Job description
Description
Interim Financial Analyst – Data-Centre TCO Projects
Job Title: Interim Financial Analyst
Location: Amsterdam Hybrid
Duration: 8 weeks (option to extend)
Start Date: Late August/ Early Sept
Role Scope
You will join a Riverflex consulting squad supporting a global client that is reassessing the total cost of ownership (TCO) for existing and future data-centre strategy and related projects. Working side-by-side with corporate finance and technology stakeholders, you will build decision-grade financial models and data-driven insights that help leaders make confident cloud-versus-on-prem choices.
Key Responsibilities
TCO & Business-Case Modelling – Build, stress-test and present corporate-finance models (OPEX, CAPEX, depreciation, tax) for data-centre scenarios.
Insightful Dashboards – Translate raw cost and performance data into intuitive dashboards and KPI trackers that enable rapid “what-if” analysis.
Performance Analysis – Evaluate profit & loss, balance-sheet impacts and cross-business-unit performance to surface value drivers and risks.
Investment Storytelling – Package findings into clear investment decks that guide C-suite decisions.
Budget Development – Support estimation of project budgets and ongoing variance tracking.
Collaboration – Work with technology architects, procurement and finance teams to source, clean and harmonise data.
Required Experience & Skills
Must-Have
Corporate finance foundation 3–4 years in FP&A, M&A, strategy or similar analyst roles.
Coding & data acumen Comfortable writing queries/scripts (Python, SQL) and advanced Excel to automate model refreshes.
Financial modelling expertise Experience building end-to-end models for business cases, scenario analysis and KPI tracking.
Analytical storytelling Ability to turn complex numbers into crisp, executive-ready narratives and visuals.
Tools & Technologies
Python / SQL / Excel (advanced formulas & Power Query)
Data-visualisation tools (e.g. Power BI, Tableau)
G-Suite / Microsoft 365 for deck creation & collaboration
Optional / Bonus Skills
Prior exposure to data-centre economics or cloud-migration costing
Experience analysing multi-business-unit performance
Familiarity with agile consulting project delivery
What We _Don’t_ Require
- Pure audit, corporate-controlling or general-ledger accounting backgrounds
