Director, FP&A

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.

Our Product Finance team is looking for a strategic business partner who will jointly drive long term profitability and financial health of product portfolios via leading our FP&A organization. This team is designed to provide highly motivated, skilled, and naturally curious individuals an opportunity for career development at a growing company.

The Director, Product Finance will play a critical role in setting vision and drive cadence of our Financial Planning and Analysis activities for our fast-growing innovative Product organization.  The responsibility includes, but not limited to consolidation and ownership of budgeting/forecasting process, financial close support, rigorous monthly cadence management, quarterly guidance, strategy planning support, KPI management, financial modeling, roadmap alignment support, and executive presentation. 

This highly matrix-oriented role sits in our CFO organization and is an important liaison to not only within finance, but also with our Product organization, sales regions, marketing, operations, corporate development/strategy, and other functions.  The ideal candidate is a high energy, responsive and detail-oriented thought-leader who can step back, when needed. We are expecting an experienced leader with strong communication, analytical, operational and people management skills who is also able to balance two types of business speeds between nimble digital world and robust core businesses.

Responsibilities

• Establish and develop cadence around a monthly, quarterly, and annual financial and KPI reporting


• Partner with Accounting and Corporate FP&A to support our financial close cycle


• Variance analysis including understanding not only “what”, but also “why” and “so what” to support driving profitable growth of our products


• Develop product budget and forecast by partnering with Product leadership


• Present key stakeholders and executive management to help facilitate decision making


• Act as trusted advisor to cross functional business leaders, anticipates needs, makes recommendations based on knowledge of partner industry, and facilitates decision making


• Deliver and craft high-quality presentations for senior executives and business partners


• Lead the team to resolve complex technical, operational and organizational problems


• Defining objectives, quarterly conversations, performance counseling, coaching and career development


• Ad Hoc Analysis

Qualifications

• 10+ years experience in FP&A, Corporate Finance, or related field preferred


• Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, business or related field preferred


• Master's degree (MBA) or CPA preferred


• M&A experiences a plus


• Able to effectively manage time and prioritize multiple projects in a fast-paced environment


• Ability to lead and work well independently and in groups in a highly metrics organization in person and remotely


• Strong numerical, writing, analytical, and communication skills required


• Experience working in a matrix organization, with ability to solve complex problems and maintain accountability geographically and functionally


• Experience building and establishing constructive and cooperative working relationships and open lines of communication


• Experience presenting and partnering with Executives, including the ability to push back and have difficult conversations


• Service oriented attitude

We offer Medical, TeleMedicine, Dental, Vision, Life and AD&D insurance, 401K, Leave of absence & disability benefits, paid time off & holidays and more. 

In accordance with Colorado State Law (https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb19-085) the salary range for Colorado for this role is $135,000 - $185,000 per Year with 30% bonus target.

Equinix is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, status as a protected veteran, or status as a qualified individual with disability.