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 North America, EMEA and Asia Pacific, 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 is seeking a strategic and experienced Lead Analyst, FP&A to join our Financial Planning and Analysis team. The Lead Analyst will take ownership of key financial planning processes, deliver high-impact analysis, and serve as a strategic partner to business leaders. This role is ideal for finance professionals with strong analytical capabilities and leadership potential, looking to influence business outcomes and mentor junior team members.
Job Description
- Deliver accurate, timely and useful information to Business Units and Management regarding budgeting, monthly actuals and forecasts
- Engage in deep dive analysis to understand business performance and support broad company decision-making
Essential Job Functions
- Work closely with the FP&A Senior leaders to deliver accurate, timely and useful information to Business Units and Management, to enable identification of operational gaps and opportunities and support decision making
- Support business decision making by assessing risks and opportunities, and engaging in deep dive analysis to understand business performance
- Work closely with Business Units and provide guidance on:
- Budget requests (including P&L and headcount requests)
- Committed, invoiced, and forecasted spend
- Management approval process for unbudgeted spend requests
- Lead development of standard monthly and quarterly reports, which are used to make data-driven and economically sound recommendations to Management and Shareholders
- Continually enhance financial and key performance metrics reporting and analysis based on management and business needs. Proactively seek and suggest innovative ideas or methods to improve Vantage APAC efficiency and profitability
Duties
- Prepare material for monthly and quarterly financial reporting to Management and Shareholders
- Drive the implementation of budgeting tools and PowerBI business intelligence dashboards for reporting / forecasting purposes
- Analyse and benchmark site-level profitability, and contribute to monthly actuals / forecast variance analysis to identify operational gaps and opportunities
- Run monthly calls with Business Units to review variance analysis and gather details on forecasted / upcoming spend
- Address questions from Business Units, Management or Shareholders on figures reflected in the management reports
- Support overall business planning and budgeting process, including preparing or reviewing overall bottoms up P&L budgets in partnership with Business Units
- Drive budgeting process to ensure all Business Unit budget submissions are on schedule and consolidate budget requests for Management
- Develop budget and forecast models for Vantage APAC business
- Additional duties as assigned from time to time by CFO or other Senior Finance leaders, including adhoc analysis
Skills required
- Proficiency in Microsoft excel
- Utilitise functions, pivot tables, formulae for data manipulation, transformation, extraction and analysis
- Connect data across various sources
- Build financial models for budgeting and forecasting including sensitivity and scenario planning
- Proficiency in PowerBI
- Acquire data from primary/secondary data sources and perform data cleaning
- Design, build and maintain Power BI dashboards, reports and alerts
- Create effective visuals like charts, graphs, comparison tables to represent data clearly
- Competency in Microsoft Powerpoint
- Basic knowledge of programming languages like Python, R or VBA preferred for automating tasks
- Strong communication skills, with the ability to explain data insights and financial concepts to an audience that may or may not be financially trained
- Strong problem solving and critical thinking skills with the capacity to analyse problems, interpret data trends and propose solutions
- Demonstrate collaboration when working with other teams to understand and address their needs
We operate with No Ego and No Arrogance. We work to build each other up and support one another, appreciating each other’s strengths and respecting each other’s weaknesses. We find joy in our work and each other, actively seeking opportunities to inject fun into what we do. Our hard and efficient work is rewarded with an above market total compensation package. We offer a comprehensive suite of health and welfare, retirement, and paid leave benefits exceeding local expectations.
Throughout the year, the advantage of being part of the Vantage team is evident with an array of benefits, recognition, training and development, and the knowledge that your contribution adds value to the company and our community.
Don't meet all the requirements? Please still apply if you think you are the right person for the position. We are always keen to speak to people who connect with our mission and values.
Vantage Data Centers is an Equal Opportunity Employer
Vantage Data Centers does not accept unsolicited resumes from search firm agencies. Fees will not be paid in the event a candidate submitted by a recruiter without an agreement in place is hired; such resumes will be deemed the sole property of Vantage Data Centers.