Senior Director, Commercial & Regional Finance, AMER

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Job Summary Equinix is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Director of Commercial and Regional Finance. This leader is the key business partner to the Regional Presidents, Country Managing Directors, Corporate Development, and Business Development, sitting in-region and on the regional leadership team to drive cross-functional financial performance.

The role provides commercial support and finance business partnering for the Regional Presidents to enable better collaboration, communication, and outcomes. This position serves as the single finance point of contact for the Regional Presidents in navigating the finance organization, with a dotted-line reporting relationship to them.

The team aligns on metro strategy with regional leaders and partners with Sales, Revenue Operations, Capacity, Operations, and Corporate Development to maximize return on invested capital. The role also coordinates with finance peers on forecasting, budgeting, and reporting of regional profit and loss performance, as well as the Regional President’s selling, general, and administrative expenses.

Responsibilities Regional Business Partnering Serve as the single finance point of contact for the Regional Presidents, with a dotted line into the Regional President and a seat on the regional leadership team

Lead the teams to deliver integrated commercial support and finance business partnering

Partner with Country Managing Directors, Corporate Development, and Business Development on regional priorities and trade-offs Provide clear, concise, commercially focused communication on how the business achieves its financial, strategic, and operational outcomes

Metro and Regional Strategy Align on metro strategy with Regional Presidents, Country Managing Directors, and other regional leaders, pushing for improved long-term financial outcomes

Support new market funding and acceleration decisions with rigorous business cases and clear return expectations

Hold the line on long-term financial outcomes while execution stays owned within each respective function

Asset Management and Commercial Value Levers Provide critical strategic and operational expertise and judgment in the commercial decision-making process to achieve return on invested capital aspirations

Improve financial outcomes across pricing, revenue opportunities, delivery timing, volume, ecosystem, capacity, operational scale, and regulatory levers

Partner with Sales, Global Territory Management Operations, Capacity, Operations, and Corporate Development to understand commercial drivers and maximize return on invested capital

Drive value through local, regional, and global initiatives, from new market acceleration to pricing strategy

Profit and Loss Visibility and Insight Collaborate with Customer and Revenue Finance, Operations Finance, xScale Finance, and other teams to build a complete view of country and regional performance

Provide profit and loss visibility, insight on business performance, and advice to local leaders on opportunities and risks

Coordinate forecasting, budgeting, and reporting of Regional President selling, general,…