Head of Finance, EMEA

Overview

Head of Finance, EMEA Jobs in England, United Kingdom at DayOne

Title: Head of Finance, EMEA

Company: DayOne

Location: England, United Kingdom

Head of Finance, EMEA

About DayOne

DayOne is a rapidly growing global digital infrastructure company developing and operating mission-critical data centre platforms across Asia and Europe. As we continue to expand our EMEA footprint, we are seeking a commercially minded and highly strategic finance leader to establish and lead the regional finance function.

This is a rare opportunity to join at a growth stage and help build the financial operating model for one of the industry's fastest-growing platforms.

The Role

The Head of Finance, EMEA will serve as the senior finance leader for the region and act as a trusted business partner to the EMEA leadership team. The role will bridge regional business priorities with global finance requirements, ensuring strong financial governance whilst enabling commercial growth and operational execution.

The successful candidate will combine strong Finance and business partnering capabilities with a deep understanding of capital-intensive infrastructure businesses, including investment evaluation, risk management, and operational finance and internal controls for large-scale development projects.

This role requires an individual who can operate effectively within a global matrix organisation, influencing stakeholders across finance, operations, construction, investments, legal, tax, treasury and executive leadership.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Finance & Business Partnership

• Act as the primary finance partner to the EMEA leadership team.
• Provide financial insight and decision support on regional growth strategy, investments, customer opportunities and operational performance.
• Lead inputs into regional budgeting, forecasting, long-range planning and performance management processes.
• Deliver clear financial analysis and recommendations to support strategic decision making.
• Translate complex financial information into actionable business insights.

Financial Planning & Analysis

• Own regional P&L, balance sheet, cash flow forecasting and financial performance reporting.
• Drive forecasting accuracy and financial discipline across EMEA operations.
• Monitor key business drivers, capital deployment, returns and operational performance metrics.
• Support executive reporting and presentations.

Investment, Development & Deal Support

• Provide regional financial inputs on new market entry, land acquisitions, customer opportunities and development projects.
• Partner with investment teams on commercial evaluations, risk assessments and financial modelling.
• Support financing discussions, lender requirements and capital allocation decisions.

Regional Finance Leadership

• Build and lead the EMEA finance organisation as the business scales.
• Manage country finance managers and oversee regional accounting operations.
• Coordinate activities across accounting, tax, treasury and external advisors to provide a seamless finance partnership to the business.
• Establish scalable processes, controls and governance frameworks.

Governance, Controls & Compliance

• Ensure strong financial controls, compliance and governance across the region.
• Support public-company standards and IPO readiness initiatives where required.
• Drive consistency in financial policies, reporting standards and internal controls.
• Partner with internal and external auditors on regional audits and compliance requirements.

Tax, Treasury & Risk Coordination

• Work closely with global tax and treasury teams to optimise regional structures and financing arrangements.
• Provide commercial oversight on execution of tax implications, funding strategies and risk management initiatives.
• Coordinate cross-functional financial activities to ensure effective execution and stakeholder alignment.

Stakeholder Management

• Build strong relationships across EMEA and global leadership teams.
• Serve as the key finance representative for regional leadership discussions.
• Influence decision making across multiple stakeholder groups in a matrix environment.
• Foster strong collaboration between regional and corporate functions.

Required Experience

Essential

• 15+ years of progressive finance leadership experience.
• Proven experience leading finance within a capital-intensive industry such as: Data Centers, Digital Infrastructure, Energy & Utilities, Telecom infrastructure, Industrial operations, Large-scale manufacturing or Real State development.
• Strong FP&A, business partnering and commercial finance experience.
• Experience supporting major capital projects and investment decisions.
• Demonstrated ability to influence senior executives and operate within matrix organisations.
• Experience leading multi-country finance operations.
• Strong understanding of financial controls, governance and risk management.
• Professional accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA, CPA, CIMA or equivalent).

Preferred

• Data centre or digital infrastructure experience.
• Experience supporting hyperscale, colocation or critical infrastructure businesses.
• Exposure to project financing, debt facilities and treasury activities.
• Experience in public company environments and/or IPO preparation.
• Experience supporting international expansion and new market entry initiatives.

Leadership Profile

The ideal candidate will be:

• A mature and highly credible finance leader.
• Equally comfortable challenging assumptions and partnering with the business.
• Commercially minded.
• Able to balance regional business needs with global governance requirements.
• Comfortable operating in ambiguity and building functions from scale-up environments.
• Pragmatic, influential and highly collaborative.
• Skilled at navigating stakeholder environments and driving alignment across multiple functions.

DayOne is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

If you're ready to grow with one of the fastest-moving companies in the data center industry, apply now and be part of our global journey.

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