Senior Manager, Finance Operations

QTS Data Centers•Duluth, GA

About The Position

The Senior Manager, Operations Finance provides portfolio-wide financial leadership, planning, analysis, and decision support for the Facilities Operations organization. The role serves as a finance business partner to Facilities Operations leadership for forecasting, budgeting, monthly reporting, performance analysis, and long-range planning across the QTS operating portfolio. It focuses on enterprise and portfolio-level operating performance rather than ownership of individual assets, connecting operational activity, staffing, maintenance, utilities, vendor programs, and other cost drivers to financial outcomes. The role improves forecast accuracy and transparency and provides recommendations to support operating and investment decisions. The position prepares and improves financial reporting and performance analysis; develops portfolio-level dashboards, scorecards, and KPIs; and assesses operating cost trends. It builds business cases, scenario analyses, and sensitivity models for portfolio initiatives, vendor programs, organizational investments, and efficiency opportunities, evaluating returns, impacts, risks, and benefits. It also supports contract and sourcing decisions and provides insights for operating-model, resource-prioritization, and portfolio-growth decisions. The Senior Manager standardizes budgeting, forecasting, reporting, and variance-analysis processes; partners with Accounting to align management reporting with recorded results and resolve data and accounting issues; establishes governance and documentation standards; and identifies automation opportunities. The role leads cross-functional work through influence, builds relationships across a distributed portfolio, develops scalable processes, and may coach analysts or other team members supporting Operations Finance initiatives.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Administration, or a related field.
At least 8 years of progressive experience in financial planning and analysis, operations finance, corporate finance, asset management, or a related discipline.
Demonstrated experience leading budgeting, forecasting, management reporting, variance analysis, and financial modeling processes.
Experience partnering directly with operational or functional leaders and translating business activity into financial insights and recommendations.
Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and experience with enterprise financial, planning, and reporting systems.
Strong executive communication, presentation, and stakeholder-management skills.
Ability to manage multiple priorities, work effectively with incomplete information, and deliver high-quality work in a fast-paced environment.
Ability to work in an agile, fast-paced environment.

Nice To Haves

MBA, CPA, CFA, or another relevant advanced degree or professional credential.
Experience in data centers, real estate, infrastructure, energy, utilities, industrial operations, or another asset-intensive business.
Experience supporting a large, rapidly growing, geographically distributed operating organization.
Proficiency with Power BI or similar business-intelligence tools and experience improving or automating financial reporting processes.
Experience evaluating vendor programs, service contracts, staffing models, operating efficiencies, and portfolio-level cost drivers.

Responsibilities

Prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual reporting for Facilities Operations, Asset Management, Finance leadership, and other senior stakeholders.
Partner with Accounting to analyze actual performance against budget and forecast, identify key business drivers, and explain material variances.
Develop portfolio-level dashboards, scorecards, and KPIs that connect operational activity to financial performance.
Assess trends in labor, repair and maintenance, utilities, security, national contracts, managed services, and other operating cost categories.
Improve the timeliness, consistency, and executive readiness of Facilities Operations financial reporting.
Build business cases, scenario analyses, and sensitivity models for portfolio-level operational initiatives, vendor programs, organizational investments, and cost-efficiency opportunities.
Evaluate financial returns, portfolio impact, implementation risks, and measurable benefits of proposed operating initiatives.
Support contract and sourcing decisions by validating baselines, savings assumptions, cost avoidance, and forecast implications.
Provide financial insights for operating-model, resource-prioritization, and portfolio-growth decisions.
Present findings and recommendations clearly to senior Finance and Operations leaders.
Standardize portfolio-wide budgeting, forecasting, reporting, and variance-analysis processes for Facilities Operations.
Partner with Accounting to align management reporting with recorded results and resolve classification, accrual, timing, and data-quality issues.
Develop governance, approval pathways, documentation standards, and ownership expectations for significant operating initiatives and financial commitments.
Identify opportunities to automate recurring analysis and reporting through planning systems and other enterprise tools.
Maintain documentation, internal controls, and audit-ready support for key financial assumptions and reporting outputs.
Lead cross-functional work through influence, clear communication, and disciplined follow-through.
Build trusted relationships with executives, operating leaders, and finance partners across a geographically distributed portfolio.
Develop scalable processes and tools to support portfolio growth and organizational complexity.
Model sound judgment, ownership, accountability, confidentiality, and a continuous-improvement mindset.
Provide coaching and support to analysts or other team members assigned to Operations Finance initiatives, as applicable.
Perform other duties as assigned.