Financial Analyst, Datacenter

AFL Telecommunications•Duncan, SC

7d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Financial Analyst, Datacenter serves as a finance partner for assigned Hyperscale customers and supports North America cost analysis, forecasting, planning, close, and financial analytics. The role builds customer-level P&L views and forecasts, analyzes customer behavior and pricing, and reconciles customer demand to financial plans. It also owns analysis of North America cost lines, supports cost optimization, and partners with Operations, Supply Chain, Products Accounting, and commercial teams. The analyst develops scalable models and reporting in Excel and Power BI, supports leadership with ad hoc analysis and scenario models, and improves data quality and reporting processes.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or Business.
3–5 years of progressive finance experience in FP&A, cost accounting, or operations/manufacturing finance.
Hands-on experience with headcount planning, expense analysis, and budgeting.
Exposure to customer-facing or commercial finance, including pricing or customer profitability analysis.
Advanced Excel and financial modeling skills.
Strong understanding of standard costing, absorption, and manufacturing variances, including material, labor, and overhead.
Proficiency with ERP systems and ability to work with large, detailed data sets.
Exceptional attention to detail and ability to connect cost drivers to P&L outcomes.
Ability to turn complex analysis into clear, actionable recommendations for finance and non-finance audiences.
Curiosity, proactivity, and comfort engaging with manufacturing floor, engineering, and account teams.
Ability to build relationships and influence without authority across commercial, operations, and accounting partners.
Ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.

Nice To Haves

CPA, CMA, or CFA qualification, or progress toward one, is valued.
MBA is a plus but not required.
Manufacturing-environment experience with standard costing and variance analysis is strongly preferred.
Power BI or similar business intelligence tool experience is strongly preferred.
Experience with IBP or S&OP processes is highly desirable.

Responsibilities

Serve as the dedicated finance partner for assigned Hyperscale customers, participate in account reviews, and develop expertise in each customer relationship.
Build and maintain customer-level P&L views covering product-level revenue, standard cost, margin, and mix.
Analyze customer ordering patterns, forecast accuracy, backlog conversion, and demand volatility, and incorporate insights into revenue and margin forecasts.
Develop IBP expertise for assigned customers, reconcile unconstrained and constrained demand to the financial forecast, and provide customer-specific inputs to the Commercial Review Team.
Support pricing analysis, including price-volume-mix, contract pricing mechanics, raw material pass-throughs, and quote and deal profitability.
Provide customer-specific revenue and margin forecasts for monthly forecasts, quarterly reforecasts, and the annual operating plan.
Analyze North America P&L cost lines, including SG&A, R&D, material variances, and processing costs.
Build and maintain the headcount plan and roster-level cost model, tracking actual versus plan for hires, attrition, open requisitions, and fully loaded cost per head.
Analyze manufacturing labor efficiency, including labor hours per unit, earned versus actual hours, overtime, and productivity trends, in partnership with Operations and Operations Finance.
Analyze material price, usage, and scrap variances and processing cost variances, identifying root causes with Operations, Supply Chain, and Products Accounting.
Review non-labor SG&A and R&D spend at the cost center and account level to identify savings opportunities.
Develop cost optimization recommendations with quantified financial impact, present them to finance and business leadership, and track savings realization.
Prepare monthly variance analysis of actuals versus forecast, budget, and prior year, with clear commentary on cost and customer drivers.
Support North America P&L month-end close by reviewing cost center results, accruals, and reclasses with Products Accounting and Operations Finance.
Lead the development of expense, headcount, and cost inputs for the annual operating plan and quarterly reforecasts.
Maintain KPI dashboards and cost driver metrics to provide early warning of spend, efficiency, and margin trends.
Build scalable financial models and reporting tools in Excel and Power BI, automating recurring reports.
Provide analytical support for the Data Center story, including ad hoc analysis, scenario models, and presentation-ready outputs for the Finance Director and Finance Manager.
Improve data quality, cost reporting structures, and process efficiency across ERP and business intelligence tools.
Document models, processes, and methodologies to support repeatability and knowledge transfer.