Director Finance - DC Construction & Operations Finance

Responsibilities

• Own construction budgets for assigned campuses and projects, maintaining total installed cost estimates from executive approval through live operations.
• Track budget-to-actual performance across hard costs, soft costs, and contingency; identify variances, overruns, and change orders.
• Ensure construction spending and milestones comply with loan agreements, equity funding agreements, and project financing covenants.
• Forecast funding needs with Treasury and Capital Markets teams across concurrent projects.
• Review GC, EPC, and major vendor/equipment agreements, including payment terms, milestones, liquidated damages, and bonding provisions.
• Maintain portfolio-level reporting on project cost, schedule, and funding status for leadership, the board, lenders, and investors.
• Manage financial handoff from construction to operations, including cost reconciliation, capitalization, asset turnover, depreciation, and operating expense classification.
• Build scalable construction finance tools and processes.
• Own operating budgets, actual-versus-budget performance, cost-per-MW and cost-per-rack benchmarking for energized data centers.
• Partner with operations, facilities, and power teams to manage utilities, maintenance, staffing, and service-contract costs.
• Report on operational metrics such as uptime/SLA compliance, PUE, and capacity utilization where they affect costs or revenues.
• Monitor maintenance capital expenditure, capacity expansions, and equipment replacement needs.
• Support make-versus-buy and staffing/outsourcing decisions.
• Provide cost, funding, and financial analysis for board materials, lender reporting, and investor due diligence.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in construction finance, project controls, capital projects accounting, or project finance; data center, energy, industrial, or infrastructure experience preferred.
• Experience managing construction budgets, cost reporting, and draw processes for large capital projects, typically $100M+.
• Familiarity with construction loan agreements, draw and funding mechanics, and lender or independent-engineer requirements.
• Knowledge of GC/EPC contract structures, change-order management, and construction risk allocation.
• Experience managing operating budgets and cost performance for live facilities.
• Understanding of how design, equipment selection, and contract terms affect long-term operating costs and asset performance.
• Strong financial modeling and analytical skills, including detailed cost-tracking tools.
• Experience managing multiple concurrent projects or sites in a high-growth environment.
• Strong cross-functional collaboration skills with construction managers, general contractors, data center operations, lenders, and finance/accounting teams.
• Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, construction management, engineering, or a related field required.

Nice-to-Haves

• MBA or CPA.
• Data center or hyperscale infrastructure construction and operations experience.
• Familiarity with capital project accounting, capitalization of interest, cost segregation, and percentage-of-completion accounting.
• Exposure to construction lending, independent-engineer processes, or project finance due diligence.
• Familiarity with data center operating metrics including PUE, uptime/SLA, and cost-per-MW.
• Experience establishing construction or operations finance functions in a high-growth company.

Compensation and Benefits

• Competitive compensation and equity packages, including restricted stock units.
• Paid time off, holidays, and leave programs.
• Health, dental, and vision insurance.
• Employer HSA contributions.
• Paid parental leave and life insurance.
• Short- and long-term disability coverage.
• Professional development and tuition reimbursement.
• Mental health and wellness support.
• Commuter benefits and cell phone stipend.
• 401(k).