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General Role Description 

As Specialist Global Operations Finance, you will collaborate with all the Business Finance Function and Regional Managers, Analysts, and Finance Partners to analyze Global performance and standardize and build reports to deliver the financial storyline in a disciplined, meaningful way.

The role is structured around four core activity areas: Landed Cost Analysis (Make vs. Buy), Fixed Cost Management for Global Operations and Global Quality, Global Reporting Coordination with the Manila team, and Global CapEx Analysis.

Key responsibilities:

1. Landed Cost Analysis (Make vs. Buy)

• Lead financial analysis on make vs. buy decisions for finished goods and components, embedding P&L and Cash Flow elements
• Build and maintain total landed cost models incorporating raw material, labor, overhead, logistics, duties, and inventory carrying costs
• Support global operations projects such as new products, footprint design, and insource vs. outsource options through data-driven cost comparison
• Challenge assumptions and forecast inputs from other departments to obtain a relevant and insightful understanding of cost drivers
• Identify opportunities to use data to support decisions that improve business performance

2. Fixed Cost Management - Global Operations & Global Quality

• Support fixed cost budgeting, forecasting, and month-end processes for Global Operations and Global Quality functions
• Communicate key messages and insights obtained through variance and trend analysis to support decision-making across the Regions
• Act as a liaison between the business and finance teams to ensure alignment on fixed cost targets and performance
• Continuously evaluate activities that can be optimized and standardized to improve cost efficiency
• Actively focus on supporting (& driving) business performance through disciplined cost management

3. Global Reporting Coordination (Manila Team)

• Coordinate with the Manila-based reporting team to ensure timely and accurate delivery of global financial reports
• Sync with the Business Finance Function, Regional Managers, and FP&A Analysts toward building new reports to support financial planning, management reporting, and regular and ad-hoc analyses
• Ensure 1 version of the truth across all financial reporting systems
• Standardize reporting frameworks and continuously improve report quality, consistency, and efficiency
• Build strong relationships with global stakeholders to align on reporting priorities and cadence

4. Global CapEx Analysis

• Support the Global Capital Expenditure analysis process, including project evaluation, tracking, and post-audit review
• Provide financial analysis and insights on CapEx proposals to support investment decision-making
• Monitor CapEx actuals vs. budget and communicate variances and trends to leadership

• Collaborate with regional teams to consolidate CapEx data and deliver a simplified, insightful narrative

Requirements:

Education: Bachelor's degree in finance, Accounting, or a related field. 

MBA or relevant certification (such as CFA or CPA) is preferred.

Experience and critical skills: 

• 5+ years of postgraduate experience in FP&A or Business Finance, Audit, or Controlling required.
• Excellent communicator who can transform a regular analysis into insightful business reporting with appropriate visuals - e.g., bridges, trends, graphs - to communicate key performance messages. 
• Outstanding analytical skills and attention to detail: 
  • Experience with front-end analysis and reporting tools is a must - MS Office (advanced Excel skills). 
  • Experience managing and consolidating large data sets to drive a simplified message. 
• Previous experience in an international and culturally diverse organization.
• Resilience, not thrown by ambiguity, uncertainty, and risk. 
• Persuasive skills, using a style that matches the circumstances - logical persuasion, consensus building, and visioning. 
• High level of ownership and accountability. 
• Language skills: English - Minimum C1 required.

Preferred skills: 

• Experience partnering with Supply Chain and Manufacturing Functions
• Power BI and financial planning systems - Hyperion Planning and HFM
• Process mapping skills and Lean - Six Sigma
• Project coordination

The successful candidate will embrace Vertiv's Core Principals & Behaviors to help execute our Strategic Priorities.  

OUR CORE PRINCIPLES:  Safety.  Integrity. Respect.  Teamwork.  Inclusion.

OUR STRATEGIC PRIORITIES

• Customer Focus
• Operational Excellence
• High-Performance Culture
• Innovation
• Financial Strength

OUR BEHAVIORS

• Own It
• Act With Urgency
• Foster a Customer-First Mindset
• Think Big and Execute
• Lead by Example
• Drive Continuous Improvement
• Learn and Seek Out Development

About Vertiv

Vertiv (NYSE: VRT) brings together hardware, software, analytics and ongoing services to enable its customers' vital applications to run continuously, perform optimally and grow with their business needs.  Vertiv solves the most important challenges facing today's data centers, communication networks and commercial and industrial facilities with a portfolio of power, cooling and IT infrastructure solutions and services that extend from the cloud to the edge of the network. Headquartered in Westerville, Ohio, USA, Vertiv employs around 34,000 people and does business in more than 130 countries. Visit Vertiv.com to learn more.