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Senior Financial Analyst at EdgeConneX in Herndon, VA
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Job Description
Led by an experienced management team and supported by a strong investor group, including large and experienced institutions and strategic partners, EdgeConneX offers a dynamic, fast-paced work environment where we are bringing flexibility, proximity, power, and connectivity to some of the world’s key businesses. With major offices in Herndon, Denver, Amsterdam, Singapore and Malaysia, we have a global footprint and a unified team of employees committed to providing a premier customer experience and delivering the full spectrum of data center solutions, from core to edge, like no other data center provider can do.
Focused on driving innovation and helping our customers define and deliver their own unique vision for the Edge, at any scale, in any market worldwide, for any requirement, we are building tomorrow’s data center infrastructure, today for some of the world’s most demanding Network, Content, and Cloud customers.
Title: Senior Financial Analyst
The Senior Financial Analyst will provide the financial modeling and analysis required to support capital projects, from initial business case development through Executive and Board approval, as well as ongoing financial support once a project is approved and underway. This position reports to the Director of Finance.
Primary Responsibilities
- Primary finance responsibility for financial modeling and analysis to support capital projects across the business
- Build and maintain detailed financial models (NPV, IRR, payback period, sensitivity analysis) to evaluate proposed capital projects
- Develop investment proposals and presentations for Executive and Board-level approval of capital projects, outlining anticipated returns, risks, and strategic implications
- Partner with Engineering, Construction/Development, Operations, and Procurement to gather assumptions and validate capital project inputs
- Provide ongoing financial support once a project is approved, including budget-to-actual tracking, variance analysis, and monitoring KPIs on capital deployment efficiency
- Update forecasts and models as project scope, cost, or timing changes throughout the project lifecycle
- Analyze deal and unit economics for new sites and facilities to support long-term capacity planning
- Perform ad hoc and project-specific financial analyses (e.g., ROI comparisons, lease-vs-buy, make-vs-buy)
Experience/Education
- 5+ years of experience in financial analysis, corporate finance, or capital planning, ideally supporting capital project evaluation and approval
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or Economics preferred
- Strong knowledge and experience in financial modeling, valuation techniques (NPV, IRR, discounted cash flow), capital budgeting, and sensitivity modeling and interpretation
- Candidates with experience in the Data Center industry, Infrastructure, Technology, Construction, Banking, Private Equity or Real Estate environments are strongly encouraged to apply
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
- Advanced Excel modeling skills, including experience building and auditing complex, multi-scenario financial models
- Familiarity with financial planning and ERP systems (e.g., NetSuite, Anaplan, or similar) is a plus
- Strong communication skills, both written and verbal, in leading teams and coordinating with peers and other disciplines cross functionally to drive projects/issues to closure
- Commitment to organizational excellence and constant awareness to seek opportunities to improve processes/quality of deliverables
- Superb ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects/responsibilities
- Proven ability to meet committed timelines, leveraging assistance/input from peers
- Strong and effective team player in working with various disciplines and peer groups; can cover all gamut of tasks required to ‘getting a job done’
- Strong attention to detail
- Comfortable operating with a degree of ambiguity and incomplete information in a fast-paced, evolving environment