Principal Financial Analyst - OCI

Financial support to business areas through financial analysis, modeling, planning & forecasting; to facilitate decision making and future business strategies. Emphasis in Data Center infrastructure, Server & Network rack hardware, and Network connectivity. 

As a member of Oracle's finance organization, the Principal Finance Analyst serves as a strategic partner to OCI leadership by delivering data-driven insights that align customer demand, revenue planning, and infrastructure capacity investments. This role is responsible for triangulating demand plan signals, OCI’s long-range revenue plan (LRP), and data center capacity forecasts to ensure strategic customer growth expectations are accurately reflected across financial and operational planning processes. The analyst evaluates demand trends, customer consumption forecasts, and capacity requirements to identify risks, opportunities, and gaps between revenue objectives and infrastructure readiness. Working cross-functionally with Finance, Capacity Planning, Cloud Operations, Sales, and Product teams, the role develops forecasting models, scenario analyses, and executive reporting that support investment decisions, resource prioritization, and long-term growth strategies. The analyst also monitors key business signals, drives forecast accuracy, and provides actionable recommendations that optimize OCI’s ability to meet strategic customer commitments while maximizing financial performance and capital efficiency.

Key Skills & Requirements

• Strategic Financial Planning & Analysis: Demonstrated experience in long-range planning (LRP), forecasting, budgeting, and financial modeling within complex, high-growth business environments.
• Demand & Revenue Forecasting: Strong ability to analyze customer demand signals, consumption trends, and revenue drivers to develop accurate forecasts and identify risks and opportunities.
• Scenario Modeling & Capacity Alignment: Experience developing scenario analyses that connect customer demand, revenue expectations, and infrastructure or operational capacity planning.
• Cross-Functional Leadership: Proven ability to partner effectively across Finance, Sales, Operations, Capacity Planning, Product, and Executive Leadership teams to drive alignment and strategic outcomes.
• Executive Communication: Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to present complex analyses, business cases, and strategic recommendations to senior leadership.
• Business Acumen: Deep understanding of cloud infrastructure, technology, AI/GPU market dynamics, or related high-growth technology sectors, with the ability to translate operational trends into financial implications.
• Risk Assessment & Opportunity Identification: Ability to proactively identify forecast gaps, capacity constraints, investment risks, and growth opportunities, while developing mitigation strategies and recommendations.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, or a related field; MBA or advanced degree preferred.
• 8-10+ years of experience in FP&A, strategic finance, business operations, capacity planning, consulting, or related analytical functions.
• Experience supporting cloud, infrastructure, data center, AI, GPU, or large-scale technology businesses.
• Experience working with executive stakeholders in highly matrixed, fast-paced environments.
• Demonstrated success managing ambiguous business problems and developing scalable planning frameworks.

Career Level - IC5