Business Operations Program Manager
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Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 2 years of experience in accounting and managing accounts payable and accounts receivable.
Preferred qualifications:
- Experience in project management software.
- Experience in vendor relationships and agreement negotiation.
- Experience in providing support for budgeting, forecasting, and managing purchase orders.
- Knowledge of local authority requirements to ensure the successful delivery of services and products.
About the job
As a Data Center Site Business Program Manager, you will play a crucial role in overseeing the maintenance agreements of data center related systems. As a key stakeholder, you'll lead cost control, contractor management, and procurement projects, collaborating with other stakeholders like the Environment, Health, and Safety (EHS) department. In addition, you will actively support local data center technicians by ensuring they are sufficiently informed regarding relevant processes. You will serve as a local escalation point for finance related matters. You will support site management and other Business Program Management (BPM ) in maintaining key metrics, providing data, and conducting analyses to facilitate informed decision-making. With your expertise in budget creation, procurement and management, and financial analysis skills, you will oversee the execution of projects. With your communication and people management skills, you will collaborate with internal and external stakeholders.
Responsibilities
- Execute assignments with varying supervision levels, showcase self-initiative and adaptability.
- Collaborate with the technical team to create requests for information, proposals, statements of work, and service agreements. Evaluate proposals using a structured decision-making matrix, award agreements, and ensure seamless stakeholder communication.
- Lead annual budget development aligning with strategic objectives. Provide estimates for operational and capital budgets, regularly review and communicate budget reports with variance analysis and insights. Review budget requests, propose solutions for financial efficiency, identify cost-saving opportunities, and contribute to overall financial optimization.
- Monitor and reconcile the approved annual budget. Identify accruals, ensure compliance and accurate financial reporting or forecast. Collect and analyze cost data, and support management in maintaining key performance metrics.
- Facilitate the onboarding process for new suppliers, guidance on legal compliance, and act as a local point of contact for audits.
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