Principal, Strategic Finance & Analytics, Technology

Overview

This role partners with Technology Finance across Infrastructure, Engineering, and Product teams to plan, forecast, and manage the cost of running cloud and AI platforms. Work focuses on translating usage trends—cloud compute, storage, and AI spend—into forecasts and cost narratives that inform company-wide investment decisions.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain the monthly/weekly cloud and AI cost forecast, reconciling actuals against plan and explaining variance drivers to leadership.
• Track AI spend by category and by model/provider mix; flag shifts in usage or pricing that affect the forecast.
• Partner with Infrastructure and AI Platform engineering teams to size, validate, and prioritize efficiency initiatives (model routing, token optimization, provider migration).
• Own migration-tracking reporting (e.g., provider mix shifts, cost impact of model changes) and ensure underlying data is traceable back to source systems.
• Prepare and present cost updates to a broad, senior audience, translating technical usage data into clear financial narratives.
• Identify and quantify new cost efficiency opportunities with technical stakeholders, and track them through to landed savings.
• Run monthly and ad hoc reviews with Finance and Tech leadership.
• Lead planning cycles including FY26 close-out and FY27 guidance.

Requirements

• 10 years of finance, FP&A, or cost management experience, ideally including direct exposure to cloud infrastructure costs.
• Demonstrated ability to build and maintain complex financial models and forecasts in ambiguous, fast-changing environments.
• Strong track record partnering with engineering/technical teams to translate usage data.

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior experience with AI/ML infrastructure costs strongly preferred.

Location

US - Remote Eligible.

The role may include occasional work at an office or attendance at offsites, as agreed to with your manager. While remote eligible, you must live in a state where the organization has a registered entity. If employed by another entity, your recruiter will inform you what states you are eligible to work from.

Compensation & Benefits

• Pay Range: $168,000—$206,000 USD
• This role may also be eligible for bonus, equity, benefits, and Employee Travel Credits.

Inclusion & Equal Employment Opportunity

All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply. The organization is committed to an inclusive and accessible recruitment process, including reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities.

Equal Employment Opportunity: employment is considered without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, gender, sex, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, or any other legally protected characteristic.