Supply Chain Financial Operations Analyst

NLB Services; Santa Clara (CA); Remote; USD 83,000 - 96,000; Full time

Job summary

Next Level Business Services Inc. seeks a Supply Chain Financial Operations Analyst to own monthly financial operations for our global Co-Lo hosting providers.

This remote contract role focuses on validating and approving monthly invoices, accruals, forecasting, and reporting, ensuring accuracy against contracts, PO's, and forecasts. The ideal candidate combines strong analytical and reconciliation skills with experience in invoices, POs, budgets, and financial data, and can collaborate across

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in financial operations, accounts payable, procurement operations, FinOps, supply chain, infrastructure operations, or related analytical roles.
• Strong analytical and reconciliation skills.
• Experience working with invoices, purchase orders, contracts, budgets, or financial data.
• Strong Excel/data-analysis capabilities.
• Ability to identify billing discrepancies and independently drive resolution.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to operate within financial controls and approval deadlines.
• Effective communication across Finance, Procurement, Operations, and external suppliers.

Responsibilities

• Review and approve monthly Co-Lo invoices for Fixed Rent / Space & Power MRC, Metered Power, and Smart Hands.
• Ensure invoices are charged against the correct PO and service category.
• Compare invoices against expected monthly costs and investigate variances before approval.
• Maintain timely invoice approvals to avoid payment delays, supplier disputes, or invoice rejection.
• Track invoices received, approved, pending, disputed, or missing, and provide data for forecasting.
• Coordinate with Co-Lo providers and internal teams to resolve billing discrepancies and obtain missing documents.
• Help standardize invoice formats, service classifications, and PO structures.

Skills

Analytical skills

Reconciliation

Excel

Attention to detail

Communication

Tools

Power BI

ERP systems

Job description

Job title: Supply Chain Financial Operations Analyst

Work Arrangement: Remote

Employment Type: 12+ Months (Contract)

Salary/Wage Range: $60 t0 $70/hour

Application Deadline: Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis until the position

Role Overview

We are seeking a highly analytical and detail-oriented Co-Location Financial Operations Analyst to own the monthly financial operations associated with our global Co-Location hosting providers.

This role will be responsible for validating and approving monthly invoices covering Fixed Rent / Space, Metered Power, Smart Hands, and related Co-Lo services, ensuring charges align with contracts, purchase orders, expected consumption, and financial forecasts.

The analyst will be a critical control point between Data Center Operations, Supply Chain/Procurement, Finance, Accounts Payable, FinOps, and Co-Lo providers. The role will also help transition invoice operations from manual reconciliation toward standardized and AI-assisted exception-based processing.

Key Responsibilities

Monthly Invoice Validation & Approval

Review and approve monthly Co-Lo invoices for:

• Fixed Rent / Space & Power MRC
• Metered Power
• Smart Hands

Ensure invoices are charged against the correct PO and service category.

Compare invoices against expected monthly costs and investigate material variances before approval.

Maintain timely invoice approvals to avoid payment delays, supplier disputes, or invoice rejection.

Accruals, Forecasting & Reporting

Track invoices received, approved, pending, disputed, or missing.

• Recommend monthly accruals for services where invoices have not been received.
• Provide actual invoice data for forecasting and budget-versus-actual reporting.
• Track cost trends across providers, sites, service categories, and billing periods.
• Maintain supporting documentation for Finance and audit inquiries.

Provider & Cross-Functional Coordination

Work with Co-Lo suppliers to resolve billing discrepancies and obtain missing invoices or supporting documentation.

Partner with Data Center Operations, Accounts Payable, Procurement, Finance and FinOps on invoice and PO issues.

Drive issues through resolution and maintain clear documentation of exceptions and outcomes.

Help standardize invoice formats, service classifications, PO structures, and approval controls.

Partner with engineering and automation teams to improve invoice extraction and validation.

Qualifications

3+ years of experience in financial operations, accounts payable, procurement operations, FinOps, supply chain, infrastructure operations, or related analytical roles.

Strong analytical and reconciliation skills.

Experience working with invoices, purchase orders, contracts, budgets, or financial data.

Strong Excel/data-analysis capabilities.

Ability to identify billing discrepancies and independently drive resolution.

Strong attention to detail and ability to operate within financial controls and approval deadlines.

Effective communication across Finance, Procurement, Operations, and external suppliers.

Preferred

Experience with data centers, Co-Location providers, cloud infrastructure, telecommunications, or facilities operations.

Familiarity with consumption-based billing, particularly kWh/power usage.

Experience with ERP/procurement and invoice approval workflows.

Experience with Power BI or similar reporting/analytics tools.

Exposure to AI/document-intelligence technologies for extracting and validating invoices.

Reasonable Accommodation

NLB Services provides reasonable accommodations during the recruitment process as required by law. Applicants requiring an accommodation due to a disability, pregnancy-related limitation, or sincerely held religious belief, practice or observance may contact their recruiter or email [e-mail].

Based on employment status and assignment, eligible employees may receive benefits, such as Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance, Health Insurance, Disability Insurance, etc. Eligibility and benefit terms vary by assignment.

Other Important Terms

- Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States.

- Any employment offer may be contingent upon job-related screening, employment eligibility verification and other requirements permitted by applicable law.

- Following a conditional offer of employment, candidates may be required to complete job-related background screening, which may include criminal history checks and/or drug testing, as applicable and permitted by federal, state, and local law.

NLB Services is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation and gender identity), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.