Senior Manager, Finance Operations

Quality Technology Services; Duluth (GA); In loco; USD 120.000 - 170.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

Quality Technology Services seeks a Senior Manager, Operations Finance to lead portfolio-wide FP&A for Facilities Operations. You will connect operational activity with financial outcomes, develop dashboards, and drive cost-efficiency initiatives across a distributed portfolio.

The role requires 8+ years in FP&A/operational finance, strong Excel and planning-system experience, and excellent communication with executives and stakeholders.

Competenze

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Administration, or a related field.
• At least 8 years of progressive experience in financial planning and analysis, operations finance, corporate finance, asset management, or related discipline.
• Demonstrated experience leading budgeting, forecasting, management reporting, variance analysis, and financial modeling processes.
• Experience partnering directly with operational or functional leaders and converting business activity into financial insights and recommendations.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and experience working with enterprise financial planning and reporting systems.
• Strong executive communication, presentation, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Ability to manage multiple projects.

Mansioni

• Prepare portfolio-level monthly, quarterly, and annual reporting for Facilities Operations, Asset Management, Finance leadership, and other senior stakeholders.
• Partner with Accounting to analyze actual performance against budget and forecast, isolate key business drivers, and provide explanations of material variances.
• Develop portfolio-level dashboards, scorecards, and KPIs that connect operational activity to financial performance.
• Assess trends in labor, repair and maintenance, utilities, security, national contracts, managed services, and other operating cost categories.
• Improve timeliness, consistency, and executive readiness of Facilities Operations financial reporting.
• Build business cases, scenario analyses, and sensitivity models for major portfolio-level operational initiatives, vendor programs, and cost-efficiency opportunities.
• Evaluate financial returns, portfolio impact, implementation risks, and measurable benefits for operating initiatives.
• Support contract and sourcing decisions by validating baselines, savings assumptions, and forecast implications.
• Provide financial insights to support operating model, resource prioritization, and portfolio growth decisions.
• Present findings and recommendations to senior Finance and Operations leaders.
• Standardize portfolio-wide budgeting, forecasting, reporting, and variance-analysis processes.
• Partner with Accounting to align management reporting with results and resolve classification, accrual, timing, and data-quality issues.
• Develop governance, approval pathways, and documentation standards for significant initiatives.
• Identify opportunities to automate recurring analysis and reporting through planning systems and other enterprise tools.
• Maintain documentation and internal controls for key financial assumptions.

Conoscenze

Advanced Excel

Financial modeling

Stakeholder management

Presentation skills

Formazione

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Administration, or related field

Strumenti

Microsoft Excel

Planning/Budgeting systems

Descrizione del lavoro

Who we are:

As a global leader in digital infrastructure, QTS designs, builds and operates advanced data centers that support strategic AI, cloud and digital transformation initiatives. We are driven by a mission to connect the world for good and our people make it possible. Every single day, the creativity, dedication and genuine care for our communities are what push us forward and make this a truly special place to be.

The Senior Manager, Operations Finance provides portfolio-wide financial leadership, planning, analysis, and decision support for the Facilities Operations organization. The role is a finance business partner to Facilities Operations leadership for forecasting, budgeting, monthly reporting, and performance analysis, and long-range planning across the QTS operating portfolio.

This position focuses on enterprise and portfolio-level operating performance rather than ownership of individual assets. The Senior Manager will connect operational activity, staffing, maintenance, utilities, vendor programs, and other cost drivers to financial outcomes; improve forecast accuracy and transparency; and provide clear recommendations to support informed operating and investment decisions.

What You Will Do: (Job Responsibilities)

Management Reporting and Performance Analysis

• Prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual reporting for Facilities Operations, Asset Management, Finance leadership, and other senior stakeholders.
• Partner with Accounting to analyze actual performance against budget and forecast, isolate key business drivers, and provide concise explanations of material variances.
• Develop portfolio-level dashboards, scorecards, and key performance indicators that connect operational activity to financial performance.
• Assess trends in labor, repair and maintenance, utilities, security, national contracts, managed services, and other operating cost categories.
• Improve the timeliness, consistency, and executive readiness of Facilities Operations financial reporting.

Strategic Analysis and Decision Support

• Build business cases, scenario analyses, and sensitivity models for major portfolio level operational initiatives, vendor programs, organizational investments, and cost-efficiency opportunities.
• Evaluate financial returns, portfolio impact, implementation risks, and measurable benefits associated with proposed operating initiatives.
• Support contract and sourcing decisions by helping validate baselines, savings assumptions, cost avoidance, and forecast implications.
• Provide financial insights that support operating model, resource prioritization, and portfolio growth decisions.
• Present findings and recommendations clearly to senior Finance and Operations leaders.

Process Improvement, Governance and Controls

• Standardize portfolio-wide budgeting, forecasting, reporting, and variance-analysis processes for Facilities Operations.
• Partner with Accounting to align management reporting with recorded results and resolve classification, accrual, timing, and data-quality issues.
• Develop clear governance, approval pathways, documentation standards, and ownership expectations for significant operating initiatives and financial commitments.
• Identify opportunities to automate recurring analysis and reporting through planning systems and other enterprise tools.
• Maintain effective documentation, internal controls, and audit-ready support for key financial assumptions and reporting outputs.

Leadership Expectations

• Lead cross-functional work through influence, clear communication, and disciplined follow-through.
• Build trusted relationships with executives, operating leaders, and finance partners across a geographically distributed portfolio.
• Develop scalable processes and tools that can support continued portfolio growth and increasing organizational complexity.
• Model sound judgment, ownership, accountability, confidentiality, and a continuous-improvement mindset.
• Provide coaching and support to analysts or other team members assigned to Operations Finance initiatives, as applicable. Other duties as assigned.

What You Will Need to Be Successful: (Required Qualifications, Education, Experience, Certifications)

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Administration, or a related field.
• At least 8 years of progressive experience in financial planning and analysis, operations finance, corporate finance, asset management, or a related discipline.
• Demonstrated experience leading budgeting, forecasting, management reporting, variance analysis, and financial modeling processes.
• Experience partnering directly with operational or functional leaders and converting business activity into financial insights and recommendations.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and experience working with enterprise financial, planning, and reporting systems.
• Strong executive communication, presentation, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Ability to manage multiple p