Senior Manager, Finance Operations - Data Centres

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## About Nscale Nscale is the GPU cloud engineered for AI. We provide cost-effective, high-performance infrastructure for AI start-ups and large enterprise customers. Nscale enables AI-focused companies to achieve superior results by reducing the complexity of AI development. Our GPU cloud bolsters technical capabilities and directly supports strategic business outcomes, including cost management, rapid innovation, and environmental responsibility. We thrive on a culture of relentless innovation, ownership, and accountability, where every team member takes pride in their work and drives it with excellence and urgency. As an Nscaler, you’ll build trust through openness and transparency, where everyone is inspired to do their best work. If you join our team, you’ll be contributing to building the technology that powers the future. ## About the Role We’re hiring a Senior Manager - Financial Operations - DC to serve as the Finance Business Partner for Data Center Projects, initially supporting a major deployment in the EMEA region before scaling support to future build projects. Reporting to the VP of Financial Ops (DC & Projects), you’ll partner closely with commercial, design and construction, procurement, project management, accounting, and operations teams. You’ll provide actionable financial insight, support commercial decision-making and capital planning, and strengthen financial governance across large-scale data center deployments. This role is based in London with remote flexibility and an expectation of connecting in the office one to three days a week. It suits someone who combines strong financial acumen with an understanding of construction project dynamics, cost drivers, and risk management, and who thrives in a dynamic, high-intensity environment. ## What you'll be doing ****Financial Planning & Forecasting**** - Facilitate annual budgeting and quarterly forecasting processes. - Develop and maintain financial models for operating and capital expenditure. - Monitor performance against budget, identifying risks and opportunities. - Support long-range planning and capacity growth forecasts. ****Performance Reporting & Insights**** - Deliver monthly management reporting and variance analysis. - Develop KPI dashboards and performance metrics. - Provide financial insights and recommendations to leadership. - Support executive and board reporting requirements. ****Capital Expenditure & Investment Management**** - Track and report on infrastructure and data center capital investments. - Support business case development for new sites and expansion projects. - Monitor project spend against approved budgets. - Maintain strong financial governance and investment discipline. ****Operational Finance Business Partnering**** - Partner with the accounting team on accruals and validation during monthly, quarterly, and annual close processes. - Analyse key cost drivers, including power, colocation, facilities, maintenance contracts, hardware, and network costs. - Identify efficiency improvements and cost-optimisation opportunities. - Partner with operations leaders to evaluate productivity and efficiency initiatives. - Support vendor financial reviews and contract evaluations. ****Process Improvement & Controls**** - Improve forecasting accuracy and financial controls. - Standardise and automate reporting processes. - Enhance financial transparency and data quality. - Build scalable finance processes that enable business growth. ## About You - 5+ years of experience in FP&A, operations finance, infrastructure finance, or a related role. - Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field. - Strong financial modelling, forecasting, and analytical skills. - Experience supporting operational or technical business functions. - Advanced Excel skills. - Ability to communicate financial concepts clearly to non-financial stakeholders. - High ownership, comfort with ambiguity, and the ability to challenge assumptions with data. - Experience in data centers, cloud infrastructure, telecommunications, colocation, hyperscale environments, or critical facilities operations is preferred. - Understanding of data center cost drivers, including power, cooling, network infrastructure, and capacity utilisation, is preferred. - Familiarity with KPI reporting for infrastructure operations and asset utilisation is preferred. ## What we can offer you At Nscale, you'll find a collaborative, supportive, and innovative environment where your contributions spark real impact. We're building something extraordinary, and we want you at the core. - A highly competitive package (base + equity), with reviews every 12 months. 🚀 - The opportunity to join a fast-growing technology startup, push boundaries, collaborate with brilliant minds, and make your mark on cutting-edge AI. ✨ - A dynamic progression plan tailored to your ambitions. Grow by trying new things, leading, challenging the status quo, and owning your impact—with our full support. - Human-First Flexibility: We treat you as humans first. 🫶🏽 Our flexible workplace trusts Nscalers to deliver, giving you the autonomy to shape your day around life's moments. ## Equal Opportunities Statement We strongly encourage applications from people of colour, the LGBTQ+ community, people with disabilities, neurodivergent people, parents, carers, and people from lower socio-economic backgrounds. If there’s anything we can do to accommodate your specific situation, please let us know. 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