Vantage Data Centers Hiring for Finance Manager Job at London, England Full Time

Title: FP&A Manager

Department: Finance

Reports to: Director, Finance and FP&A – Europe

Location: London + home working

Job Status: Full time, permanent

About Vantage Data Centers

Vantage Data Centers powers, cools, protects and connects the technology of the world’s well-known hyperscalers, cloud providers and large enterprises. Developing and operating across six markets in North America and six markets in Europe, Vantage has evolved data center design in innovative ways to deliver dramatic gains in reliability, efficiency and sustainability in flexible environments that can scale as quickly as the market demands. Vantage’s business is growing exponentially through a combination of greenfield market expansion and acquisitions across North America and Europe.

Finance Department

Rapid and ambitious growth of the core business has resulted in Finance hiring top talent – internationally and at pace. Our global headcount continues to increase, and this naturally brings with it a number of exciting Finance projects & opportunities. If you join our Finance team, your career will accelerate on the back of your exposure to the kind of challenges & variety that come with being part of a growing global business.

Position Overview

Vantage is seeking a detail-oriented, initiative-driven, quick-learning FP&A Manager to own to critical functions relating to Vantage’s finance and growth strategies. You will support broad company initiatives and interact with key internal and external stakeholders by providing financially sound and data-driven insights. In particular, you will be responsible for using, improving and developing bespoke financial models used to derive valuation for Vantage projects. You will work closely with our Director, Finance and FP&A, and have high visibility with members of our Executive Teams in North America and Europe. The ideal candidate will be an autonomous self-starter who is capable of driving results and takes initiatives. You should have a professional-growth mindset and be willing to bring forth innovative ideas and methods that can benefit Vantage. Depending on learning curve and growth, opportunities to grow the team and manage resources will arise.

Essential Job Functions

• Lead the collaboration process between finance and all department heads to develop annual budgets and monthly reforecasts of the three financial statements
• Perform rigorous financial analysis and build corporate, cost and lease models, and drive process related to customer deal pricing, cost saving initiatives, and other business strategy
• Drive presentations to Executive Team, Board of Directors, and other key stakeholders for recommended investment and operational activities, as well as monthly / quarterly reporting
• Provide department heads and data centers operation managers with actionable variance analysis
• Own and improve cash forecast based on latest P&L forecasts, debt and capex inputs
• Implement transition from Excel to Saas-based budget / forecast system
• Support debt funding initiatives with relevant financial models and associated activities
• Develop project forecast models to support critical infrastructure, partnership and other investment decisions.
• Suggest and implement innovative ideas or methods to improve Vantage Europe efficiency and profitability

Duties

• Make data-driven recommendations to the Executive Team regarding the company’s strategic objectives, particularly on capital allocation decisions and strategic planning
• Maintain and improve a detailed corporate financial model
• Perform detailed business analytics and prepare key performance indicators (KPIs)
• Develop and manage Executive Team dashboard reporting
• Prepare analysis and materials for internal review and regular updates with the Board of Directors
• Liaison between company cost targets and department heads’ business requirements; prepare variance analysis
• Identify areas of improvement in FP&A processes and systems, make recommendations and drive implementations

Job Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance and / or Accounting – required
  
• Experience in Excel financial model design and implementation – required
• Strong analytical mind and quantitative skillset – required
• Highly proficient with MS Office Tools, especially Excel – required
• At least 5 years of professional experience in a similar role (financial analyst, auditor, modelling) – required
• Executive presence and effective communication skills – required
• Sound financial and business skills, “hands on” attitude, entrepreneurial mind, team spirit – essential
  
• Curious problem solver with a strong sense of urgency, responsibility & accountability – essential