Datacenter Forecasting Manager
Build and maintain site-level capex, opex, and cash forecasts for AI data centers. Own monthly forecast cycles, model scenarios rapidly, and automate pipelines from source systems. Requires strong experience building infrastructure forecasts, expert Excel/SQL skills, and auditable modeling.
About the job
Responsibilities
- Build and maintain site-level forecasts: capex curves, opex ramps, and cash timing per building.
- Own the monthly forecast cycle: gather inputs, explain variances, and bridge to the last version.
- Model scenarios quickly when a deal, delay, or design change impacts the numbers.
- Automate the pipeline from source systems so forecasts update in hours, not weeks.
Requirements
- Built capex and opex forecasts for large projects or infrastructure portfolios.
- Variance analysis that finds root causes, not just differences.
- Expert in Excel and proficient ("dangerous") in SQL.
- Ability to turn a vague what-if scenario into a modeled answer on the same day.
- Models are auditable: sources cited, assumptions clearly labeled.
Nice-to-Haves
- Experience with construction draw schedules.
- Proficiency in Pigment or Anaplan.
- Power cost modeling.
- Accounting fluency.
Skills
Excel, SQL, Capex Forecasting, Opex Forecasting, Variance Analysis, Financial Modeling, Anaplan, Pigment
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