Strategic Finance Lead - Infrastructure

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain multi-year capacity forecasts and scenario models across CPU, GPU, and accelerator footprints
• Partner with Strategic Finance leadership on long-horizon capacity decisions, including reserved/committed structures and build-out sequencing
• Lead ROI and trade-off analysis for new platforms, hardware generations, and efficiency initiatives
• Own day-to-day management for all core infrastructure spend, including monthly billing, variance analysis, and forecasting
• Drive efficiency and optimization initiatives with engineering and infrastructure teams
• Support CSP rate and commit negotiations with rate analysis, benchmarking, and contract modeling
• Own management and forecasting of inference costs end-to-end, including product unit economics
• Support training-run budgeting, tracking, and ROI analysis

Requirements

• 4+ years of experience in strategic finance or FP&A at a high-growth technology company
• 2+ years of experience in investment banking at a top-tier firm
• Strong financial modeling skills and ability to translate complex operating data into analysis
• Track record of partnering with engineering or technical teams
• Ability to communicate complex financial concepts to non-finance audiences
• First-principles thinking and ability to work in ambiguous environments
• Genuine interest in AI infrastructure and large-scale model serving/training costs

Preferred Qualifications

• Direct experience managing or modeling cloud infrastructure spend (AWS, GCP, Azure)
• Background in AI, ML, or high-performance computing infrastructure economics
• Familiarity with GPU pricing and CSP discount mechanics
• Experience supporting capital-intensive capacity decisions or multi-year vendor commitments
• Advanced Excel skills