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Principal Financial Analyst, OCI, Strategic Accounts ABOUT THE JOB 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. 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 • 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. Leading contributor individually and as a team member, providing direction and mentoring to others. Work is non-routine and very complex, involving the application of advanced technical/business skills in area of specialization. Strong Microsoft Office skills and proficiency in Oracle Financials. Strong analysis and research skills. Ability to partner across functions. 8 years relevant work experience. BS/BA in Accounting/Finance preferred. CPA/MBA desired. 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.

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Must-haves

Principal Financial Analyst, OCI, Strategic Accounts
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.
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.

Nice-to-haves

Bachelor’s degree with 8+ years finance experience. MBA a plus.
Knowledge of Cloud Technology and Infrastructure and/or experience supporting engineering preferred

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Platform: oracle-cloud
Effort: medium