Financial Analyst, FP&A

5C; Kentucky; On-site; USD 85,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

5C Data Centers in Kentucky seeks a Financial Analyst to join our FP&A team, supporting core planning, modeling, and analysis as we scale our hyperscale infrastructure.

The role owns month-end variance analysis, rolling forecasts, and budgeting, partnering with the Director of FP&A to evolve financial templates and models for a fast-paced build program.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, economics, or related field.
• 4+ years of FP&A, corporate finance, or accounting experience with end-to-end forecasting ownership.
• Direct experience in data center, hyperscale infrastructure, colocation, or commercial real estate/construction finance environments.
• Strong Excel and financial modeling skills with comfort in established model structures.
• Excellent communication skills to translate financial data into narratives for non-finance stakeholders.
• Experience with FP&A or planning tools (Adaptive, Insights, Anaplan, Planful) is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Own month-end variance analysis on the opex and operating side, explaining key drivers and variances.
• Independently build and maintain rolling forecasts across monthly, quarterly, and annual horizons with milestones and capex planning.
• Partner with the Director of FP&A on financial models and templates and maintain them as the business evolves.
• Support development and maintenance of the operating budget and forecast.
• Conduct ad hoc financial analysis to support major business decisions.
• Develop and maintain dashboards and analyses for leadership visibility into performance.
• Gather business inputs from across the company to support planning and forecasting work.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure forecasting accuracy and alignment with strategic goals.

Skills

Excel & modeling

Forecasting

Communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

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

Tools

Adaptive

Insights

Anaplan

Planful

Job description

Join the Future of Digital Infrastructure

Are you a passionate Financial Analyst looking to make a meaningful impact? We're building the next generation of digital infrastructure powering hyperscalers, AI innovation, and high-performance computing across North America.

Role Summary

We're building out our FP&A function and are looking for a Financial Analyst to support core planning, modeling, and analysis as the team scales.

This role owns month-end variance analysis and reforecasting across the business, partnering with the Director of FP&A on financial models and templates, with ownership of forecast development and assumption-setting. This role requires hands‑on experience in data center, colocation, hyperscale infrastructure, or capital‑intensive commercial real estate construction environments, given the pace and complexity of our active build program.

This person will report to our Director, FP&A and will share our company values and play an important role in supporting our continued growth.

How We Work At 5C

Our core values guide how we collaborate, make decisions, support one another, and serve our customers. We're looking for people who embrace them and help us build something great.

What You Will Do

• Own month-end variance analysis on the opex and operating side of the business, comparing actuals to plan and explaining key drivers.
• Independently build and maintain rolling forecasts across multiple time horizons (monthly, quarterly, annual), incorporating construction milestones, capex phasing, and evolving business drivers.
• Partner with the Director of FP&A on financial models and templates, extending and maintaining them as the business evolves.
• Support the development and maintenance of the company's operating budget and forecast.
• Conduct ad hoc financial analysis to support business decisions.
• Develop and maintain dashboards and analyses that give leadership clear visibility into financial performance.
• Gather business inputs from across the company to support planning and forecasting work.
• What You Bring
• Bachelor's degree in finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field.
• 4+ years of experience in FP&A, corporate finance, or accounting, with demonstrated ownership of forecasting process end-to end.
• Direct experience in data center, hyperscale infrastructure, colocation, or commercial real estate/construction finance environments is required.
• Strong Excel and financial modeling skills, with comfort working within an established model structure.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to translate financial data into clear narratives for non-finance stakeholders.
• Experience with FP&A or planning tools (e.g. Adaptive, Insights, Anaplan, Planful) is an asset.

Why Join 5C Data Centers?

At 5C, we believe great people build great companies. You'll build a rewarding career while helping shape the future of digital infrastructure - one of the fastest-growing industries in the world.

Build a rewarding career in one of the world's fastest-growing industries.

Industry Leadership

Help power the infrastructure behind AI and high-performance computing.

Your ideas matter - we empower employees to help shape our future.

Competitive pay plus meaningful, lasting impact on the work you do.

Life at 5C

We're more than a workplace - we're a team of builders, innovators, and problem-solvers united by a shared purpose: creating infrastructure that powers the technologies transforming our world. Your voice matters here, and we encourage fresh ideas at every level.

LOCATION

SALARY RANGE

$85,000 – $105,000

5C Data Centers is an equal opportunity employer.

We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone can thrive. 5C evaluates qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability status, or any other legally protected characteristic.