Principal Financial Analyst, OCI Cloud Product Deals

Overview

This role is part of the Product Finance team within Cloud Infrastructure and supports deals and analysis for customer requests. You will build and maintain cost models for cloud hardware products that support large-scale customer deals.

You will partner with finance leadership, product, engineering, and sales to create financial models for deal analysis, with an emphasis on new cloud offerings. The position requires independent problem-solving, the ability to break down complex issues into incremental deliverables, and collaboration across cross-functional teams while managing tight timelines and competing priorities.

Responsibilities

• Build, maintain, and enhance detailed cost and profitability models for cloud hardware products used in customer and partner deals
• Analyze hardware, supply chain, and operational cost drivers to support accurate pricing and margin assessments
• Learn and apply knowledge of different products, data center schemas, and networking architectures across the organization
• Partner with senior leadership, sales, and product teams to provide pricing recommendations and financial guidance for complex deals
• Translate complex financial analyses into clear, concise insights for executive-level audiences
• Review assumptions, validate inputs, and ensure models are accurate, auditable, and decision-ready
• Identify risks, sensitivities, and trade-offs within deal structures, and communicate implications clearly
• Own outcomes of analyses, including identifying, communicating, and correcting errors or assumption changes quickly and transparently
• Influence partner teams without direct authority to ensure business needs and goals are met

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, economics, engineering, or related field; MBA preferred
• 8+ product finance, deal desk, or pricing analysis experience with progressive advancement
• Experience in cloud computing, hardware, infrastructure, or technology-related finance roles
• Exposure to large, complex commercial deals or long-term pricing agreements
• Familiarity with cost accounting, supply chain economics, or capital-intensive products
• Experience working cross-functionally with sales, engineering, or product teams
• Strong financial modeling and analytical skills, with advanced proficiency in Excel (complex formulas, large datasets, scenario modeling)
• Experience building cost models, pricing models, or deal-support financial analyses
• High attention to detail with a proven ability to produce accurate work under time pressure
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, especially when working with senior stakeholders
• Demonstrated ownership mindset, including accountability for results and proactive communication when issues arise

Preferred Qualifications

• MBA preferred

Compensation & Benefits

• US Hiring Range: $84,500 - $187,000 per year
• May be eligible for bonus and equity

Benefits (US) include:

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including expert medical opinion
• Short term disability and long term disability
• Life insurance and AD&D
• Supplemental life insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child)
• Health care and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Pre-tax commuter and parking benefits
• 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company match
• Paid time off: Flexible Vacation for eligible salaried (non-overtime eligible) positions; accrued Vacation for other eligible employees
  • For employees working at least 35 hours per week: 13 days annually for the first three years; 18 days annually for subsequent years of employment
  • Vacation accrual is prorated for employees working between 20 and 34 hours per week
  • Employees working fewer than 20 hours per week are not eligible for vacation
• 11 paid holidays
• Paid sick leave: 72 hours upon date of hire; refreshes each calendar year; unused balance carries over up to 112 hours
• Paid parental leave
• Adoption assistance
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Financial planning and group legal
• Voluntary benefits including auto, homeowner and pet insurance

The range and benefit information provided in this posting are specific to the stated locations only. Candidates are typically placed into the range based on factors including knowledge, skills, experience, market conditions, locations, and internal peer equity.

Location

US (specific locations not listed)

Additional Information

• Certain US-based or US customer/client-facing roles may be required to comply with applicable requirements, such as immunization/occupational health mandates and/or drug testing requirements.
• The role will generally accept applications for at least three calendar days from the posting date or as long as the job remains posted.
• As part of onboarding and consistent with applicable law, US-based employees are required to complete identity verification, which involves the collection and processing of biometric information. Accommodations may be granted following an individualized assessment.
• Equal Employment Opportunity: All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veterans’ status, or other protected characteristics; consideration also includes qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records pursuant to applicable law.