Overview
This role is within the cloud infrastructure finance organization supporting the Workload Health team. The team is responsible for cloud infrastructure financial planning and modeling for a specific product family within the broader cloud infrastructure ecosystem.
The position serves as a key business advisor to the product and engineering organization, with end-to-end product ownership as a lead for high-value (“whale”) customers. The work requires balancing big-picture thinking with deep attention to underlying details, leading product-specific projects, and driving data-informed recommendations.
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 customers
- Perform competitive analysis, pricing, and cost modeling for NPI (new product introduction)
- Link business strategy to financial reporting across multiple levels (from discrete services 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 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 in the right place, right time, and at the right size
- Embed with engineering leaders and their teams and act as a trusted advisor
- Drive policies and procedures that monitor and support operational and business objectives
Qualifications
- 8+ years of relevant work experience
- Bachelor’s degree with 8+ years finance experience; MBA a plus
- Leading contributor individually and as a team member; able to provide direction and mentoring to others
- Work is non-routine and very complex, requiring advanced technical/business skills in the area of specialization
- Strong Microsoft Office skills
- Proficiency in Oracle Financials
- Strong analysis and research skills
- Ability to partner across functions
- Strong communication skills across disciplines (engineering, finance, supply chain, operations, etc.) and various levels of the organization
- Results oriented; ability to translate ideas into operational plans and follow through
- Track record of using data insights to drive decision-making
- Strong partnering capabilities to influence others without direct authority
- Initiative-taking mindset and ability to achieve value-added results
- Ability to deal with ambiguity and uncertainty in a business evolving at a hyper 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
- BS/BA in Accounting/Finance preferred; CPA/MBA desired
- Knowledge of Cloud Technology and Infrastructure and/or experience supporting engineering preferred
Compensation & Benefits
- Competitive benefits package, including flexible medical, life insurance, and retirement options
- Volunteer programs to support community involvement
Location
Not specified in the provided job description.