Senior Director, Capital and Planning Analysis

NTT Global Data Centers; United States; Remote; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

NTT Global Data Centers seeks a Senior Director of Capital Planning & Analysis to lead a team of financial analysts in modeling, business-case development, and performance measurement for capital investments. The role collaborates with the Global VP Financial & Capital Planning, CFO and investment teams to support expansion plans.

The position requires extensive IFRS knowledge, advanced Excel/VBA, and leadership of cross-functional teams across time zones.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in financial modeling and analytics.
• 5+ years in management/leadership roles.
• Experience evaluating real estate, infrastructure, or corporate finance investments.
• Ability to translate complex financial terms for non-financial audiences.
• Fluency in English (written and spoken).

Responsibilities

• Establish global business-case modeling processes with standardized templates.
• Align investment KPIs with Investment Team and parent entity.
• Develop new site business-case modeling scenarios for capital approvals.
• Monitor and report on site business cases against actuals.
• Build Power BI dashboards for management reporting and analytics.
• Support JV activities with robust business-case analysis.
• Collaborate with Global Portfolio Management on asset improvements and investor/bank support.
• Create and maintain business-case policy and process docs.
• Review practices against industry standards; drive AI-enabled process improvements.
• Lead and develop staff in business-case modeling.
• Coordinate with Regional/Global FP&A for inputs.
• Support project sponsors to secure internal approvals with various committees.

Skills

Advanced Excel

VBA

Financial modeling

Power BI

IFRS knowledge

Executive communication

Tools

MS PowerPoint

Outlook

Job description

The Senior Director, Capital Planning & Analysis role will lead a team of Financial Analysts to provide Financial modeling and business case development for new capital investment opportunities, asset improvement analysis, external investor and banking analysis and measure performance against approved business cases. This position will provide a critical role in supporting the Global VP Financial & Capital Planning, CFO and Global Investment Team to enable our aggressive expansion plan.

KEY ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Establish and oversee global business case modeling process for Global Data Center organization ensuring consistent methodologies, modeling template and processes aligning with industry standards and best practices
• Engage with Investment Team and parent entity to align on investment KPIs and investment performance expectations.
• Oversee development of new site business case modeling scenarios and engagement with support functions to support new capital investment approvals.
• Establish and maintain rhythm of business routine for existing site business case monitoring and reporting against actuals.
• Create power BI dashboards for management reporting and analytics.
• Provide robust business case modeling and analysis for Joint Venture activities.
• Collaborate with Global Portfolio Management to support asset improvement analysis and ongoing investor and external banking support.
• Create and maintain business case policy and process documentation.
• Continually review practices against industry best practices and collaborate with other functions to improve and automate processes Work to implement AI enabled activities to decrease delivery time to business and improve quality of analysis.
• Manage and develop Business case modeling analyst staff to create best of class business case support
• Collaborate with Regional Management, other global departments and global FP&A to obtain all business case inputs
• Support project sponsor to secure internal approvals, working closely with Investment Committee, Land Site Selection, Construction and Tokyo parent company for approvals.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES

• Advanced knowledge and use of Microsoft Excel required.
• Knowledge of IFRS.
• Ability to communicate complex Financial/Accounting terminology to non-financial personnel.
• Ability to work with different groups and levels across the company to bring consensus.
• Experience evaluating and underwriting real estate, infrastructure or corporate finance transactions or investment opportunities.
• Advanced MS Excel, VBA and Financial Modelling skills including ability to produce complex, multi-dimensional models from scratch.
• Advanced MS Power Point and ability to condense and portray complex data into digestible project or opportunity memorandums for senior executive audiences.
• Strong IT skills to include the utilization of Microsoft programs such as Word Power BI and Outlook.
• Comfortable in high pressure and fast-pace transactional environments.
• Excellent communication and problem-solving skills.
• Fluent in English language, written and oral.
• Ability to work across different cultures, languages and time zones.

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

• Minimum 10+ years Financial Modeling and 5+ years management experience.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Remain stationary for long periods of time
• Operate computer, peripherals, and other office equipment.

WORK CONDITIIONS & OTHER REQUIREMENTS

• Outside of US business hours will be required to accommodate international time zones.
• Remote work majority of the time; provide adequate at home work environment.