Principal Financial Analyst, Workload Health – Database and Multicloud

Oracle • Nashville, TN

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About The Position

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Finance’s Workload Health team leads end-to-end financial planning, modeling, and monitoring for product families across OCI and advises OCI leadership on business economics and scaling. The Principal Financial Analyst will support the Database and Multicloud Finance team, covering 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 finance partner on growth, profitability, and investment decisions.

The successful candidate will combine financial and business judgment, analytical rigor, technical curiosity, and clear communication. They will independently navigate ambiguity in a fast-paced environment, partner across product and operational teams, and deliver recommendations and executive-ready materials under tight timelines.

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 the ability to translate complex analysis into clear recommendations for senior leaders.
• Technical acumen, intellectual curiosity, and a proactive approach to learning.
• Demonstrated 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, including the ability to work independently, navigate ambiguity, and manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Demonstrated ability to influence cross-functional partners and lead through expertise without formal authority.
• Ability to mentor others, 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, guiding issues through cross-functional approval workflows.
• Apply automation and AI tools to improve financial modeling, data analysis, and decision support.
• Partner with Product, Engineering, Operations, Commercial Enablement, and Finance teams 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 inputs, 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.
• Mentor others and raise the quality of financial analysis across the team.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including expert medical opinion.
• Short-term and long-term disability insurance.
• Life insurance and AD&D.
• Supplemental life insurance for employees, spouses, and children.
• 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, including flexible vacation for eligible salaried employees or accrued vacation for other eligible employees.
• 11 paid holidays.
• Paid sick leave.
• Paid parental leave.
• Adoption assistance.
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
• Financial planning and group legal benefits.
• Voluntary benefits including auto, homeowner, and pet insurance.
• May be eligible for bonus and equity.

What This Job Offers

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