Principal Financial Analyst, OCI, IaaS Workload Health

Overview

This role is part of the Workload Health team within the organization’s Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Finance organization. The team is responsible for cloud infrastructure financial planning and modeling for a specific product family within the broader OCI ecosystem, advising product and engineering leadership on optimizing business economics while rapidly scaling.

This position serves as a key business advisor to the product and engineering organization with end-to-end product ownership as a “whale” customer lead. The scope requires comfort with both strategic big-picture thinking and underlying detail, including leading product-specific projects.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage analysis of key high-value customers across all products within the IaaS Portfolio.
• Develop scenario-based financial and business models, with a focus on deriving product-level insights for high-value (“whale”) customers.
• Perform competitive analysis, pricing, and cost modeling for NPI (new product introduction).
• Link business strategy to financial reporting at various levels (from discrete service to overall offerings) using KPIs and goal setting.
• Understand and influence investment decisions through detailed financial analysis.
• Drive overall gross margin optimization through deep analysis of business, financial, and other operational drivers.
• Own all financial ROB activities (including planning and budgeting cycles) in line with corporate and business requirements.
• Contribute to broader Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) to ensure capacity investments are made at the right place, right time, and the right size.
• Embed with engineering leaders and their teams, acting as a trusted advisor.
• Drive policies and procedures that monitor and support organizational operational and business objectives.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree with 8+ years finance experience. MBA a plus.
• Knowledge of Cloud Technology and Infrastructure and/or experience supporting engineering preferred but not required.
• Excellent communication skills across disciplines (engineering, finance, supply chain, operations, etc.) and across multiple levels of the organization.
• Results oriented; translate ideas into operational plans and follow through.
• Track record of using data insights to drive decision-making.
• Strong partnering capabilities with the ability to influence others without direct authority.
• Takes initiative to achieve value-added results.
• Ability to work with ambiguity and uncertainty in a business that evolves at a fast pace.
• Excellent analytic and strategic thinking skills with strong attention to detail.
• Self-directed and proactive; able to multi-task and take ownership of work.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting engineering in a cloud technology or infrastructure environment.

Compensation & Benefits

US Hiring Range (USD): $84,500 - $187,000 per year

• May be eligible for bonus and equity.

Benefits may 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/week: 13 days annually for the first three years, 18 days annually for subsequent years
  • Vacation accrual prorated for employees working 20–34 hours/week
  • Employees working fewer than 20 hours/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 a maximum cap of 112 hours
• Paid parental leave
• Adoption assistance
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Financial planning and group legal
• Voluntary benefits including auto, homeowner and pet insurance

Location

• United States

Additional information (US-based roles): 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.

Application timing: The role will generally accept applications for at least three calendar days from the posting date or as long as the job remains posted.

Onboarding requirement (US-based employees): 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.