Organization: 

Rackspace Managed Hosting

Job Title:

Various Positions

Type of position

Full-Time Professional

• Financial Analyst
  
  Our ideal candidate is a highly motivated professional with experience building financial models and presenting financial analysis. Candidates must have the ability to work with all levels of employees in cross functional groups that include product engineers, sales reps, system administrators and executives. This position is part of a small team that impacts that strategic direction of the company. Strong analytical, communication, and organizational skills as well as an attention to detail and strong understanding of finance and accounting are required. Candidates should also have a desire to learn about technology and its applications to the Internet.
  
  Job Requirements:
  Four Year College Degree (Finance or Business Management a plus but not required)
  In depth experience building financial models is a must (forecasting models, valuations models, M&A models, pricing models a plus)
  Excellent communication skills and the ability to work with all levels of management inside and outside the company
  Strong analytical skills and the ability to drive analysis
  Understanding of or desire to understand technology and the Internet
  Strong MS Excel and MS PowerPoint skills
  Experience with MS Access a plus
   
• Accountant
  
  Because Rackspace is well known throughout the managed hosting industry and throughout the immerging, high growth company community, the Finance and Accounting Team is committed to building a top notch accounting and financial reporting organization. As you may imagine, this is challenging work where your talent and experience will be fully utilized. The Accounting Department at Rackspace provides a supportive atmosphere in which mutual respect and teamwork set the tone for excellence and career development.
  
  Job Requirements:
  To be considered as a candidate, your key competencies must include:
  Ability to work effectively in a relaxed independent environment
  Ability to work in a team environment
  Effective communication up and down the organization
  Strong analytical thinking
  Capacity to manage and complete multiple tasks while meeting deadlines
  Ability to resolve GAAP issues independently
  Ability to work in a rapidly changing and dynamic environment
  
  Qualifications:
  Bachelor's degree in Accounting
  Experience or knowledge in:
  GAAP - read, interpret and apply pronouncements
  General Ledger Accounting - thorough comprehension of financial statements
  Internal controls - design, implement and monitor
  Accrual Basis Accounting - determine accruals required
  Periodic close process - GL account reconciliations and flux analysis
  External audit support - provide supporting documentation and analysis
  Accounting analytics - explain FS to operations managers
  Advanced MS Excel skills - create Excel models to facilitate analytics and close process
  Proven record of continual improvement
  Proven record of being a top performer
   
• Account Manager
  
  If you have a positive attitude, the desire to successfully establish and maintain rapport with customers, and want a great career with the premiere provider of managed hosting solutions to customers around the world, we want to talk to you! You will be responsible for maintaining/growing relationships with current customers in accordance with our fanatical standards. This position does not have a sales focus rather a rapport/retention focus.
  
  Responsibilities:
  Proactive customer care and retention
  Coordinate large customer implementations
  Coordinate cross-departmental conference calls with customers
  Process contract changes/credits
  Respond to surveys, reports, lists, etc
  Renegotiate customer contracts
  Build long-term business relationships with customers
  Participate in Team Training (product, industry, sales)
  Collections assistance
  Other duties as may be assigned from time to time
  
  Qualifications:
  Excellent written and verbal skills
  The ability to handle multiple tasks and prioritize work in order to maintain required productivity levels
  A high energy level and creative problem-solving abilities, coupled with a desire to take on responsibility is key to providing our customers with the required level of service
  Intermediate knowledge of Microsoft Applications
  Intermediate knowledge of Internet and email
  Flexible schedule
  Previous Account Management experience with small to medium sized businesses
  Bachelor's degree
  
  Technical Rackprentice (System Administrator)
  Rackspace Managed Hosting wants to give you the best graduation gift of all…a great job!
  
  You’re right. We shouldn’t have. But we just couldn’t resist! We are looking for May, 2007 graduates with degrees in Information Systems and Computer Science to join our Rackspace Technical Rackprenticeship.
  
  It’s not a brand new car, but we think it will take you further.
  
  This program includes:
  Full-time, salaried position with comprehensive benefits
  Eight weeks of intensive technical training in systems administration, in-depth troubleshooting, and networking training
  Thorough understanding of Rackspace culture, structure, and products and services all backed by Fanatical Support™
  Upon successful completion of the program, Boot Camp graduates will work full-time as a system administrator on one of our dynamic support teams.
  
  
  Job Requirements:
  For consideration you must:
  
  Graduate with a four-year degree in May, 2007 in either Information Systems or Computer Science
  Be able to demonstrate knowledge of either Windows or Linux operating systems
  Be able to communicate understanding of Fanatical Support™
  Be able to quickly absorb and apply the things you learn
  Possess excellent written and verbal communication skills
  Have outstanding problem solving and logic skills
  
  Java Programmer
  
  As a member of the Portal Development Team you will have an opportunity to participate at every step of the software development lifecycle including requirements gathering, design, architecture, development and testing. We are looking for a team player with creative problem solving skills, a love for technology and a fanatical attitude towards customer support.
  
  Job Requirements:
  · 1+ years of enterprise web application development experience
  
  · 1+ years of object oriented programming experience
  
  · 1+ years of J2EE development experience including JSP, Servlets, EJB, and Web Services
  
  · Hands on experience with Servlet Containers and Java Application Servers
  
  · A proven track record of problem solving.
   
• Lead Generation Specialist
  
  Rackspace Managed Hosting seeks highly-motivated, energetic people with a strong desire to move into a Sales position within a financially stable, high-tech company.
  
  As a Sales Generator, you will generate leads directly for the sales team via online chat, email, and inbound phone calls. In this position, we will train you on our sales process, the hosting industry, and how to sell competitively while delivering high-quality, screened leads yielding the company's growth objectives. Named the leading hosting provider by Microsoft and #1 Linux by Wired Magazine, come learn why we beat the competition!
  
  Job Requirements:
  
  Strong work ethic, energetic, creative, collaborative, team player
  Excellent verbal and written skills
  Strong organizational skills; Must be able to multi-task
  Internet savvy and a proficient knowledge of MS Office programs
  Must be willing to work a 40 to 50 hour work week and some weekends
  College degree required
  1 year experience within a service-oriented industry
   

Company description

Since our founding in 1998, thousands of our customers have realized success because they chose to do business with a managed hosting solutions specialist. Our managed hosting solutions approach is simple — build extensive expertise in managed hosting and stay focused on our customer. This comes to life in our unique philosophy of Fanatical Support™.

Website

www.rackspace.com/careers