Finance & Strategy, Compute Infrastructure
Leads strategic finance for datacenter infrastructure partnerships, owning operating P&L, forecasting, project controls, and cost optimization. Requires 7+ years in strategic finance or related fields, strong financial modeling, and experience with infrastructure operations or datacenter economics preferred.
About the job
Responsibilities
- Own the operating P&L for datacenter infrastructure partnerships, including lease, power, and operations across sites.
- Provide financial guidance to infrastructure teams to keep sites on budget, reduce operating costs, and mitigate infrastructure exposure.
- Own the near-term forecast for datacenter spending.
- Run budget-versus-actual analysis on projects.
- Serve as the primary finance counterpart to datacenter operating partners.
- Lead financial analysis for site-level optimization initiatives and operating model decisions.
- Handle operational finance requests tied to datacenter partners and live sites.
- Partner on deal-to-operations handoffs to ensure budgets established at signing are operationalized at commissioning.
Requirements
- Experience in strategic finance, infrastructure investment, FP&A, private equity, consulting, or investment banking.
- Experience owning an infrastructure operating P&L and driving cost-reduction programs.
- Exceptional analytical skills, including synthesizing data into insights and developing complex financial operating models.
- Ability to work with partners, vendors, and technical operating teams.
- Strong business judgment, relationship-building, process-management, and communication skills.
- 7+ years of experience in a relevant finance, infrastructure, investment, consulting, or banking field.
- Minimum education: bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
- Relevant field of study or equivalent professional experience.
Nice-to-haves
- Direct experience with datacenter, colocation, or power economics, including PPA and energy procurement contract structures.
- Experience managing finance cadence with a third-party operator or managed-services provider.
- Background in AI, machine learning, or high-performance, large-scale computing infrastructure.
- MBA or another advanced degree in finance, economics, or business.
Compensation
- Annual salary: $240,000–$325,000 USD.
Skills
Financial Modeling, FP&A, Strategic Finance, Infrastructure Finance, P&L Management, Datacenter Economics, Energy Procurement, SQL, Python, Excel, Budget Forecasting, Private Equity, Investment Banking, Cost Reduction
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