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Principal Finance Analyst, Product Lead – Workload Health Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) is one of the fastest growing businesses for the company. In OCI Finance, members of the Workload Health team are responsible for all aspects of cloud infrastructure financial planning, and modeling for a specific product family within the broader OCI ecosystem. We are a partner and trusted strategic adviser to the OCI Leadership team, advising on optimizing business economics while rapidly scaling. Role Description In this role you will be a key business advisor to the product and engineering organization with end-to-end product ownership as a whale customer lead. The scope and complexity of the role requires team members to be able to understand both the big picture and underlying details with the ability to lead product specific projects. We are looking for a sharp finance professional with a data driven mindset, robust modeling capabilities and isn’t afraid to work with all levels of the organization. Main Responsibilities include: • Lead and manage the analysis of key high-value customers across all products within the IaaS Portfolio • Develop scenario-based financial and business models, with a specific focus on deriving product-level insights for high-value (whale) customers. • Perform competitive analysis, pricing, and cost modeling for NPI (new product introduction) • Link business strategy to financial reporting at various levels (from a discrete service to overall offerings) using KPIs, and goal setting • Understand and influence investment decisions through detailed financial analysis • Drive overall gross margin optimization efforts through deep analysis of the various business, financial and other operational drivers • Own all financial ROB activities (such as planning and budgeting cycles) in line with corporate and business requirements • Participate and contribute to broader Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) to ensure capacity investments are made at the right place, right time, and are the right size • Embed deeply with engineering leaders and their teams and become their trusted advisor • Drive policies and procedures that monitor and support the organization’s operational and business objectives #LI-MS1 PREFERRED SKILLS & EXPERIENCE • Bachelor’s degree with 8+ years finance experience. MBA a plus. • Knowledge of Cloud Technology and Infrastructure and/or experience supporting engineering preferred but not required • Excellent communicator that can work across disciplines (engineering, finance, supply chain, operations, etc.) and various levels of the organization • Results oriented with the ability to translate ideas into operational plans and follow through • Track record of using data insights to help drive decision-making • Strong partnering capabilities with the ability to influence others without direct authority • Takes initiative to achieve value added results • Ability to deal with ambiguity and uncertainty in a business that evolves at a hyper pace • Excellent analytic and strategic thinking skills with a strong attention to detail • Self-directed and proactive with ability to multi-task and take ownership of work About Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI): Oracle set an ambitious goal in building its second-generation cloud infrastructure: to create an infrastructure that matches and surpasses the performance, control and governance of enterprise datacenters, while delivering the scale, elasticity, and cost-savings of public clouds. As a result, OCI is built from the ground up to be an Enterprise Cloud, equally capable of running traditional multi-tiered enterprise applications, high-performance workloads, and modern serverless and container-based architectures. OCI serves as the foundational layer for Oracle Autonomous Database, as well as for Oracle’s platform and application services. It is designed to run any enterprise application and workload securely in the cloud. In a single offering, OCI combines the flexibility and cost benefits of a public cloud with the predictability and control of an on-premises environment. Click here to learn more about Oracle Cloud Infrastructure products and solutions. Disclaimer: 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. Range and benefit information provided in this posting are specific to the stated locations only US: Hiring Range in USD from: $84,500 to $187,000 per annum. May be eligible for bonus and equity. Oracle maintains broad salary ranges for its roles in order to account for variations in knowledge, skills, experience, market conditions and locations, as well as reflect Oracle's differing products, industries and lines of business. Candidates are typically placed into the range based on the preceding factors as well as internal peer equity. Oracle US offers a comprehensive benefits package which includes the following: 1. Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including expert medical opinion 2. Short term disability and long term disability 3. Life insurance and AD&D 4. Supplemental life insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child) 5. Health care and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts 6. Pre-tax commuter and parking benefits 7. 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company match 8. Paid time off: Flexible Vacation is provided to all eligible employees assigned to a salaried (non-overtime eligible) position. Accrued Vacation is provided to all other employees eligible for vacation benefits. For employees working at least 35 hours per week, the vacation accrual rate is 13 days annually for the first three years of employment and 18 days annually for subsequent years of employment. Vacation accrual is prorated for employees working between 20 and 34 hours per week. Employees working fewer than 20 hours per week are not eligible for vacation. 9. 11 paid holidays 10. Paid sick leave: 72 hours of paid sick leave upon date of hire. Refreshes each calendar year. Unused balance will carry over each year up to a maximum cap of 112 hours. 11. Paid parental leave 12. Adoption assistance 13. Employee Stock Purchase Plan 14. Financial planning and group legal 15. Voluntary benefits including auto, homeowner and pet insurance The role will generally accept applications for at least three calendar days from the posting date or as long as the job remains posted. As part of Oracle's onboarding process and consistent with applicable law, US-based employees are required to complete identity verification, which involves the collection and processing of their biometric information. Accommodations to this requirement may be granted following an individualized assessment. In this role you will be a key Finance advisor to the IaaS product and engineering organization with end-to-end product ownership as a whale customer lead

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Principal Finance Analyst, Product Lead – Workload Health
Role Description
Lead and manage the analysis of key high-value customers across all products within the IaaS Portfolio
Develop scenario-based financial and business models, with a specific focus on deriving product-level insights for high-value (whale) customers.
Perform competitive analysis, pricing, and cost modeling for NPI (new product introduction)
Link business strategy to financial reporting at various levels (from a discrete service to overall offerings) using KPIs, and goal setting
Understand and influence investment decisions through detailed financial analysis
Drive overall gross margin optimization efforts through deep analysis of the various business, financial and other operational drivers
Own all financial ROB activities (such as planning and budgeting cycles) in line with corporate and business requirements
Participate and contribute to broader Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) to ensure capacity investments are made at the right place, right time, and are the right size
Embed deeply with engineering leaders and their teams and become their trusted advisor
Drive policies and procedures that monitor and support the organization’s operational and business objectives
Excellent communicator that can work across disciplines (engineering, finance, supply chain, operations, etc.) and various levels of the organization
Results oriented with the ability to translate ideas into operational plans and follow through
Track record of using data insights to help drive decision-making
Strong partnering capabilities with the ability to influence others without direct authority
Takes initiative to achieve value added results
Ability to deal with ambiguity and uncertainty in a business that evolves at a hyper pace
Excellent analytic and strategic thinking skills with a strong attention to detail
Self-directed and proactive with ability to multi-task and take ownership of work
Click here to learn more about Oracle Cloud Infrastructure products and solutions.

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Bachelor’s degree with 8+ years finance experience. MBA a plus.
Knowledge of Cloud Technology and Infrastructure and/or experience supporting engineering preferred but not required

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