Budget/Finance Director

Role Overview

This role requires experience with cloud infrastructure economics and cost drivers, paired with strong FP&A fundamentals. The Director will work closely with Engineering, Product, OCI, and Finance to understand business drivers, proactively identify risks and opportunities, and translate analysis into recommendations that improve financial performance. We value hands-on ownership, curiosity, and the ability to connect cost-of-cloud decisions to broader organizational priorities.

Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities

• Own cost-of-cloud modeling, forecasting, and variance analysis across products and data centers; proactively identify risks, trends, and opportunities
• Develop and maintain bottom-up financial models linking usage, capacity, and infrastructure (compute, storage, networking) to cost and margin
• Drive visibility into unit economics (cost per customer, workload, environment)
• Identify and evaluate cost-efficiency and margin improvement opportunities (utilization, capacity, efficiency, support, royalties), and help drive follow-through
• Partner with Engineering and Product to influence bill of materials (BOM) and infrastructure design decisions
• Establish KPIs, reporting cadence, and governance across fragmented data and ownership models
• Translate complex technical and financial cost drivers into clear, actionable insights and recommendations for stakeholders and leadership
• Lead and develop team; set standards for modeling, forecasting, and accountability
• Stay informed about changes across OCI, Applications, and Oracle; consider how broader business priorities and decisions affect cloud costs and financial outcomes

Own cost-of-cloud modeling, forecasting, and variance analysis across products and data centers; proactively identify risks, trends, and opportunities

Develop and maintain bottom-up financial models linking usage, capacity, and infrastructure (compute, storage, networking) to cost and margin

Drive visibility into unit economics (cost per customer, workload, environment)

Identify and evaluate cost-efficiency and margin improvement opportunities (utilization, capacity, efficiency, support, royalties), and help drive follow-through

Partner with Engineering and Product to influence bill of materials (BOM) and infrastructure design decisions

Establish KPIs, reporting cadence, and governance across fragmented data and ownership models

Translate complex technical and financial cost drivers into clear, actionable insights and recommendations for stakeholders and leadership

Lead and develop team; set standards for modeling, forecasting, and accountability

Stay informed about changes across OCI, Applications, and Oracle; consider how broader business priorities and decisions affect cloud costs and financial outcomes

What We’re Looking For

• 10+ years in strategic finance, FP&A, or cloud economics within SaaS or infrastructure-driven environments
• Relevant experience in cloud infrastructure finance, cloud economics, or infrastructure cost management required; direct cost-of-cloud modeling experience is a plus
• Strong understanding of cloud cost drivers (compute, storage, networking, data centers, capacity/utilization)
• Proven ability to operate in ambiguity and build structure across cross-functional teams
• Demonstrated initiative and ownership: investigates issues, identifies opportunities, recommends solutions, and follows through
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills; able to explain financial drivers and engage effectively with technical and nontechnical colleagues
• Comfort with large datasets, financial modeling tools, and process improvement; SQL and automation experience preferred
• Intellectual curiosity and a broad business perspective, with an interest in how cloud financial performance connects to organizational changes and company priorities
• Experience leading, coaching, or mentoring finance professionals

10+ years in strategic finance, FP&A, or cloud economics within SaaS or infrastructure-driven environments

Relevant experience in cloud infrastructure finance, cloud economics, or infrastructure cost management required; direct cost-of-cloud modeling experience is a plus

Strong understanding of cloud cost drivers (compute, storage, networking, data centers, capacity/utilization)

Proven ability to operate in ambiguity and build structure across cross-functional teams

Demonstrated initiative and ownership: investigates issues, identifies opportunities, recommends solutions, and follows through

Strong communication and relationship-building skills; able to explain financial drivers and engage effectively with technical and nontechnical colleagues

Comfort with large datasets, financial modeling tools, and process improvement; SQL and automation experience preferred

Intellectual curiosity and a broad business perspective, with an interest in how cloud financial performance connects to organizational changes and company priorities

Experience leading, coaching, or mentoring finance professionals

Application Instructions

Apply directly on Oracle Careers at Budget/Finance Director↗.