Principal Financial Analyst - OCI SCO Hardware Planning

• *Job Description** We are seeking a highly skilled and analytical Principal Financial Analyst with experience in demand plan management and server rack forecasting. In this role, you will drive financial performance by integrating financial expertise with supply chain operations, focusing on rack demand planning, revenue signal alignment, and triangulating supply/demand signals with our partner organizations. As a strategic partner to cross-functional teams—including procurement, planning, operations, and engineering—you will enable data-driven decisions, support tactical alignment, and help build a resilient volume-driven rack forecast for our OCI business. Financial support to business areas through financial analysis, budgeting, planning & forecasting; to facilitate decision making and future business strategies. • *Responsibilities • *Key Responsibilities: • Analyze and forecast demand plan volumes for critical server racks (GPU, compute and storage configurations), identifying trends, risks, and opportunities • Develop and maintain robust financial models for server demand planning, ensuring alignment with business objectives and OCI Long Range Plan for revenue growth • Collaborate with demand planners and capacity teams to gather inputs, validate assumptions, and drive forecast accuracy for server & network hardware components • Conduct scenario analysis to assess the financial impact of supply-demand imbalances, component shortages, and changes in market demand • Partner with teams to establish and maintain inventory targets, support just-in-time or safety stock strategies, and reduce prematurely spending capital • Prepare and present actionable reports, dashboards, and recommendations to leadership, highlighting the financial implications of demand fluctuations and supply chain decisions • Support internal performance metrics (KPIs) and monitoring fluctuations in cost/rack, ACR/rack, attach rates, finished rack inventory, and rack utilization • Ensure data accuracy and compliance with internal controls, policies, and SOX requirements • *Key Skills and Requirements: • 8+ years relevant finance experience. • BS/BA in Accounting/Finance preferred. CPA/MBA desired. • Hardware demand forecasting and end-to-end supply chain financial analysis • Experience serving as a strategic finance business partner/working cross functionally - working with procurement, planning, operations and engineering • Acts as a leader of large-scale company initiatives. • Viewed by peers as a leader and top contributor and by line management as a key business partner. • Strong Microsoft Office skills and proficiency in Oracle Financials. • Strong analysis and research skills. • Ability to partner across functions. • *Qualifications Disclaimer • *Certain US customer or client-facing roles may be required to comply with applicable requirements, such as immunization and occupational health mandates. • *Range and benefit information provided in this posting are specific to the stated locations only US: Hiring Range in USD from: $84,500 - $178,100 per year. May be eligible for bonus and equity. Oracle maintains broad salary ranges for its roles in order to account for variations in knowledge, skills, experience, market conditions and locations, as well as reflect Oracle's differing products, industries and lines of business. Candidates are typically placed into the range based on the preceding factors as well as internal peer equity. Oracle US offers a comprehensive benefits package which includes the following: • 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 m