Finance Manager I, Platform

Overview

This role provides financial and strategic oversight for managing and optimizing investments in technology infrastructure (primarily AWS, a cloud-based computational and storage provider). You will partner with technology infrastructure leadership to govern infrastructure investment, manage key vendor relationships—especially AWS—and ensure cost-effective service delivery while enabling future technological innovation. You will also allocate and track costs at the appropriate level within the organization.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Engineering, Infrastructure, and Technical Program Management teams to develop annual, monthly, and weekly operational investment and related infrastructure demand and financial forecasts
• Compile monthly, quarterly, and annual variance analysis
• Identify and drive initiatives to continuously improve, automate, and grow OPEX and infrastructure forecasting, as well as forecasting and reporting tools and processes
• Adopt an AI-first approach to technology finance partnership by embedding AI tools into forecasting, metrics analysis, and finance decision-making
• Design usage prediction models for short- and long-term resource capacity needs
• Proactively identify risks and opportunities
• Perform strategic, time-sensitive analysis and communicate key takeaways

Requirements

• Experience forecasting expenses, with strong preference for prior experience managing technology infrastructure spending on public infrastructure cloud platforms and product offerings
• Experience leveraging AI tools to accelerate financial analysis and forecasting workflows, including a rigorous approach to validating outputs and maintaining ownership of final recommendations
• Experience managing multiple work-streams end-to-end and working across multiple functions and teams
• Expertise building high-level and detailed financial models
• Strong business partnership skills and verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to multi-task and deliver against timelines
• Entrepreneurial, flexible, and collaborative mindset
• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field (such as Accounting or Finance) and a minimum of 5 years of Finance or Business Operational experience in a fast-paced industry

Preferred Qualifications

• None specified

Compensation & Benefits

• Base salary range: $98,561—$202,918 USD
• The position is also eligible for equity.
• Final salary is based on factors including location, travel, relevant prior experience, or particular skills and expertise.

Location

• Remote eligibility: United States.
• Relocation assistance: Not eligible.
• In-office requirement: This role will need to be in the office for in-person collaboration 1–2 times every 6-months and therefore can be situated anywhere in the country.
• US based applicants only