Associate Director - FP&A, Capex and Operating Cost Efficiency

Who we are:

Where performance meets sustainability, Digital Edge is a leading provider of sustainable, next-generation, AI-ready digital infrastructure across Asia Pacific. Backed by Stonepeak, a global alternative investment firm specializing in infrastructure and real assets, Digital Edge has over US$1.6 billion in committed equity capital from some of the world’s largest institutional investors and sovereign wealth funds.

Since our founding in 2020, we have rapidly scaled across key Asia markets, operating 31 data centers with over 1.8GW of secured IT power. We operate as a regional platform delivering consistent global standards, combining scale with strong local execution across every market.

This role is an exciting opportunity to join our fast-growing team as we further expand our footprint across Asia. 

Our values:

• Respect: We embrace diversity and collaboration.
• Innovation: We share ideas and solve problems.  
• Strive: We are driven and determined.
• Excellence: We seek to deliver the best.   
• Responsibility: We do what’s right for our people and the planet.

About the role:

Reporting to the Head of FP&A, this role leads FP&A governance, portfolio insight and operating cost efficiency for Digital Edge’s capex and operating cost base across Asia Pacific.

The Associate Director will establish an approval-to-cash view of capital spend, improve portfolio Latest Best Estimate (LBE) and cash forecasting, identify capex and operating cost risks, and provide clear financial challenge to Design & Construction, Operations, Procurement, Treasury and Country Finance.

The role includes direct people management of a small team of finance analysts and influences cross-functional stakeholders.

This role will be based in Singapore and will support projects and operations across Asia Pacific.

Key responsibilities:

1. Capex Governance and Approval-to-Cash Reporting

• Own the monthly approval-to-cash reporting framework covering approved budget, commitments, invoices, cash paid, LBE, contingency usage and key delivery risks.
• Build a portfolio view of development and maintenance capex, highlighting variance drivers by volume, rate, scope, timing and foreign exchange.
• Establish exception reporting and escalation for material cost overruns, cash slippage, contingency drawdown, approval gaps and late commitments.
• Partner with Development, Procurement and Country Finance to strengthen capex governance, data quality and forecasting discipline.

2. Portfolio LBE, Cash Forecasting and Investment Analytics

• Improve capex LBE accuracy and cash-flow visibility by integrating inputs from Development, Procurement and Country Finance.
• Support investment reviews by validating financial assumptions, capex phasing, contingency, return metrics, sensitivity analysis and key commercial risks.
• Maintain a consistent methodology for post-approval tracking of investment economics against approved business cases.
• Prepare executive-level commentary on capex, cash and portfolio risks, with clear recommendations and accountable follow-ups.

3. Operating Cost Efficiency

• Partner with Operations and Country Finance to analyse power, repairs and maintenance, facilities management and maintenance capex trends.
• Identify cost efficiency opportunities using driver analysis across volume, rate, mix, utilization and timing.
• Develop benchmarking and unit-cost analysis across sites.
• Translate operating cost movements into senior management insight, separating controllable performance from market, usage and timing effects.

4. Team Leadership, Controls and Ways of Working

• Lead, coach and develop a small team of finance analysts supporting capex reporting, operating cost analysis and portfolio performance reviews.
• Define the capex FP&A calendar, submission standards, data ownership, review cadence and escalation process.
• Work with Country Finance, Procurement and Treasury to reconcile spend, commitments and cash where process gaps exist.

Key Requirements & Qualifications

• 10+ years in FP&A, project finance, infrastructure finance, capex control or corporate finance, with proven capex governance, project cost tracking, cash forecasting, variance analysis and portfolio reporting experience.
• Ability to convert complex operational and financial data into senior management insights, recommendations and accountable follow-ups.
• Strong stakeholder management across Design & Construction, Operations, Procurement, Treasury, Accounting and Country Finance.
• Direct people management experience, including coaching analysts, setting priorities and improving output quality.
• Advanced Excel / financial modelling skills and strong PowerPoint executive reporting capability.
• Preferred: data centre, telecommunications, utilities, infrastructure, real estate development or energy-intensive asset experience.
• Preferred: OneStream, Anaplan, Adaptive Planning, Power BI or similar tools; CPA, CFA, MBA or equivalent finance qualification.