Manager, Financial Planning & Analysis

Qu Data Centres Limited Partnership; Toronto; On-site; CAD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Qu Data Centres Limited Partnership is seeking a Manager, Financial Planning & Analysis to lead budgeting, forecasting and performance reporting. This hands-on role partners with the CFO and department leaders to improve financial visibility and drive data-driven decisions.

The successful candidate will own the budgets, develop management reporting, and present clear insights to senior leaders, balancing detailed analysis with practical recommendations in a lean environment.

Qualifications

• CPA designation preferred; finance training and FP&A experience will be considered.
• Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, economics, business or related discipline.
• Minimum 10 years FP&A/finance experience including budgeting and forecasting.
• Advanced Excel and financial modelling skills with ability to build and maintain models.
• Strong Power BI or comparable BI/dashboarding experience.
• Strong understanding of financial statements, cash flow and operating drivers.
• Excellent communication and business partnering skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead annual budgeting process across all functions.
• Own monthly forecast updates, quarterly reforecasts and rolling forecasts.
• Maintain integrated forecasts for revenue, gross margin, EBITDA, operating expenses, headcount, capex, working capital and cash flow.
• Coordinate inputs from business leaders, challenge assumptions and identify risks, opportunities and actions.
• Improve forecast accuracy and planning discipline across the organization.
• Own monthly management reporting package and executive performance reporting.
• Prepare variance analysis against budget, forecast and prior periods with drivers and actions.
• Identify trends and provide forward-looking insights for reviews.
• Support monthly operating reviews with the executive team and department leaders.
• Own KPI framework, dashboards and scorecards.
• Monitor recurring revenue, bookings, churn, gross margin, capacity utilization, revenue per MW, customer profitability, and headcount productivity.
• Ensure KPI definitions and data sources are consistent across the business.
• Advance Power BI and automated reporting capabilities.
• Serve as the primary finance partner to Data Centre Ops, Sales, Customer Success, Technology, Product and HR.
• Support workforce planning and resource allocation decisions.
• Translate operational activities into financial impacts, scenarios and recommendations.
• Build business cases for operational initiatives and ad hoc analysis for the CFO and exec team.
• Own and maintain core FP&A processes; drive automation and data quality.
• Evaluate AI-enabled planning tools while maintaining controls.

Skills

CPA designation

Advanced Excel

Financial modelling

Power BI

Business partnering

Financial statements understanding

Education

Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, economics, business or related

Tools

Excel

Power BI

Job description

Position Summary

The Manager, Financial Planning & Analysis is Qu Data Centres' dedicated FP&A leader, responsible for budgeting, forecasting, management reporting, KPI reporting and business performance analysis. Reporting directly to the Chief Financial Officer, this role partners closely with leaders across the organization to improve financial visibility, strengthen accountability and support data-driven decisions.

This is a highly hands-on individual contributor role. The successful candidate will personally build and maintain budgets, prepare reporting, analyze results and drive planning processes . The role requires someone who is equally comfortable working on detailed analysis and presenting clear, practical insights to senior leaders.

Key Responsibilities

Budgeting and Forecasting

• Lead Qu's annual budgeting process across all business functions.
• Own monthly forecast updates, quarterly reforecasts and rolling forecasts.
• Maintain integrated forecasts for revenue, gross margin, EBITDA, operating expenses, headcount, capital expenditures, working capital and cash flow.
• Coordinate inputs from business leaders, challenge assumptions and identify risks, opportunities and required actions.
• Improve forecast accuracy, planning discipline and accountability across the organization.

Management Reporting and Performance Analysis

• Own Qu's monthly management reporting package and executive performance reporting.
• Prepare clear variance analysis against budget, forecast and prior periods, including business drivers and recommended actions.
• Identify emerging trends and issues before they become material and provide forward-looking insight, not simply historical reporting.
• Support monthly operating reviews with the executive team and department leaders.

KPI Reporting and Business Intelligence

• Own Qu's financial and operational KPI framework, dashboards and scorecards.
• Monitor recurring revenue, bookings, churn, gross margin, capacity utilization, revenue per MW, customer profitability, and headcount productivity.
• Ensure KPI definitions, source data and calculations are consistent across the business.
• Advance Power BI and other automated reporting capabilities to improve accessibility, accuracy and speed.

Business Partnering and Decision Support

• Serve as the primary finance partner to Data Centre Operations, Sales, Customer Success, Technology, Product and Human Resources.
• Support workforce planning, departmental budgets, operational initiatives and resource allocation decisions.
• Translate operational activities into financial impacts, scenarios and recommendations.
• Build business cases for operational initiatives and support ad hoc analysis for the CFO and executive team.

Models, Systems and Process Improvement

• Own and maintain Qu's core financial planning and budgeting processes.
• Improve data quality and reduce manual reporting through process redesign, automation and fit-for-purpose finance technology.
• Evaluate practical uses of AI-enabled planning, reporting and analysis tools while maintaining appropriate controls.

Qualifications and Experience

• CPA designation preferred; a strong combination of finance training and relevant FP&A experience will also be considered.
• Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, economics, business or a related discipline.
• At least 10 years of progressive FP&A, finance or analytical experience, including ownership of company-wide budgeting and forecasting.
• Advanced Excel and financial modelling skills, with demonstrated ability to build and maintain integrated models personally.
• Strong Power BI or comparable business intelligence and dashboarding experience.
• Strong understanding of financial statements, cash flow, operating drivers and management reporting.
• Excellent communication and business-partnering skills, with the ability to turn detailed analysis into concise recommendations.
• Comfort operating independently in a lean environment with no direct reports.
• Experience in data centres, digital infrastructure, telecommunications, technology, managed services or another capital-intensive industry is an asset.

Success Measures

• Accurate, timely and decision-useful budgets, forecasts and cash flow projections.
• Improved forecast accuracy and early identification of financial risks and opportunities.
• High-quality management reporting and consistent KPI dashboards.
• Clear ownership and accountability for departmental financial performance.
• Improved reporting efficiency, automation and data quality.
• Meaningful reduction in CFO time spent producing routine forecasts, reports and KPI packages.
• Trusted partnership with the CFO, executive team and department leaders.