Financial Planning

**DATA4’s Mission**
To build highly connected, resilient, and sustainable data center campuses to support the growth of our clients across Europe.

DATA4 is a leading European operator and investor in the data center market. The Group finances, designs, builds, and operates its own data centers.

**DATA4 Values**

At DATA4 we are driven by our values. These are the core of everything we do - from the proactivity we show in delivering great outcomes for our clients, to the responsibility we show as a key contributor to the digital economy. Our three values are:
**To be entrepreneurial - **we are teams of doers who make things happen - with autonomy, energy and a sense of responsibility

**To always take responsibility - **for our impact on the people we work with, the society we are part of, and the environment in which we operate

**To constantly be adaptable - **our business is designed to adapt, answering not only today’s challenges, but also anticipating what’s coming next.

**Key Responsibilities**

Reporting to the **Country Director Spain** and the **Chief Financial Officer in Finance**. The Head of Finance Spain will be responsible for structuring, managing, and consolidating the financial operations of the Spanish entities to ensure the robust development of Data4’s activities in Spain.

**Responsibilities**

Accounting for Spain
- Supervise and manage one single senior accountant to hire.
- Ensure the quality of accounting entries in the system, covering suppliers, clients, payroll, income, Opex, Capex, and other transactions.
- Ensure accurate invoicing and cash collection.
- Complete monthly, quarterly and annual closings under local GAAP and IFRS (quarterly consolidation package)
- Manage relationships with Spanish auditors up to the issuance of audit reports (Group audit and local statutory audits).
- Organize and ensure timely supplier payments.

Financial Control of Spanish Entities
- Monitor monthly budget execution (Revenues, Opex, CAPEX) in close interaction with the relevant departments at the headquarters and the campuses.
- Prepare and oversee the budgeting and reforecasting process in collaboration with the concerned departments.
- Produce monthly performance analyses, dashboards, and activity reports for the finance department and executive committee.
- Contribute to optimizing the use of the finance system and participate in automating dashboard production.
- Prepare monthly cash flow forecasts and propose optimization.
- Approve spending commitments in line with Group policies.
- Conduct ad-hoc analyses and studies, particularly supporting the sales department (e.g., customer profitability).

**Certification Responsibilities**

**Health & Safety**:Enforce hygiene, health, and safety rules.

**Environment**:Enforce environmental policies.

**Information Security**:Enforce information security policies.

**Energy**:Enforce energy reduction policies.

**Desired Profile**

**Education and Experience**
- Master’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or Business Administration.
- Minimum of 7 years of experience in corporate finance.
- Managerial experience leading small teams.
- Experience in a Finance & Accounting firm.

**Technical Skills**
- Excellent knowledge of accounting, taxation, and best practices in financial control.
- Familiarity with accounting and treasury processes and software.
- Fluent in English (French language is a plus).
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office.
- Experience in project and team management.

**General Skills**
- Business acumen.
- Open-minded.
- Entrepreneurial spirit.
- Adaptability and responsiveness.
- Rigor and methodical approach, detailed oriented
- Ability to synthetise
- Strong communication skills, both oral and written.
- Organizational skills, with the ability to manage priorities and deadlines.