As the successful Data Center Operations Analyst , your performance objectives include:
Provide thought leadership and subject matter expertise related to financial controllership (accuracy, forecasting & compliance) of datacenter financials.
Manage the financial and commercial aspects of site contracts including related PO and invoice reviews.
Prepare quarterly spend management review materials at datacenter site
Assist with tracking of datacenter Maintenance and Repair activities
Evaluate cost savings opportunities and implement strategic projects to realize savings
Leverage local subject matter expert's tribal knowledge, spread adoption of best practices
Act on opportunities to increase agility, and contribute to workstreams to evolve processes, services, and solutions for Operations and Service Level Agreements for CO+I
Coordinate closely with datacenter field operations to foster alignment and partnerships for business success
Capabilities important to success include:
Operational Planning & Project Management: Show structured thinking, planning, and the ability to execute by working through others, influencing without authority, and dealing with ambiguity
Exceptional written and Interpersonal skills: Communicate effectively and concisely with stakeholders, senior managers, and leaders about our programs and objectives
Customer/Stakeholder Focus: Gather stakeholder impressions of services and programs, integrating this feedback into decision making. Allocate and align resources to optimize the stakeholder and partner experience.
Performance Goal and Standards Setting: Develop and communicate to realistic timelines via plans that consider potential obstacles and immediate + long-term consequences
Understand datacenter business objectives: Critically review multiple plans and adjust as needed. Proactively communicate and address necessary trade-offs
Flexibility and Adaptability: Regularly scan the environment to help anticipate changes that could affect key programs and projects. Effectively changes plans, goals, actions or priorities to respond to changing situations.
Team Player: Ability to both contribute strategically to this relatively new team and support strategic decisions once debate is over.
Qualifications
Basic Qualifications
Minimum 2 years experience with budget management/analysis, project controls, or similar data analysis
Preferred Qualifications
Bachelors Degree in Business, Program Management, or equivalent work experience
At least two years experience with critical environment/data center maintenance and repair cost management
At least two years experience with industry program and project management skills
At least two years experience working with collaboration platforms (e.g. SharePoint, MS Teams etc.)
At least one years experience with reporting and data analysis systems & platforms (e.g. PowerBI)