Principal Financial Analyst, OCI Virtual Networking

Oracle • Nashville, TN

3d

About The Position

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) is one of the fastest growing and most strategic businesses at Oracle, powering the next generation of enterprise, cloud-native, and AI workloads. Within OCI Finance, the Workload Health team plays a critical role in shaping the financial strategy and performance of the business—partnering directly with Product and Engineering leaders to drive efficient, scalable growth. This role is a key partner to the Virtual Networking product and engineering organizations. As part of the IaaS Workload Health team, you will support end-to-end financial ownership, delivering insights that influence product strategy, investment decisions, and operational efficiency. You’ll operate at the intersection of finance, technology, and data—translating complex infrastructure dynamics into clear, actionable business insights. We are looking for an enthusiastic finance analyst with a data driven mindset, modeling capabilities, and strong inter-personal skills.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree with 8+ years finance experience.
• Excellent communicator that can work cross functionally (engineering, finance, supply chain, operations, etc.) and with all levels of the organization
• Results driven, and able to translate ideas into operational plans and achieve valuable results
• Track record of using data insights to help drive decision-making
• Strong collaboration skills with the ability to influence others without direct authority
• Ability to deal with ambiguity and uncertainty in a business that evolves at a hyper pace
• Excellent analytic and critical thinking skills with a strong attention to detail
• Self-directed and proactive with ability to multi-task and take ownership of work

Nice To Haves

• MBA a plus
• Knowledge of Cloud Technology and Infrastructure and/or experience supporting engineering preferred but not required
• Familiarity with AI-driven tools and the ability to leverage advanced prompting techniques to enhance reporting, dashboards, and financial insights

Responsibilities

• Develop scenario-based financial and business models, with an emphasis on product level insights
• Perform competitive analysis, pricing, and cost modeling for NPI (new product introduction)
• Link business strategy to financial reporting at various levels (from a discrete service to overall offerings) using Key Performance Indicators and goal setting
• Understand and influence investment decisions through detailed financial analysis
• Drive overall gross margin optimization efforts through deep analysis of the various business, financial, and other operational drivers
• Own all financial ROB activities (such as planning and budgeting cycles) in line with corporate and business requirements
• Participate and contribute to broader Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) to ensure capacity investments are made at the right place, right time, and are the right size
• Embed deeply with engineering leaders and their teams and become their trusted advisor
• Drive policies and procedures that monitor and support the organization’s operational and business objectives

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
• Paid time off: 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
• Paid sick leave: 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

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Principal