Overview
This role provides financial support to business areas through financial analysis, modeling, planning, and forecasting to inform decision-making and future business strategy. The position places emphasis on Data Center infrastructure, Server & Network rack hardware, and Network connectivity.
Responsibilities
As a member of the finance organization, the Senior Principal Finance Analyst partners with OCI leadership to deliver data-driven insights aligned to customer demand, revenue planning, and infrastructure capacity investments. Key responsibilities include:
- Triangulate demand plan signals, OCI’s long-range revenue plan (LRP), and data center capacity forecasts to ensure customer growth expectations are reflected across financial and operational planning processes
- Evaluate demand trends, customer consumption forecasts, and capacity requirements to identify risks, opportunities, and gaps between revenue objectives and infrastructure readiness
- Work cross-functionally with Finance, Capacity Planning, Cloud Operations, Sales, and Product teams to develop forecasting models, scenario analyses, and executive reporting
- Support investment decisions, resource prioritization, and long-term growth strategies
- Monitor key business signals, drive forecast accuracy, and provide actionable recommendations to help meet strategic customer commitments while maximizing financial performance and capital efficiency
Requirements (Key Skills)
- Strategic Financial Planning & Analysis: Experience in long-range planning (LRP), forecasting, budgeting, and financial modeling within complex, high-growth business environments
- Demand & Revenue Forecasting: Ability to analyze customer demand signals, consumption trends, and revenue drivers to develop accurate forecasts and identify risks and opportunities
- Scenario Modeling & Capacity Alignment: Experience building scenario analyses connecting customer demand, revenue expectations, and infrastructure or operational capacity planning
- Cross-Functional Leadership: Proven ability to partner across Finance, Sales, Operations, Capacity Planning, Product, and Executive Leadership teams to drive alignment and strategic outcomes
- Executive Communication: Strong written and verbal communication skills; ability to present complex analyses, business cases, and strategic recommendations to senior leadership
- Business Acumen: Deep understanding of cloud infrastructure, technology, AI/GPU market dynamics, or related high-growth technology sectors; ability to translate operational trends into financial implications
- Risk Assessment & Opportunity Identification: Ability to identify forecast gaps, capacity constraints, investment risks, and growth opportunities, and develop mitigation strategies and recommendations
Preferred Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, or a related field; MBA or advanced degree preferred
- 10+ years of experience in FP&A, strategic finance, business operations, capacity planning, consulting, or related analytical functions
- Experience supporting cloud, infrastructure, data center, AI, GPU, or large-scale technology businesses
- Experience working with executive stakeholders in highly matrixed, fast-paced environments
- Demonstrated success managing ambiguous business problems and developing scalable planning frameworks
Compensation & Benefits
U.S. (Hiring Range): $102,300 - $209,500 per year (USD). May be eligible for bonus and equity.
The posting notes that range and benefit information is specific to the stated locations only, and candidates are typically placed into the range based on knowledge, skills, experience, market conditions, locations, and internal peer equity.
Benefits (U.S.):
- 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 (includes vacation accrual details and eligibility thresholds)
- 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 (U.S. hiring range provided).
Additional Information
- Certain U.S.-based or U.S. customer or 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.
- Career Level - IC5
Equal Opportunity
Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. Consideration for employment is provided without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veterans’ status, or other characteristics protected by law. The employer will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records pursuant to applicable law.