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About the Role
As Finance Manager, you will have end-to-end accountability for the financial integrity, statutory compliance, and day-to-day financial governance of the site. You will ensure the accuracy of site accounting, oversee the preparation of statutory accounts and audits, and partner closely with the Group Centre of Excellence on all core accounting activities. You will act as a trusted finance partner to site leadership and the Europe FP&A team, providing high-quality financial insight to support operational performance, cost control, capital expenditure delivery, and cash forecasting. The role plays a critical part in enabling effective decision-making, ensuring financial discipline, and supporting the long-term performance of the site.
Responsibilities
- Hold end-to-end accountability for the accuracy and integrity of site financial records, including monthly and quarterly close.
- Partner closely with the Group Centre of Excellence (COE) on all core accounting activities, ensuring clear ownership, governance, and effective hand-offs.
- Oversee balance sheet management, including reconciliations, accruals, and provisions, ensuring compliance with Group accounting policies and statutory requirements.
- Lead the preparation of local statutory accounts and act as the primary site contact for audits, working with the Group Financial Controller and external auditors.
- Work with operational and commercial stakeholders to resolve billing queries and drive accurate, timely revenue recognition.
- Manage monthly payroll processing in line with provider timelines and company pay dates.
- Monitor aged creditor and debtor balances, providing insight into risks, trends, and required actions.
- Support site leadership and the Europe FP&A team on capital expenditure planning, liquidity management, and cash forecasting.
Requirements
- Strong technical accounting knowledge, with experience overseeing monthly close, balance sheet control, statutory accounts, and audits.
- High attention to detail with the ability to maintain accuracy under pressure and meet critical reporting deadlines.
- Commercially minded, with the ability to understand operational drivers and translate financial data into meaningful insight.
- Strong understanding of cost control, margin analysis, revenue assurance, and capital expenditure delivery.
- Builds trusted relationships across a matrixed, global organisation, including close collaboration with Centres of Excellence.
- Experience supporting capex planning, project spend tracking, liquidity management, and cash forecasting.
- Strong analytical skills, with the ability to identify trends, risks, and opportunities across financial and operational data.
- Proactive in identifying and implementing system or process enhancements in partnership with central teams.
Skills
- Financial control
- Statutory reporting
- Business partnering
- Financial accuracy
- Robust controls
- Technical accounting expertise
- Commercial awareness
- Financial performance analysis
- Cash flow analysis
- Revenue analysis
- Capital investment analysis
- Strategic finance
- Operational finance
- Month-end close
- Balance sheet reconciliations
- Statutory accounts preparation
- Audit support
- Budgeting
- Forecasting
- Capital expenditure management
- Cash management
- Collaboration
- Relationship building
- Financial data translation
- Organisation
- Detail-orientation
- Governance
- Compliance
- Financial discipline
- Process improvement
- Systems enhancement
- Data analysis
Experience Level
- Qualified finance professional
Education Level
- Qualified finance professional
About the Company
- Global Switch is a trusted name in the data centre industry with over 20 years of experience and a commitment to long-term partnerships and sustainability.
- We value excellence and teamwork, and we always strive to deliver the best customer service and satisfaction.
- We are a team of skilled and passionate professionals, proud of who we are and what we do.
- Joining us means becoming part of a team that values learning and growth.
Equal Opportunity
- As an equal-opportunity employer, Global Switch is committed to providing a working culture that values diversity and inclusion and is committed to making reasonable adjustments to provide a barrier-free recruitment process and working environment.