Senior Analyst, Infrastructure Finance

The Infrastructure & Security Finance & Strategy team is dedicated to the financial reporting and optimization of the Infrastructure budget. This role collaborates across multiple functions including Infrastructure Engineering leadership, Procurement, Corporate Finance, and Technology & Product (T&P) Finance & Strategy (F&S) to deliver consistently accurate financial forecasting, business insights, and process improvements.

Deliverables include supporting the monthly close and budget outlook/planning processes related to the management of the operational budget. This could include but is not limited to AI token usage, royalties agreements, forecasting/analytic models, operational/process improvements, and findings packaged in presentation-ready content for executives. Additionally, this individual is expected to participate in important cross-functional, organization-wide initiatives and projects.

Responsibilities:

• Lead monthly close activities, including budget versus actuals (BvA) variance analysis, and contribute to quarterly outlooks and annual planning activities.
• Build trusted relationships with key Infrastructure and Security partners, establishing trust and gaining an understanding of relevant business drivers.
• Work cross-functionally with Finance & Strategy, Procurement, and T&P leadership to ensure alignment and accuracy across infrastructure spend.
• Drive consistently accurate financial forecasting and reporting.
• Partner with Infrastructure operational teams and Procurement to identify, track, and model cost optimization.
• Enhance and develop drivers and ROI based frameworks to further support investment decision making for infrastructure projects.
• Support teams in developing the annual business plan and quarterly forecast updates by providing required data trends, reports and insights for Infrastructure functions.
• Assist with driving unit cost modeling to drive cost transparency, accountability, and data-driven resource allocation
• Prepare and deliver high quality, clear, tailored executive presentations and reports.
• Demonstrate intellectual curiosity and successfully lead process improvement or other strategic projects.

• 3+ years of FP&A or relevant public company work experience.
• Experience managing and reconciling spend to budgets.
• Advanced Excel skills and modeling skills
• Understanding of GAAP, SOX, and expense recognition principles.
• Strong financial and operational planning skills.
• Passion for process improvement and challenging the status status quo.
• Excellent communication skills (written and verbal) with an ability to explain complex issues in an understandable way.
• Ability to work cross functionally and an ability to influence at all levels within the organization.
• Intellectual curiosity, fueled by a proactive approach to continuously expand one's skillset.
• Must be results and service oriented and have a strong ability to make and communicate progress with incomplete information.

Preferred Requirements:

• Experience with public cloud computing (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP), or complex software licensing and budgeting.
• Experience with systems such as Google Suite, Hyperion, Oracle, and Alteryx.
• Strong data analysis skills including familiarity / experience with AI tools such as ChatGPT, Claude Code, SQL queries, Snowflake, and Tableau.

This role is hybrid and goes into the office 3 days per week.

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