Finance Manager, Data Center Development

Big Watt Digital is a mission-critical infrastructure platform developing and operating next-generation, high-density data center campuses built for the demands of AI and advanced digital workloads. Our model brings together large-scale power, digital infrastructure, development execution, and operational discipline to deliver speed, certainty, and scalability.

We are building at the intersection of energy, data centers, AI infrastructure, and large-scale development—where execution matters.

Big Watt Digital is building the infrastructure required to power the next generation of AI—combining behind-the-meter power generation with large-scale data center development.

Data center development is central to our business model. Decisions involving site selection, design, construction, equipment procurement, customer requirements and delivery timelines directly determine capital efficiency, project returns and long-term enterprise value.

We are looking for a Finance Manager, Data Center Development who can operate at the intersection of engineering, construction, commercial strategy and investment economics. This is not a traditional budgeting and reporting role. You will help evaluate multi‑billion‑dollar infrastructure investments, translate complex development decisions into financial outcomes and drive capital discipline across an expanding portfolio of data center projects.

You will work directly with leaders across Development, Engineering, Construction, Commercial, Treasury and Finance, bringing analytical rigor and commercial judgment to decisions involving significant capital commitments.

The opportunity is to build the financial foundation of a rapidly scaling data center development business while influencing decisions that shape its long‑term economics.

• Own financial models for data center development, spanning site acquisition, design, construction, commissioning and stabilized operations.
• Evaluate project economics across powered shell, build-to-suit and turnkey delivery models, including capital cost per MW, IRR, yield on cost and development margins.
• Build investment cases for new campuses, capacity expansion and major capital commitments, assessing trade-offs across cost, schedule, design and customer requirements.
• Partner with Development and Commercial teams to evaluate customer pricing, lease structures and risk‑adjusted project returns.

• Partner with Construction and Engineering leaders to establish project budgets, capital forecasts and cost-to-complete estimates.
• Monitor procurement commitments, change orders, contingencies, construction progress and capital deployment against approved plans.
• Quantify the financial impact of schedule delays, cost escalation, scope changes and commissioning risks.
• Identify emerging risks, challenge assumptions and drive corrective actions to protect project economics.

• Own development planning, forecasting, variance analysis and financial performance reporting across the project portfolio.
• Integrate development milestones, procurement, construction spending, commercial operation dates (COD) and customer delivery commitments into financial forecasts.
• Establish operating metrics including cost per MW, capital deployment, schedule performance, contingency utilization and yield on cost.
• Partner with Accounting and Treasury to align capital commitments, project funding, liquidity requirements and financial reporting.

• Bring Finance upstream into site selection, project design, equipment procurement,…