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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.

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