Remote, France, Italy or Spain
The Client
Datacenter People is partnering with a European specialist data center operator that delivers services through a campus model. Today they own and operate 22 data centers across France, Italy, Spain, Poland, and Luxembourg.
What The Job Involves
- Develop and maintain project budgets in collaboration with project managers.
- Monitor budget performance, track variances, and report on financial status.
- Implement cost control procedures to track project expenses and identify discrepancies.
- Analyze financial data and prepare reports to assess cost performance and forecast future costs.
- Generate regular financial reports, including cost forecasts, variance analyses, and project profitability assessments.
- Present findings and recommendations to senior management and project stakeholders.
- Evaluate and process change orders and additional funding requests, ensuring proper documentation and approval.
- Assess the financial impact of changes on project budgets.
- Work closely with project managers, engineers, and procurement teams to ensure alignment on financial goals.
- Facilitate communication between departments to resolve cost-related issues.
- Ensure compliance with company policies, accounting standards, and relevant regulations.
- Recommend and implement cost control best practices and tools.
- Own the process and be responsible for its accuracy and efficiency. Serve as the single point of contact and decision-maker regarding the process.
- Define and update the process, inputs, workflows, and outputs (templates, references, decisions, roles and responsibilities, sub-processes).
- Document the process at the operating level (operating manual).
- Describe digital needs, then requirements and their priority.
- Establish test steps to validate digital needs once delivered (follow up with defects up to resolution).
- Outline end-to-end test scenarios, execute and validate applying the process into a pilot.
- Participate in end-to-end testing performed at the solution level (e.g., when a new release needs to be tested).
- Listen to the process and to the PM community/users (Voice of the Process, Voice of the User), identify improvement opportunities, and implement them.
- Communicate to the Solution Manager process needs or effects at the solution level.
We’re Looking for Someone With
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Construction Management, or a related field.
- Experience: Minimum of 5 years in project cost control, financial analysis, or project management, preferably in data center or construction projects.
- Proficient in project management software and financial modeling tools.
- Strong analytical skills and attention to detail.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Certifications: Professional certifications (e.g., PMP, CAPM, Cost Engineer) are a plus.
- SOX knowledge.
- Fluent in English.
- Ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines.
- Proactive: Takes initiative and ownership of tasks without needing constant direction.
- Accountable: Admits mistakes, learns from them, and delivers on commitments.
- Agile: Learns quickly and applies new knowledge in practical situations.
- Collaborative: Works effectively with diverse teams and adapts communication styles accordingly.
- Resilient: Maintains a positive attitude and composure under pressure.
We regret that due to the high volume of applications we are unable to acknowledge each one. Please bear in mind that if you are selected for an interview we will contact you within the next seven days.
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