Finance Manager - Cloud Computing

Responsibilities

As a Finance Business Partner (FBP) for Cloud computing resources, you will be embedded within the Infrastructure Engineering and Strategic Sourcing teams. You will act as the financial architect behind our global compute strategy, balancing hyper-growth AI demands with rigorous cost discipline. You will drive the financial evaluation of massive cloud contracts, lead Fin Ops initiatives, and ensure that every dollar spent on silicon or cloud credits translates into maximum business value.

• Commercial Modeling:
  Develop complex TCO models to evaluate multi-year cloud commitments across different providers such as AWS (EDP), Azure (MACC), and GCP etc.
• Vendor Negotiation:
  Drive data-led negotiations with hyperscalers and OEMs to optimize unit pricing and volume discounts.
• Cost Attribution:
  Implement robust tagging and metadata strategies to ensure 100% cost transparency across AI training and inference workloads.
• Unit Economics:
  Establish and track efficiency metrics, such as "Cost per 1k Tokens" and "Cost per MAU," to measure stack performance.
• Fin Ops Optimization:
  Partner with Dev Ops to maximize commitment coverage (RI/SP) and Spot utilization to reduce effective hourly rates.
• Budgeting & Forecasting:
  Own the global cloud budget, managing monthly variance analysis (BvA) and articulating spend narratives.
• Capacity Planning:
  Translate engineering roadmaps into long-range financial plans (LRP) aligned with corporate margin targets.
• Accounting Compliance:
  Ensure cloud contracts and R&D capitalization policies comply with IFRS standards.
• Tax Strategy:
  Optimize cross-border cloud billing, withholding tax (WHT), and transfer pricing in collaboration with global tax teams.

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Mathematics, or a related quantitative field.
• At least 5 years of experience in Finance/Accounting with specialized experience within Cloud, Infrastructure, or Data Center environments.
• Advanced financial modeling skills (Excel/Google Sheets) and familiarity with Fin Ops frameworks and cloud-native tools.
• Ability to translate technical metrics (e.g., GPU latency, Kubernetes) into clear financial narratives, such as EBITDA impact and ROI.
• Proven resilience in high-growth, fast-paced environments with a collaborative and inclusive working style.
• High levels of written and oral fluency in Mandarin are required for this role. This is essential as collaboration with China-based stakeholders is necessary to ensure local financial strategy aligns seamlessly with group objectives, manage core financial systems, and safeguard capital allocation through cross-border contract review.

• CPA, ACCA, or equivalent professional designation is highly preferred.
• Proficiency in SQL or Python for analyzing large-scale billing datasets (CUR/Usage reports).

As a condition of employment, all successful candidates must be able to establish authorization to work in the United States. For this position, the Company does not provide sponsorship for any immigration-related benefits.

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