Supply Chain Financial Operations Analyst

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Title: Financial Operations Analyst
Project Duration: 12 months contract
Date: 01/04/2027 Est. End Date: 12/31/2027                      
Role Overview
We are seeking a highly analytical and detail-oriented Co-Location Financial Operations Analyst to own the monthly financial operations associated with our global Co-Location hosting providers.
This role will be responsible for validating and approving monthly invoices covering Fixed Rent / Space, Metered Power, Smart Hands, and related Co-Lo services, ensuring charges align with contracts, purchase orders, expected consumption, and financial forecasts.
The analyst will be a critical control point between Data Center Operations, Supply Chain/Procurement, Finance, Accounts Payable, FinOps, and Co-Lo providers. The role will also help transition invoice operations from manual reconciliation toward standardized and AI-assisted exception-based processing.
Key Responsibilities:
Monthly Invoice Validation & Approval

• Review and approve monthly Co-Lo invoices for:
  • Fixed Rent / Space & Power MRC
  • Metered Power
  • Smart Hands
• Validate invoice period, PO, line-item classification, quantities, unit rates
• Ensure invoices are charged against the correct PO and service category.
• Compare invoices against expected monthly costs and investigate material variances before approval.
• Maintain timely invoice approvals to avoid payment delays, supplier disputes, or invoice rejection.

Accruals, Forecasting & Reporting

• Track invoices received, approved, pending, disputed, or missing.
• Recommend monthly accruals for services where invoices have not been received.
• Provide actual invoice data for forecasting and budget-versus-actual reporting.
• Track cost trends across providers, sites, service categories, and billing periods.
• Maintain supporting documentation for Finance and audit inquiries.

Provider & Cross-Functional Coordination

• Work with Co-Lo suppliers to resolve billing discrepancies and obtain missing invoices or supporting documentation.
• Partner with Data Center Operations, Accounts Payable, Procurement, Finance and FinOps on invoice and PO issues.
• Drive issues through resolution and maintain clear documentation of exceptions and outcomes.
• Automation & Continuous Improvement
• Help standardize invoice formats, service classifications, PO structures, and approval controls.
• Partner with engineering and automation teams to improve invoice extraction and validation.
• Support AI-assisted matching of Invoice → PO → Contract → Usage/Forecast.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in financial operations, accounts payable, procurement operations, FinOps, supply chain, infrastructure operations, or related analytical roles.
• Strong analytical and reconciliation skills.
• Experience working with invoices, purchase orders, contracts, budgets, or financial data.
• Strong Excel/data-analysis capabilities.
• Ability to identify billing discrepancies and independently drive resolution.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to operate within financial controls and approval deadlines.
• Effective communication across Finance, Procurement, Operations, and external suppliers.

Preferred

• Experience with data centers, Co-Location providers, cloud infrastructure, telecommunications, or facilities operations.
• Familiarity with consumption-based billing, particularly kWh/power usage.
• Experience with ERP/procurement and invoice approval workflows.
• Experience with Power BI or similar reporting/analytics tools.
• Exposure to AI/document-intelligence technologies for extracting and validating invoices.

Required Screening Questions [must be in resume]:

1. Describe the largest set of Co-Location invoices you’ve been responsible for reviewing and approving in a single month. What providers, service types, and approximate spend were involved?
2. Describe a billing discrepancy you identified and worked to resolve with a supplier. What was the issue, and what was your role in resolving it?
3. Describe how you’ve estimated and recorded a month-end accrual for a service whose invoice hadn’t arrived yet. How did you check it once the actual invoice came in?
4. Describe a process or control you helped improve for invoice handling. What was the problem, what did you change, and what was your contribution?

Skill area	Candidate exp in Years
Invoice and PO validation
Pricing and quote verification
Accruals and forecasting
Spend and operational reporting
Excel and data analysis
Large data set and financial modeling
ERP (SAP, BPC)
ServiceNow (ITAM, HAM, CMDB)
Procure-to-Pay process ownership
Supplier and vendor coordination
ITAD and asset lifecycle
Master data management
Process improvement and automation
Cross-functional influence and communication
Project management