Sr. Manager, Data Center Cost Strategy & Operations

Oracle•Nashville, TN

2d•$126,200 - $264,100•Onsite

About The Position

Lead the Finance & Planning (F&P) and business operations capability supporting Data Center Operations within Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). The role is accountable for building and managing a team of five IC3 professionals, establishing a scalable operating model, and translating data center operating requirements into disciplined plans, reliable forecasts, controlled purchasing execution, and decision-ready leadership insights. As the primary business partner to Data Center Operations leadership, the Senior Manager owns team priorities, service delivery, talent development, and continuous improvement. The role connects portfolio economics with daily execution across purchase requisitions, purchase orders, invoicing, onboarding, and escalations, while partnering with Finance, Accounting, Procurement, Accounts Payable, Supply Chain, Construction, and Capacity Planning. The position leads annual and long-range planning, rolling forecasts, business reviews, driver-based financial analysis, portfolio metrics, and investment cases. It also oversees procurement and invoice operations, controls, reporting, escalations, process standardization, dashboards, and workflow automation. Success includes building a productive five-person team, improving forecast accuracy and procurement/invoice cycle times, reducing backlog and stale commitments, maintaining control compliance, and delivering Finance-validated improvements in cost, productivity, and decision quality.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Economics, or a related discipline, or equivalent practical experience.
8+ years of progressively responsible experience in finance, planning, business operations, or procurement operations.
3+ years of direct people management, including accountability for hiring, coaching, performance management, and team outcomes.
Finance or business operations experience supporting data centers, cloud infrastructure, colocation, or similarly capital-intensive operations, with a strong understanding of data center operating cost drivers.
Experience owning planning and forecasting cycles, variance analysis, executive reviews, and investment decision support.
Practical knowledge of commitments, accruals, expense/capital distinctions, and cash-flow timing.
Experience managing PR/PO workflows, invoice exceptions, supplier onboarding, and internal controls across a matrixed organization.
Evidence of building or scaling a team or shared operating capability.
Strong financial modeling, data analysis, executive communication, prioritization, and conflict-resolution skills.
Ability to translate operational ambiguity into clear decisions and accountable execution.

Nice To Haves

MBA, CPA, CMA, or equivalent advanced qualification.
Experience supporting multi-site or global infrastructure portfolios.
Familiarity with Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP/Procurement, Oracle Cloud EPM Planning, and analytics tools such as Oracle Analytics or Power BI.
Experience improving workflows through automation.

Responsibilities

Build, hire, onboard, and directly manage five professionals; set objectives, coach performance, conduct reviews, and develop talent and succession plans.
Design the team’s service catalog, intake process, workload allocation, service-level expectations, quality checks, and backup coverage.
Delegate and monitor execution, throughput, accuracy, backlog aging, and stakeholder experience; address performance gaps and build team judgment.
Create and maintain onboarding, knowledge-management, procedure, training, and cross-training programs covering finance, procurement, systems access, cost drivers, and escalation protocols.
Lead annual operating plans, long-range plans, rolling forecasts, and business reviews for the assigned data center portfolio in partnership with Finance.
Hold operating owners accountable for planning assumptions, submissions, and corrective actions; connect operating plans to capacity delivery, service readiness, staffing, maintenance, and supplier requirements.
Maintain integrated views of actuals, open commitments, accruals, forecast spend, and cash timing, reconciling with Finance to identify funding gaps and prevent double counting.
Build driver-based expense and capital forecasts by site, region, cost center, project, and spend category; explain changes in price, volume, utilization, scope, timing, foreign exchange, and cost recurrence.
Assess financial exposure using data center operating drivers, including utility tariffs, energy consumption, demand charges, PUE, contracted and consumed power, colocation charges, lease escalators, and operating service agreements.
Model financial impacts of facilities maintenance, infrastructure, spares, repairs, vendor services, labor, security, connectivity, and equipment lifecycle decisions while accounting for reliability and service requirements.
Evaluate how power availability, rack density, cooling requirements, capacity ramp schedules, and high-density or AI infrastructure affect operating costs, capital deployment, and readiness.
Partner with Accounting on expense versus capital treatment, accruals, prepayments, asset in-service timing, depreciation assumptions, and construction-to-operations handoffs.
Develop and validate business cases using total cost of ownership, payback, net present value, and scenario analysis; quantify investment, recurring cost, dependencies, and reliability implications.
Establish comparable portfolio metrics such as cost per provisioned or utilized kW/MW, cost per rack, maintenance cost, and vendor spend; normalize comparisons for site maturity, utilization, redundancy, and geography.
Own operational delivery from intake through PR preparation, approval tracking, PO coordination, changes and renewals, receipt confirmation, invoice exception resolution, and closure, while respecting designated decision rights.
Ensure requests have complete business justification, approved funding, accurate coding, supporting documentation, and proper authorization; track procurement lead times against milestones.
Oversee open-PO reviews, balances, consumption, renewal dates, and stale commitments; coordinate adjustments and closeout with requestors, Procurement, and Finance.
Direct resolution of invoice discrepancies, missing receipts, pricing or quantity mismatches, holds, credits, and disputed charges; coordinate matching and payment readiness with Accounts Payable and receiving owners.
Coordinate supplier and service-provider onboarding with Procurement and relevant control functions, including documentation, supplier setup, and operational readiness.
Establish approval and escalation matrices, segregation of duties, evidence standards, and documented handoffs; exercise spending authority only within delegated limits.
Own the quality and timeliness of operating reviews, reporting, PAQ responses, audit support, and leadership inquiries; maintain consistent definitions, accountable data owners, reconciliations, and an action-and-risk register.
Serve as the senior business escalation lead for blocked purchasing, invoice disputes, onboarding delays, funding gaps, and material forecast risks; assess impacts, assign owners and deadlines, present decisions, and drive closure.
Prioritize escalations affecting critical maintenance, service continuity, capacity milestones, or supplier performance; address recurring issues through root-cause improvements, stronger controls, and updated training.
Lead process standardization, dashboards, and workflow automation with system owners; establish baselines and demonstrate improvements in cycle time, accuracy, control effectiveness, and team capacity.
Establish baselines and agree measurable targets with leadership during the first 90 days.

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 non-overtime positions or accrued vacation for other eligible employees.
11 paid holidays.
Paid sick leave: 72 hours upon hire, refreshed annually, with unused time carrying over up to a 112-hour cap.
Paid parental leave.
Adoption assistance.
Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
Financial planning and group legal benefits.
Voluntary auto, homeowner, and pet insurance.