Location: Hybrid - Dallas, TX The Role: Strategic Finance Manager As a Strategic Finance Manager, you will own and maintain Switch's long-range financial planning model and serve as a key partner to Finance, Investor Relations, Treasury, and Capital Markets. This role exists to provide accurate financial forecasting, scenario analysis, and executive reporting that support strategic decision-making across the business.
You will work closely with the CFO, VP of Finance, Chief Investment Officer, Chief Accounting Officer, and operational leaders to develop financial insights that support board reporting, lender communications, capital allocation decisions, and long-term growth planning.
What You'll Do - Own the day-to-day operation, accuracy, and continuous improvement of the corporate long-range financial model
- Maintain integrated forecasting across revenue, operating expenses, capital expenditures, headcount, debt, and financial statements
- Develop scenario analyses to support strategic planning and capital allocation decisions
- Partner with Investor Relations to support earnings preparation, investor materials, and financial narratives
- Partner with Treasury and Capital Markets teams on lender, refinancing, and rating agency requests
- Reconcile long-range planning outputs to actual results, budgets, and prior forecasts
- Investigate and explain material variances and changing business drivers
- Collaborate with Accounting, Operations, Construction, and business leaders to validate assumptions and forecast inputs
- Improve model automation, documentation, controls, and reporting consistency
- Prepare monthly and quarterly reporting packages, including:
- Budget versus actual analysis
- KPI reporting
- Executive dashboards
- Board-level presentations
- Maintain documentation of model assumptions, logic, methodologies, and data sources to support auditability and knowledge transfer
What We're Looking For - You apply strong financial judgment and analytical thinking to complex business questions
- You translate financial data into clear business insights and recommendations
- You communicate effectively with executives, operational leaders, and financial stakeholders
- You maintain exceptional attention to detail and accuracy
- You operate independently while managing multiple priorities and deadlines
- You identify opportunities to improve reporting, forecasting, and financial processes
- You exercise discretion when handling confidential financial and investor information
What You'll Bring Required - Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Administration, or a related field
- 3+ years of relevant experience in corporate finance, FP&A, investment banking, or related financial analysis roles
- Strong experience building and maintaining complex financial models
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel
- Strong understanding of:
- Budgeting
- Forecasting
- Variance analysis
- Three-statement financial modeling
- Capital structure concepts
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to present financial information clearly to both financial and non-financial audiences
Preferred - Experience supporting executive, board, lender, or investor reporting
- Investment banking analyst or associate experience
- Experience in data centers, telecommunications, real estate, infrastructure, or other capital-intensive industries
- Exposure to public company reporting, debt capital markets, or rating agency processes
- Experience with Power BI or corporate performance management systems
- Familiarity with SQL, Python, or finance-related automation tools
