Senior Finance Business Analyst

About Equinix

Who are we?

Equinix is the world’s digital infrastructure company®, operating over 260 data centers across the globe. Digital leaders harness Equinix's trusted platform to bring together and interconnect foundational infrastructure at software speed. Equinix enables organizations to access all the right places, partners and possibilities to scale with agility, speed the launch of digital services, deliver world-class experiences and multiply their value, while supporting their sustainability goals.

A career at Equinix means you will collaborate on work that impacts the world and be surrounded by endless opportunities to learn new skills and grow in varied directions. We embrace diversity in thought and contribution and are committed to providing an equitable work environment that is foundational to our core values as a company and is vital to our success.

Job Summary

This exciting opportunity to join Equinix’s Finance Transformation and Center of Excellence (CoE) team will be fundamental in supporting the Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) transformation efforts. This role will drive FP&A process innovation and enhance data-driven forecasting and decision-making through automation, predictive analytics, and digital tools. The successful candidate will perform detailed analysis of the FP&A forecasting methodologies and processes to provide data-driven recommendations that optimize the overall forecasting process and/or forecast accuracy. This individual will help identify and drive improvements to data sources/data models used in FP&A forecasting processes for an optimized data flow enabling advanced financial reporting and analysis aligned to the vision of FP&A transformation.

Responsibilities

• Deep understanding of FP&A forecasting and reporting processes
• Partner with cross-functional FP&A teams and various IT teams to understand existing processes, challenges and assessment for improvement
• Analyze large datasets, trends & anomalies enabling financial insights
• Build proof of concepts to provide a recommendation for improvement in forecast accuracy and/or process optimization
• Drive optimization of data sources and data cleanliness for use in FP&A forecasting and reporting tools
• Build a strong relationship with and provide support to the FP&A community

Qualifications

• Proven years of experience in finance, business, data and analytics or a related field
• Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, business, or a related field is preferred
• Advanced user of financial applications, data modeling and reporting tools including but not limited to, Oracle EPM, Anaplan, Microsoft 365 suite including Power BI & Power Automate & Copilot, Python, Tableau
• Passion & technical acumen for data and analytics with the ability to analyze data, trends, and data sources to recommend improvements/ changes to the existing forecasting processes
• Ability to design and create data visualization for financial reporting
• Prioritize workloads, meet deadlines and escalate concerns when needed
• Organized, strategically focused, detail oriented, self-starter with the communication skills to convey messages clearly and concisely
• A team player who can work with stakeholders in other functions to achieve objectives
• Enthusiastic with a passion to learn

Equinix is committed to ensuring that our employment process is open to all individuals, including those with a disability. Equinix is an Equal Employment Opportunity and, in the U.S., an Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to unlawful consideration of race, color, religion, creed, national or ethnic origin, ancestry, place of birth, citizenship, sex, pregnancy / childbirth or related medical conditions, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital or domestic partnership status, age, veteran or military status, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, political / organizational affiliation, status as a victim or family member of a victim of crime or abuse, or any other status protected by applicable law.