Chief Financial Officer (Phoenix)

Chief Financial Officer | Confidential Retained Search | Edge - Data Center I Equity

Valor Front has been exclusively retained by a newly launched U.S. colocation and AI inference platform to identify a Chief Financial Officer who will build the finance function from the ground up.

Our client is a standalone data center operating platform backed by a leading global infrastructure investor that has committed up to $1 billion to build the business. The platform launched through a carve-out acquisition of ten operating data centers across nine U.S. markets, with a transition services agreement providing operational continuity while the company stands up its own capabilities. These are real, revenue-producing assets with immediate power availability, not a speculative development story.

The CFO will architect the entire finance organization, including accounting, FP&A, treasury, systems, controls, and reporting, and serve as the strategic finance partner to the CEO, the founding team, and the investor. In the near term this is a hands-on operational build. Over time, the CFO becomes the strategic finance voice on capital deployment, expansion economics, M&A, and positioning the platform for a successful outcome for all stakeholders.

Key responsibilities:

- Stand up the standalone finance and accounting function, including team, ERP and systems, chart of accounts, close process, and internal controls, and transition off seller-provided services on schedule

- Own budgeting, forecasting, and cash flow management with site-level P&L visibility across the portfolio

- Build investor-grade financial reporting and serve as the primary finance interface with the sponsor

- Establish pricing, deal-economics, and capital-expenditure analysis to support commercial and expansion decisions

- Support M&A diligence, integration, and financial evaluation of additional acquisitions

- Lead treasury, banking, insurance, tax, and audit relationships, including the company's first standalone audit

What we are looking for:

- Proven operational finance leadership as a CFO, VP Finance, or senior controller in a private equity-backed environment

- Carve-out, stand-up, or transformation experience strongly preferred, including ERP implementation and TSA transition

- Data center, colocation, or digital/mission-critical infrastructure experience strongly preferred

- A through-the-windshield finance leader who is growth-oriented and strategic while rigorous on controls, close, and accuracy

- Hands-on and resourceful, effective in a lean team where the CFO builds the function personally before scaling it

- Experience supporting value-creation planning through to a sale or exit is a meaningful differentiator

Compensation includes a competitive base salary and bonus with meaningful equity participation.

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