Senior FP&A Analyst - Supply Chain Finance

Lambda•San Francisco, CA

2d•$152,000 - $225,000•Hybrid

About The Position

As a member of Lambda’s DC / Infrastructure Finance team, the Senior FP&A Analyst reports to the Manager of DC / Infrastructure Finance and serves as a finance partner to Supply Chain and Strategic Sourcing. The role connects equipment purchasing plans, supplier commitments, delivery schedules, and deployment needs to capital spending and cash forecasts, helping Lambda secure infrastructure capacity while managing cost and inventory exposure. The position requires working from Lambda’s San Francisco, San Jose, or Bellevue office four days per week. The designated work-from-home day is currently Tuesday.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Supply Chain, or a related field.
4+ years of experience in FP&A, supply chain finance, procurement finance, hardware finance, or a related analytical role.
Experience forecasting equipment or inventory spending, analyzing supplier costs, or managing purchase commitment and working capital reporting.
Understanding of how purchase orders, deposits, receipts, supplier payment terms, and inventory movements affect capital spending, in-service timing, depreciation, and cash forecasts.
Strong financial modeling and Excel skills, including the ability to analyze unit costs, supplier alternatives, and purchasing scenarios.
Working proficiency in SQL and experience working with ERP and procurement data, such as NetSuite or Coupa.
Ability to reconcile detailed procurement and financial data, investigate variances, and turn findings into practical recommendations.
Clear communication and ability to partner effectively with sourcing, purchasing, planning, operations, and accounting teams.
Comfort working independently in an ambiguous, fast-paced environment while managing multiple projects and deadlines.

Nice To Haves

Experience in hardware, OEM/ODM, or semiconductor supply chain finance, ideally with GPU, server, or networking equipment.
Familiarity with inventory accounting, fixed asset accounting, and depreciation.
Experience with vendor financing, equipment leases, or other equipment funding structures.
Experience with Pigment or another enterprise planning system, and BI tools such as Tableau.
Familiarity with data center deployment ramps, site readiness, or cloud infrastructure unit economics.
Prior experience in a startup or high-growth organization.

Responsibilities

Build and maintain equipment capital spending forecasts across GPUs, servers, networking, storage, and spares by supplier, platform, and deployment.
Translate procurement quantities, unit costs, delivery schedules, and acceptance milestones into equipment spending and deployment cost forecasts.
Track actual costs and purchase commitments against approved investment budgets and explain changes in price, quantity, configuration, and delivery timing.
Own equipment in-service timing from delivery and acceptance through deployment, and forecast depreciation by asset class, platform, and site.
Combine equipment in-service schedules with facility in-service dates from DC Finance to produce the consolidated infrastructure depreciation forecast.
Reconcile forecast depreciation to the fixed asset register and explain changes driven by timing, useful life, and cost.
Analyze supplier quotes, bills of materials, and total landed costs, including applicable freight, storage, duties, and warranties.
Model the financial impact of supplier alternatives, volume commitments, payment terms, and component cost changes to support sourcing negotiations and recommendations.
Track negotiated savings and cost increases against approved assumptions, distinguishing expected savings from realized financial impact.
Own commitments data across equipment and construction spend, connecting purchase orders, receipts, invoices, and payments into a single source used by DC Finance and Corporate FP&A.
Maintain financial visibility into open purchase orders, deposits, prepayments, contractual commitments, and remaining equipment spending.
Own supplier payment forecasts using contractual terms, delivery and acceptance dates, and invoice status as inputs to the consolidated cash forecast for Corporate FP&A and Treasury.
Assess cost and cash implications of order changes, delivery delays, expedited shipments, and cancellation or rescheduling provisions.
Partner with Supply Chain to track financial exposure for equipment on order, in transit, in storage, and awaiting deployment.
Evaluate aging inventory, spares levels, excess equipment, and obsolescence risk; quantify inventory holding costs and potential mitigation options.
Work with capacity planning, DC Finance, and Business / Commercial Finance to align purchasing assumptions with site readiness and demand forecasts, highlighting mismatches and cash tied up in idle equipment.
Develop equipment, logistics, and supply-related working capital inputs for the annual operating plan, quarterly forecasts, and long-range infrastructure plan.
Partner with Accounting and Supply Chain to reconcile purchase orders, receipts, invoices, deposits, and accrual inputs, and support consistent project and asset cost attribution.
Coordinate equipment cost assumptions with DC Finance and provide financial analysis to Treasury and Capital Markets for equipment funding evaluations.
Prepare supplier, equipment cost, commitment, and inventory reporting for business reviews, executive discussions, and investment recommendations.
Provide equipment cost inputs and analysis for investment committee reviews, and compare realized equipment costs and delivery timing with approved assumptions after deployment.
Build and maintain repeatable models and workflows in Pigment and AI-assisted tools to reduce manual spreadsheet work.
Improve procurement data quality and connect purchasing, inventory, and financial systems to produce repeatable forecasts and clear recommendations.