Director, Financial Planning and Analysis

Rowan Digital Infrastructure is redefining how data centers are delivered—faster, smarter, and at scale. We partner with hyperscale customers to provide tailored, high-performance infrastructure with a focus on sustainability, efficiency, and flexibility.

Our experienced, end-to-end team delivers custom solutions across a growing portfolio of strategic sites in key markets across the United States. Backed by Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners, Rowan is committed to enabling the next generation of digital infrastructure—and building a more sustainable future in the process.

Ready to help transform how the world’s most important technologies are powered? Join us.

Role Summary

The Director of Financial Planning and Analysis serves as a strategic bridge between internal financial operations and the investment community. This role requires balancing the predictability of contracted cash flows with the high-capital intensity of infrastructure growth. The director of FP&A will lead Rowan’s annual budgeting and long range planning process and deliver timely, insightful analysis of monthly performance against targets, This role partners closely with executive leadership and department heads to drive transparency, accountability and informed decision making across the organization.

Travel: Ability to travel up to 25% for management meetings and site visits.

Location: Denver, CO (hybrid in-office role)

Compensation: $170-$215K (Offers Bonus)

Essential Responsibilities

Annual Budget and Planning

• Annual Operating Plan: Partner with the controller and business operations to lead the annual operating plan and quarterly rolling forecast cycles, ensuring cross-functional alignment across departments like operations and capital construction

• Cross-functional Coordination: work with functional leaders to develop detailed revenue, expense, capital and cash flow projections

• Long-Range Planning: own the 5-year financial model and scenario planning process

• Board Communication: present budget assumptions, risk, opportunities to the executive leadership team and the Board of Directors

Monthly Forecasting and Variance Analysis

• Monthly Financial Reporting: Oversee monthly reporting and analyze actual results versus budget and forecast

• Insight: Identify key drivers of performance variances and provide actionable insights that result in value added changes to the business

• Rolling Forecasts: lead quarterly refresh of the 12-month rolling forecast

• Partnership: work with the accounting team to ensure accurate and timely financial reporting

Business Partnership and Strategic Support

• KPI Management: Develop and monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) such as Contracted NOI, EBITDA margins, ROIC, and maintenance vs. growth CapEx to measure financial health

• Executive Decision Support: Serve as a trusted advisor to business leaders on financial performance and resource allocation

• Data Driven: support investment, pricing and cost management decisions through measurable financial analysis

Education, Skills, and Experience

• Technical Proficiency: Mastery of advanced financial modeling, ERP systems, and modern FP&A software like Anaplan or Pigment

• Experience: 10-15 years of progressive finance experience, often leading FP&A and the annual budgeting process

• Leadership: Demonstrated ability to manage and mentor a team of analysts while effectively influencing C-suite executives

• Domain Expertise: Deep understanding of digital infrastructure trends, including cloud demand, AI-driven workload shifts, and power/land availability constraints

• Experience managing multiple projects simultaneously, excellent communication and collaboration skills, strong organizational skills, comfort with ambiguity, strong analytical and problem-solving skills, ability to work effectively in a fast-paced and highly cross-functional environment

Fueled by Excellence & Collaboration

At Rowan, we are a distributed team united by a common mission to transform data center delivery. Across our two offices, we offer a hybrid work environment supported by the teamwork, technology, and in-offic