Business Finance Analyst
Digital Realty

Position Title: Business Finance Analyst

Location: Boston, MA or Dallas, TX

The role

As Business Finance Analyst, you will be responsible for the preparation and execution of the annual budget, quarterly reforecasting, long-range planning, and ad-hoc statistical analysis. You will be charged with consolidating statistical information and performing financial analysis and relaying it back to other groups, including Investor Relations and Investments.

What you'll do

• Develop and maintain financial models to support strategic initiatives
• Evaluate the financial impact from new investments
• Prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual statistical reports
• Conduct variance analysis and provide insights into statistical performance
• Assist in forecasting and budgeting processes
• Partner with other departments to provide statistical insights and support decision-making
• Collaborate with senior management to develop financial strategies and initiatives
• Perform ad hoc statistical analysis to support key business decisions

What you'll need

• A bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Real Estate or a similar field
• 2 to 5 years of experience in a financial analyst role or similar professional experience
• Prior experience working with and/or maintaining financial models
• A strong understanding of and ability to create financial reports and analyses
• A true entrepreneurial spirit is valuable in this role as you'll be expected to provide your ideas, be ready in driving the function, and have a hand in creating processes and procedures
• The ability to think strategically, to work with data and numbers, and to provide thoughtful, detailed analysis
• A high degree of comfort with technology, including the ability to learn new software and systems quickly and to work through technical issues (e.g. Hyperion Essbase)
• Very strong skills in MS Excel (formulas, VLOOKUP, pivot tables, etc.) and PowerPoint

A bit about us

Digital Realty brings companies and data together by delivering the full spectrum of data center, colocation and interconnection solutions. PlatformDIGITAL®, the company's global data center platform, provides customers with a secure data meeting place and a proven Pervasive Datacenter Architecture (PDx®) solution methodology for powering innovation and efficiently managing Data Gravity challenges. Digital Realty gives its customers access to the connected data communities that matter to them with a global data center footprint of 300+ facilities in 50+ metros across 25+ countries on six continents.

To learn more about Digital Realty, please visit digitalrealty.com or follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter.

A bit about our Digital team

Our Finance team works in one of the world's fastest growing and most exciting business sectors. We use our financial expertise and commercial awareness to support and develop an international, publicly-listed organization. From managing budgets to financial planning, we deliver a full range of finance and accounting services to help our business stay on track and meet our goals. We also have other specialist areas of expertise including Portfolio Management and Lease Administration.

What we can offer you

Our rapidly evolving business sector offers the opportunity to be part of a courageous and passionate team who work together to understand and meet the changing needs of our global customers.

Join us and you'll be part of a supportive and inclusive environment where you can bring your whole self to work. As part of our team, you'll get to work with people from different business areas, challenge the way we do things and put your ideas into action. We'll also give you plenty of development opportunities so you can build a rewarding and successful career with us.

Our Compensation Philosophy

Digital Realty offers its employees a highly competitive compensation package, excellent benefits, and an environment that recognizes and rewards your contributions. Central to our compensation philosophy is rewarding our employees for achieving the values and objectives aligned to the company's overall goals and values.

This is an exciting time to join our business so apply now and make your mark on our future.

Notes:

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this job. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified.

Digital Realty is an equal opportunity employer, EOE/AA/M/F/Vets/Disabled. All applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability or protected veteran status, or other status protected by law or Company policy.

Digital Realty is a publicly traded company (NYSE: DLR) with investment grade ratings from all three major ratings agencies.

Please do not forward unsolicited resumes to any employee of Digital Realty and its subsidiaries. Digital Realty is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited referrals.

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