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Senior Financial Controller
Job Summary
As a member of the global Design, Delivery, and Innovation team within Corporate Real Estate (CRE.DDI), you will play a pivotal role in managing and reporting on all financial activities across capital projects within Equinix. Your primary responsibility as Senior Financial Controller will be to conduct financial reporting, monitoring, budgeting, forecasting and ensure both regulatory and company policy compliance. Your role will also include coordinating vendors, procurement processing, and contract management. This role requires an organized analytical thinker with a technical understanding of financial modelling and excellent attention to detail. You will lead the day-to-day financial operations within the CRE.DDI team, reporting to the Global Director of Design, Delivery & Innovation, and working closely with teams within Corporate Real Estate, Finance, and Legal, including other key internal stakeholders. This is an exciting opportunity to join a growing team and shape the financial operations for our capital projects across the entire Equinix CRE portfolio.
Responsibilities
- Oversee and conduct financial planning, budgeting, and forecasting for capital projects in a Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) organization
- Analyse project feasibility, cash flow projections, and investment returns, working closely with the Senior (OpEx) Analyst
- Ensure compliance with accounting standards and internal policies
- Manage financial aspects of capital expenditure approvals, including evaluation of project proposals, cost-benefit analysis, and recommendations to senior management
- Collaborate with project managers, development teams, and external stakeholders to monitor project costs, progress, and performance
- Implement and maintain internal controls and financial procedures to safeguard assets and mitigate risks
- Facilitate audits, tax compliance, and reporting requirements
- Align with business partner reporting processes and cycles within the PM Office and central Finance function, proactively managing data collection and reporting
- Provide financial analysis and insights to support strategic decision-making, such as project selection, resource allocation, and portfolio optimization
- Prepare regular reports, variance analysis, and financial presentations for senior management and partner functions
- Participate in procurement processes to select professional services, vendors, and suppliers
- Collaborate in the preparation of contract drafting, administration, and signatories, coordinating with Project Managers and Legal, whilst maintaining a central depository
- Represent a Centre of Excellence, supporting CRE colleagues globally on financial subject matters
- Collaborate with the Vendor Manager to create and maintain a CRE Global Directory of preferred vendors and administer any Multi-Service Agreements (MSAs)
- Become a Coupa Super User and process Purchase Oder (PO) requests for CRE.DDI vendors globally across all capital projects, including registration, onboarding, and invoicing
- Lead and mentor finance team members
Qualifications & Experience
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field
- Proven experience in a similar role within a REIT or financial capital projects function
- Fluent in written and spoken English, other languages would be beneficial.
- Proficiency in financial and contracts software (e.g. Coupa, Apttus, Smartsheets, Advanced Excel)
- Preferred licensure with a recognized professional body (e.g. CIMA, ACCA, CIPS etc)
- Confident sound judgment and consideration in actions and decision-making, considering the wider impacts and perception of others
- Demonstrate excellent commercial awareness and sensitivity using frugality in both professional practice and project specification
- Excellent attention to detail, holding themselves and others to a high-quality standard
- Ability to multi-task and prioritise work with a flexible approach when travel, different time zones, or long hours of work are required
- Strong communication and presentation skills with the ability to pivot depending on the audience
Our offer
- Employment in a stable company with an established position in the market.
- Possibility to work within fast growing world's 500 Fortune digital infrastructure company.
- Challenging job in a dynamic, professional, international and multicultural environment.
- Possibility to participate in company sponsored trainings package.
- Employee Assistance Program - assess to free counselling legal and financial consultations and crisis intervention.
- Paid employee referral program.
- Opportunity to work in supportive, inclusive environment with People-Centric Culture.
- Competitive salary and yearly bonus as well as a well-defined career path shaped to the individuals career focus & priorities.
- Attractive benefits package: premium private medical care, life and accidence insurance, employee stock program, Multisport card, lunch passes
Equinix is committed to ensuring that our employment process is open to all individuals, including those with a disability. If you are a qualified candidate and need assistance or an accommodation, please let us know by completing this form.
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 status, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, political / organizational affiliation, status as a victim or family member of a victim of crime or abuse, or any other status protected by applicable law.