Senior Director, FP&A xScale

About the role

The Senior Director, xScale FP&A will lead financial planning, forecasting, and performance management for Equinix’s xScale business. This role serves as the financial backbone for a highly capital-intensive, global hyperscale infrastructure platform, ensuring alignment between growth strategy, capital deployment, joint venture (JV) economics, and operational performance.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end planning cycles (annual budget, quarterly forecasts, long-range planning) for xScale globally
• Develop integrated financial models linking development pipeline, operations, and JV structures
• Ensure forecasts are accurate, explainable, and aligned with enterprise guidance
• Drive performance reporting across revenue, NOI, capex, and return metrics
• Provide actionable insights on business drivers, risks, and opportunities
• Support preparation of executive and board-level materials
• Partner with Treasury, Corp Dev, and Asset Management on capital allocation decisions
• Evaluate JV structures, monetization strategies, and investment returns
• Support financing, refinancing, and asset sale processes with robust analytics
• Define and evolve the FP&A operating model for a scaled, global xScale platform
• Coordinate inputs across regions, functions, and JV stakeholders to ensure a consistent financial narrative
• Align resource requirements and cost structures with business maturity (development vs. stabilized assets)
• Serve as a strategic partner to xScale leadership across development, operations, and asset management
• Challenge assumptions and ensure financial discipline in decision-making
• Enable trade-off decisions balancing growth, returns, and capital efficiency
• Drive continuous improvement in FP&A processes, tools, and data integrity
• Support automation, standardization, and scalability of planning and reporting processes
• Enhance speed and quality of insights to keep pace with business growth
• Build and lead a high-performing FP&A team (direct and matrixed)
• Develop talent, establish clear roles and accountability, and foster a culture of ownership and collaboration
• Partner across global teams to deliver a coordinated finance function

Qualifications

• 10–15+ years of progressive experience in FP&A, corporate finance, or investment finance
• Experience in capital-intensive industries (e.g., infrastructure, real estate, data centers, or similar) strongly preferred
• Proven track record of supporting complex, global, and multi-entity environments (e.g., joint ventures, partnerships)
• Experience working with senior executives and contributing to strategic decision-making
• Strong financial modeling and analytical skills, with ability to synthesize complex data into clear insights
• Deep understanding of planning processes, forecasting methodologies, and performance management
• Ability to operate at both strategic and operational levels
• Strong cross-functional leadership and stakeholder management capabilities
• Experience driving process improvement and scalable operating models
• Demonstrated ability to lead through influence in a highly matrixed organization
• Strong executive communication skills (written and verbal)
• High level of accountability, ownership, and attention to detail
• Preferred: Experience with hyperscale infrastructure, data centers, or telecom
• Familiarity with JV structures, asset monetization, and investor reporting
• Experience working in a global organization across AMER, EMEA, and APAC