Supply Chain Financial Operations Analyst

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]:

• 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?
• 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?
• 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?
• Describe a process or control you helped improve for invoice handling. What was the problem, what did you change, and what was your contribution?