Principal Financial Analyst - OCI

We are seeking a highly skilled and analytical Principal Financial Analyst with experience in demand plan management and server rack forecasting. In this role, you will drive financial performance by integrating financial expertise with supply chain operations, focusing on rack demand planning, revenue signal alignment, and triangulating supply/demand signals with our partner organizations. As a strategic partner to cross-functional teams—including procurement, planning, operations, and engineering—you will enable data-driven decisions, support tactical alignment, and help build a resilient volume-driven rack forecast for our OCI business.

Financial support to business areas through financial analysis, budgeting, planning & forecasting; to facilitate decision making and future business strategies.

Key Responsibilities:

• Analyze and forecast demand plan volumes for critical server racks (GPU, compute and storage configurations), identifying trends, risks, and opportunities
• Develop and maintain robust financial models for server demand planning, ensuring alignment with business objectives and OCI Long Range Plan for revenue growth
• Collaborate with demand planners and capacity teams to gather inputs, validate assumptions, and drive forecast accuracy for server & network hardware components
• Conduct scenario analysis to assess the financial impact of supply-demand imbalances, component shortages, and changes in market demand
• Partner with teams to establish and maintain inventory targets, support just-in-time or safety stock strategies, and reduce prematurely spending capital
• Prepare and present actionable reports, dashboards, and recommendations to leadership, highlighting the financial implications of demand fluctuations and supply chain decisions
• Support internal performance metrics (KPIs) and monitoring fluctuations in cost/rack, ACR/rack, attach rates, finished rack inventory, and rack utilization
• Ensure data accuracy and compliance with internal controls, policies, and SOX requirements

Key Skills and Requirements:

• 8+ years relevant finance experience.
• BS/BA in Accounting/Finance preferred. CPA/MBA desired.
• Hardware demand forecasting and end-to-end supply chain financial analysis
• Experience serving as a strategic finance business partner/working cross functionally - working with procurement, planning, operations and engineering
• Acts as a leader of large-scale company initiatives.
• Viewed by peers as a leader and top contributor and by line management as a key business partner.
• Strong Microsoft Office skills and proficiency in Oracle Financials.
• Strong analysis and research skills.
Ability to partner across functions.

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