Payable, Fixed Assets, General Ledger, Tax, & Legal to ensure both financial and legal compliance.
- Liaison with various Operations team members to promote business alignment with company policies.
- Analyze and interpret business trends to drive Operations and Construction financial strategy.
- Participate in cross-functional Finance and Operations/Construction teams’ programs to develop reporting/process changes required to improve business visibility/efficiency.
- Influences decisions made by leaders across the business (cross functionally) and work to understand the business needs and deliver on those needs.
- Special projects that may arise for Finance or related programs.
- Perform ad-hoc analysis or other duties as needed.

**Qualifications**
- minimum 8 years of Finance experience required, preferably in FP&A or Accounting
- Bachelor's degree in finance or accounting
- CPA certification is a plus
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- High attention to details and results focused.
- Ability to deliver thoughtful, accurate and timely work product.
- Ability to perform multiple tasks and adapt to changing priorities.
- Ability to speak Japanese or Korean is a plus as the new hire will be interacting with Japanese and Korean stakeholders
- Oracle experience preferred.
- Hyperion / PBCS experience preferred.

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