Principal Financial Analyst, Workload Health – Database and Multicloud

Oracle•Nashville, TN

5d•$91,400 - $187,000

About The Position

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure’s Workload Health Finance team leads end-to-end financial planning, modeling, and monitoring for product families across OCI, advising leadership on business economics as the business scales. The Principal Financial Analyst will support Database and Multicloud, including Oracle Database offerings on Azure, AWS, and Google Cloud. The role leads complex financial analysis, long-range planning, and strategic projects, and serves as a trusted finance partner on growth, profitability, and investment decisions. Success requires financial and business judgment, communication and analytical rigor, technical curiosity, and the ability to work independently through ambiguity in a fast-paced environment.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field.
8+ years of experience in corporate finance, FP&A, strategic finance, or a related analytical role.
Advanced financial modeling, data analysis, and Excel skills, including the ability to work with large and complex datasets.
Strong understanding of P&Ls, profitability, cost allocations, unit economics, and forecasting.
Excellent communication skills and ability to translate complex analysis into clear recommendations for senior leaders.
Technical acumen, intellectual curiosity, and a proactive approach to learning.
Track record of delivering strategic financial analysis and improving analytical tools and models, including automation and use of AI tools such as ChatGPT or Codex.
Strong business judgment and problem-solving skills; ability to work independently, navigate ambiguity, and manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
Ability to influence cross-functional partners and lead through expertise without formal authority.
Ability to mentor others and raise the quality of financial analysis across the team, with excellent attention to detail and organizational skills.

Nice To Haves

MBA or advanced degree.
Deep knowledge of the cloud business model and experience in technology, cloud, database, or infrastructure-related finance.
Experience with data visualization tools such as Oracle Analytics Cloud, Tableau, or similar tools.

Responsibilities

Lead complex financial modeling and scenario analysis for product and infrastructure decisions, including P&L, cost-per-unit, profitability, and business performance analyses.
Lead finance reviews for new products and pricing decisions and guide issues through cross-functional approval workflows.
Apply automation and AI tools to strengthen financial modeling, data analysis, and decision support.
Partner with Product, Engineering, Operations, Commercial Enablement, and Finance on product launches, regional expansion, capacity planning, investment tradeoffs, and cost optimization; evaluate demand, utilization, and returns on infrastructure investment.
Lead strategic finance projects and executive decision support by framing ambiguous business questions, coordinating cross-functional input, developing rigorous analysis, and delivering clear recommendations and executive-ready materials under tight timelines.
Develop long-range plans and strategic analyses for Database and Multicloud, linking bookings, customer commitments, and consumption trends to revenue forecasts, profitability, and investment recommendations.