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OpenAI's Compute & Infrastructure Strategy team is seeking a Strategic Finance professional to support financial and strategic work across the company's compute and infrastructure portfolio. This is a finance generalist role combining core FP&A responsibilities with investment analysis, commercial decision support, and strategic planning.
You will own and drive all financial planning, forecasting, and close processes for the Compute & Infrastructure organization, partnering with stakeholders across Finance, Accounting, Tax, and Engineering. This role plays a critical part in planning and forecasting the company's largest and most complex cost center.
Key responsibilities include:
- Support and scale all FP&A functions including planning, forecasting, close, budgeting, reporting, and variance analysis across compute and infrastructure
- Build and maintain driver-based financial models across different compute elements (GPUs, CPUs, storage, networking, data centers, power) to support rapid iterative and long-term planning
- Consolidate investment analyses across programs and create high-quality analyses, recommendations, and executive/board-facing presentations
- Support business partners across compute infrastructure, FP&A, and strategic finance
- Drive improvements to team processes, tools, and ways of working to scale effectively
- Coordinate closely with Corporate FP&A on timelines and processes
- Develop frameworks for investment trade-offs to guide executive decision-making
- Partner with Accounting to ensure accurate classification of infrastructure spend (OpEx vs CapEx)
- Translate complex infrastructure costs into clear insights for leadership
- Leverage internal AI tools to automate reporting and processes for improved efficiency
Requirements:
- 7+ years in finance and strategy operating roles at high-growth technology companies
- Background in infrastructure, data centers, compute, cloud, semiconductors, or related industries strongly preferred
- Strong financial modeling skills, particularly in capacity planning, unit economics, and scenario analysis under uncertainty
- Exceptional analytical, financial modeling, and written and verbal communication skills
- Proven ability to learn quickly and succeed in unfamiliar operating environments
- Comfort independently structuring ambiguous problems and working through incomplete information
- Track record of producing high-quality work under ambitious deadlines
- Proficiency in Excel/Sheets, SQL, and BI tools (e.g., Tableau); experience with planning systems like Anaplan is a plus
- Effectiveness in multidisciplinary, cross-functional environments
- Familiarity with data systems, analytical tools, and large datasets preferred but not required
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience; technical undergraduate degree preferred but not required
