Finance Director – OCI, Data Center Operations Finance
About The Position
Within OCI Finance, this role will lead financial support for the Data Center Operations organization, overseeing operational FP&A across Oracle’s data center footprint. You will lead and develop a team of finance professionals while partnering closely with Data Center Operations leadership on budgeting, forecasting, headcount planning, operating expense management, and financial reporting. The team provides financial insight into key operational cost drivers—including facilities, repair and maintenance, equipment maintenance, and other costs associated with running Oracle’s data centers—to help leaders manage financial performance, identify optimization opportunities, and make informed operational decisions as OCI continues to scale. Serves as a financial advisor and business partner in managing the activities of the financial analyst staff. Ensures that global business processes and practices are followed in providing accurate financial analysis in support of Oracle's business to facilitate decision making and future business strategies. Manages a professional staff.
Requirements
- BS/BA in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field; MBA, CPA, or relevant advanced degree preferred.
- 10+ years of progressive finance experience in technology, cloud, infrastructure, or another asset-intensive operating environment.
- Proven ability to build, lead, and develop a high-performing team of finance professionals; establish clear priorities, raise analytical rigor, and foster strong business partnership with operational leaders.
- Demonstrated expertise leading complex financial and quantitative analysis for infrastructure CapEx, OpEx, and P&L performance within a large technology organization.
- Strong understanding of data center operations, including capacity delivery, facilities and critical infrastructure, power and cooling, hardware lifecycle, and operational cost drivers.
- Proven ability to lead analysis of multi-million-dollar infrastructure cost structures, identify material cost and margin drivers, and translate findings into actionable optimization opportunities.
- Ability to set direction amid ambiguity, manage shifting business priorities, and guide the team toward practical, well-supported solutions in a fast-paced, high-stakes environment.
- Excellent cross-functional collaboration and communication skills, with the ability to influence senior stakeholders and translate financial insights into operational decisions.
Nice To Haves
- Experience supporting large-scale data centers or cloud infrastructure environments is strongly preferred.
- Prior exposure to complex deal pricing or contract financial modeling (training is available for candidates with strong core infrastructure finance skills).
- Experience providing finance or cost insights in the context of large strategic contracts or client/vendor agreements.
- A strong aptitude for identifying improvement opportunities and driving the creation or refinement of financial and operational processes.
Responsibilities
- Manage the finance team and drive key cross functional business practices such as management of the budget and forecasting processes.
- Prepare, administer, and direct the control of the budget.
- Review and approve recommendations for financial planning and control.
- Monitor divisions and subsidiaries adherence to budgets.
- Develop, implement, and integrate financial practices across multiple organizations and locations.
- Develop, recommend, and implement financial policies, practices, and process changes.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including expert medical opinion
- Short term disability and long term disability
- Life insurance and AD&D
- Supplemental life insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child)
- Health care and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts
- Pre-tax commuter and parking benefits
- 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company match
- Flexible Vacation is provided to all eligible employees assigned to a salaried (non-overtime eligible) position. Accrued Vacation is provided to all other employees eligible for vacation benefits. For employees working at least 35 hours per week, the vacation accrual rate is 13 days annually for the first three years of employment and 18 days annually for subsequent years of employment. Vacation accrual is prorated for employees working between 20 and 34 hours per week. Employees working fewer than 20 hours per week are not eligible for vacation.
- 11 paid holidays
- 72 hours of paid sick leave upon date of hire. Refreshes each calendar year. Unused balance will carry over each year up to a maximum cap of 112 hours.
- Paid parental leave
- Adoption assistance
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Financial planning and group legal
- Voluntary benefits including auto, homeowner and pet insurance
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
