Senior Manager, Global Revenue Planning & Consolidation

About this role

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Equinix is the world's digital infrastructure company®, shortening the path to connectivity to enable the innovations that enrich our work, life and planet.

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A career at Equinix means being at the center of shaping what comes next and amplifying customer value through innovation and impact. You'll work across teams, influence key decisions, and help shape the path forward. You'll find belonging, purpose, and a team that welcomes you-because when you feel valued, you're empowered to do your best work.

Job Summary The Senior Manager, Global Revenue Planning & Consolidation will play a critical role within Customer, Revenue & Tech Finance, acting as the global owner and steward of the CR&T revenue forecast. This role brings together regional forecasts, commercial insight and Corporate FP&A requirements into one trusted global view of revenue performance, outlook, risks and opportunities. The role is the single link between Corporate FP&A and CR&T Finance on revenue, bookings and NFM, ensuring the organization has a clear, consistent and well-governed view of the numbers. The successful candidate will combine strong revenue forecasting expertise, analytical depth, executive storytelling and stakeholder influence. This is not a role that simply produces forecasts; it owns the global revenue forecast, challenges the assumptions behind it and ensures senior leadership has the insight needed to make informed decisions. In the operating model, Global Consolidation owns the number and the story; Business Partnering Enablement builds the engine that helps produce it; and Regional Teams own the business context behind it

Responsibilities Global Revenue Forecast Ownership

Own the monthly, quarterly and annual global revenue forecast, targets and actuals across CR&T Finance Consolidate regional inputs into one group revenue view, ensuring accuracy, consistency and clear commentary Own the global revenue narrative, including key drivers, risks, opportunities and material movements Ensure senior leadership has a single version of the truth across revenue, bookings and NFM

Forecast Governance, Methodology & Standards

Set and maintain forecasting governance across CR&T Finance, including methodologies, assumptions, standards and review cadence Drive consistency across regions while ensuring local business context is appropriately reflected Challenge regional forecasts constructively, identifying assumption gaps, outliers and areas requiring further explanation Continuously improve forecast accuracy, comparability and predictability through better process, analytics and operating discipline

Corporate FP&A, CRO & Cross-Functional Partnership

Act as the primary connection point between Corporate FP&A and CR&T Finance for revenue planning, forecasting and reporting Partner with CRO and Global CRO leadership on revenue, bookings, NFM and related commercial performance topics Coordinate effectively with Regional Finance, Business Partnering Enablement, CR&T VP, CR&T Directors & Corporate Finance Ensure Corporate FP&A requirements are translated clearly into CR&T Finance outputs and that CR&T revenue assumptions are well understood in consolidated enterprise views

Performance Management & Executive Insight

Own consolidated revenue variance analysis across actuals, forecast, budget and prior periods Identify trends, risks and opportunities across the global revenue base and translate them into clear, actionable insight Develop concise executive-ready materials for leadership reviews, forecast discussions, planning cycles and strategic updates Present revenue performance and outlook with clarity, confidence and a clear point of view

Scenario Planning, Modelling & Strategic Analysis

Own global ad-hoc analysis and modelled revenue views, including GREET and other strategic planning requirements, with regional input Run group-level scenarios to evaluate the impact of changes in demand, bookings, pricing, capacity and other revenue drivers Support long-range planning, annual budget, quarterly forecasts and strategic initiatives with robust modelling and clear recommendations Translate complex analytical outputs into decision-ready insight for senior stakeholders

Process Partnership & Enablement Alignment

Act as the business owner for global consolidation requirements, ensuring BPE outputs support forecast governance, leadership review and decision-making needs Partner with Business Partnering Enablement to shape and adopt standardized models, reporting packs, automation, AI and Power BI tools that improve the quality, consistency and efficiency of global revenue forecasting Provide clear feedback on BPE-built analytics, models and process outputs to ensure they are practical, scalable and aligned to the global revenue forecast process Ensure strong handoffs between Regional Teams, Global Consolidation and BPE so forecasts, budgets and leadership materials are delivered with clear ownership and accountability

Qualifications

Proven years of experience in progressive FP&A, commercial finance, revenue finance, business partnering or related experience, ideally in a multinational or technology-led environment Strong expertise in revenue forecasting, financial modelling, performance analysis, scenario planning and executive reporting Proven ability to manage complex planning cycles and consolidate inputs across multiple regions, stakeholders and time zones Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills, with confidence constructively challenging assumptions and driving accountability Excellent communication and storytelling skills, with the ability to turn complex financial and operational data into clear, concise, executive-ready narratives Advanced Excel, Power BI and analytics capability; experience with ERP, planning and reporting systems preferred Bachelor's…