FP&A Manager, Equinix
Center of Excellence
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Digital infrastructure company
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Digital infrastructure company
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
Plus employees are eligible for bonus
1001+ employees
Company mission
To provide finance, manufacturing, transport, government, and healthcare organizations a cloud-first world.
Role
Who you are
- Experience: 5–8+ years in FP&A, People Cost analytics, workforce planning or related roles in a matrixed environment
- Education: bachelor’s degree in finance, HR Analytics, Economics, Business or related field (advanced degree a plus)
- Technical Skills: Proven affinity and experience with large datasets, analytics and Finance systems; experience with Workday, Oracle EPM/Anaplan and BI tools a plus; expert in Excel
- Business & Communication: Ability to translate data into insights; influence cross-functional stakeholders; concise, executive-ready communication
- Mindset: Builder mentality, comfort with ambiguity and operating across multiple CoE lanes, and a focus on standardization, scalability and continuous improvement
What the job involves
- We are seeking a highly analytical Manager with a passion for continuous improvement and process excellence to join our newly created FP&A Center of Excellence (CoE), with an initial focus on People Cost & Headcount as part of a broader FP&A CoE mandate
- You will contribute to and help standardize Headcount/S&B forecasting process, create standards, drive accuracy across planning horizons, and deliver clear financial workforce insights that strengthen decision-making across the enterprise. The role may expand into additional CoE swim lanes based on business needs and the candidate’s skillset
- The FP&A CoE is a new global team centralizing core planning, reporting, analytics, and data governance activities to reduce duplication, build scalability and accelerate digital transformation
- The team standardizes processes and templates, improves data quality, and partners with Digital/IT (DIO) and HR to enable predictive, automated, and insight-rich FP&A
- People Cost & HC Forecasting: Partner on forecast and budget process across the enterprise. Support the development of-, and maintain driver-based models for compensation, benefits, and workforce planning; produce variance analysis and executive-ready commentary
- Gathers Process Improvement & Automation: Streamline workflows and controls; identify automation opportunities (reporting, reconciliations, validations) and help deploy best-practice templates for the global CoE in collaboration with the CFO Transformation, DIO and Data & Analytics teams
- Data Stewardship & Governance: Ensure integrity of HC and People Cost data across Workday, Oracle/EPM and related systems; maintain definitions, forecast drivers/methodologies and assumptions; proactively surface data quality issues and coordinate remediation with the CFO Transformation & DIO
- Stakeholder Collaboration: Partner with HR, Rewards, Talent Acquisition and FP&A on scenario exploration (e.g., hiring phasing, location strategies) and translate trends into clear financial narratives
Our take
Equinix is a veteran player in the digital infrastructure market, connecting industry-leading organizations in finance, manufacturing, retail, transportation, government, healthcare, and education.
The company provides a range of services within the categories of digital, support, data center, and interconnection, with capabilities including, for example, simplifying hybrid cloud deployments or securing on-site deployments. It has an extensive range of partners, granting its clients access to a vast range of industry-leading technologies atop its own offerings.
With a wide global presence, Equinix has secured a path to continued success by its ability to keep abreast of developments in the space. The company is comfortably positioned to remain a robust and leading player across multiple growth avenues and can be expected to make more smart developments and partnerships in the future.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
9% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company HQ
Redwood Shores, Redwood City, CA
Leadership
Adaire Fox-Martin
(CEO & President)Prior to becoming CEO of Equinix in 2024, Adaire spent nearly 3 years at Google in various roles, including Head of Google Ireland and President of Google Cloud Go to Market. She also spent nearly 14 years at SAP and over 18 years at Oracle Corporation.
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