Finance Manager, Supply Chain

Job description

## **About Nscale** Nscale is the GPU cloud engineered for AI. We provide cost-effective, high-performance infrastructure for AI start-ups and large enterprise customers. Nscale enables AI-focused companies to achieve superior results by reducing the complexity of AI development. Our GPU cloud bolsters technical capabilities and directly supports strategic business outcomes, including cost management, rapid innovation, and environmental responsibility. We thrive on a culture of relentless innovation, ownership, and accountability, where every team member takes pride in their work and drives it with excellence and urgency. As an Nscaler, you’ll build trust through openness and transparency, where everyone is inspired to do their best work. If you join our team, you’ll be contributing to building the technology that powers the future. ## **About the Role** We’re hiring a **Finance Manager, Supply Chain** to help scale the financial backbone of our global AI compute platform. Reporting to the **VP of Finance**, this role sits within **Finance Business Partnership** and partners closely with **engineering, infrastructure, operations, and procurement** leadership. You’ll own key areas of financial planning, cost governance, and performance analysis across high-growth AI infrastructure investments, building the models and reporting needed to support a complex, capital-intensive environment. This role is critical to how Nscale makes smart infrastructure decisions as we grow. You’ll help drive investment decisions, improve visibility into core cost drivers such as **utilization, power, and capacity efficiency**, and turn technical and operational complexity into clear financial insight that informs long-term capacity planning, vendor choices, and infrastructure strategy. ## **What you'll be doing** **Financial Planning & Analysis** - **Support** budgeting, forecasting, and monthly reporting for AI infrastructure, including **GPUs, cloud, and related platforms** - **Build** and maintain financial models covering **capacity, utilization, and cost trends** - **Analyze** variances across **compute, cloud, and network spend** and highlight key drivers and risks - **Track** and report on core performance metrics such as **cost per GPU hour** and **utilization** **Cost Analysis & Optimization** - **Develop** unit economics for AI workloads across **training and inference** - **Identify** cost-efficiency opportunities across **cloud usage, hardware, and vendor spend** - **Partner** with engineering teams to understand cost drivers and usage patterns - **Contribute** analysis that supports **pricing** and **margin improvement** initiatives **Investment & Capacity Decision Support** - **Build** financial models to support infrastructure investment decisions - **Evaluate** trade-offs across **capacity expansion** and deployment strategies - **Track** actual performance against investment assumptions and surface variances - **Support** vendor analysis and contract evaluations through financial modeling **Cross-Functional Partnership** - **Partner** with engineering, infrastructure, and procurement teams to support financial decision-making - **Translate** technical concepts into clear, actionable financial insights - **Engage** technical stakeholders to align financial analysis with operational realities **Reporting, Controls & Governance** - **Produce** regular reporting on infrastructure spend and performance - **Help establish** cost-tracking and governance processes - **Ensure** accuracy and consistency of financial data across systems and reports ## **About You** - **5–8 years** of experience in FP&A, strategic finance, or infrastructure / cloud finance roles at a high-growth or top-tier technology company - Advanced financial modeling skills, including **scenario analysis, sensitivity modeling, and long-range planning** - Experience owning or materially contributing to forecasting and planning in a **complex, usage-based or infrastructure-heavy environment** - Strong understanding of cost drivers in **cloud, compute, or infrastructure systems**, including utilization, capacity, and unit cost dynamics - Demonstrated ability to partner effectively with **engineering or technical teams** and influence decision-making - Track record of driving insights from **large, ambiguous datasets** and turning them into clear recommendations - High proficiency in **Excel / Google Sheets**, with experience using **SQL** and data tools such as **Looker** or **Tableau** - Experience in **AI, GPU cloud, or distributed infrastructure** environments is a plus - Familiarity with **unit economics, margin modeling, capital allocation, investment analysis, or capacity planning** is advantageous - High ownership, strong analytical rigor, comfort with ambiguity, and the ability to challenge assumptions with data ## **What we can offer you** At Nscale, you'll find a collaborative, supportive, and innovative environment where your contributions spark real impact. We're building something extraordinary, and we want you at the core. - Highly competitive US compensation package (base + bonus + equity), with performance reviews every 12 months. 🚀 - Join one of the fastest-growing AI infrastructure companies — your chance to directly shape how global AI capacity is planned and deployed. ✨ - Expect a dynamic progression plan tailored to your ambitions. Grow by leading critical cross-functional initiatives and shaping capital strategy — always with our full support. - Human-First Flexibility: We treat you as humans first. 🫶🏽 Our flexible workplace trusts Nscalers to deliver, giving you the autonomy to shape your day around life's moments. ## **Equal Opportunities Statement** We strongly encourage applications from people of colour, the LGBTQ+ community, people with disabilities, neurodivergent people, parents, carers, and people from lower socio-economic backgrounds. If there’s anything we can do to accommodate your specific situation, please let us know. The responsibilities outlined in this job description are not exhaustive and are intended to provide a general overview of the position. The employee may be required to perform additional duties, tasks, and responsibilities as assigned by management, consistent with the skills and qualifications required for the role. For information on how Nscale handles candidate personal data, please see our Employee & Candidate Privacy Notice: Here. ## **Salary Range** The range below reflects the base salary for the position. Actual compensation may vary based on job-related factors such as skill set, experience, education, and location. In addition to base salary, this role may be eligible for bonus, equity, and/or commission programs. Nscale may offer a competitive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, flexible paid time off, parental leave, and retirement plan participation. The range below reflects the base salary for the position. Actual compensation may vary based on job-related factors such as skill set, experience, education, and location. In addition to base salary, this role may be eligible for bonus, equity, and/or commission programs. Nscale may offer a competitive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, flexible paid time off, parental leave, and retirement plan participation. Salary Range $140,000—$160,000 USD *For information on how Nscale handles candidate personal data, please see our Employee & Candidate Privacy Notice: [Here.](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1QK5Yg04WHD9K9IAtJgQWubJZC9oLvatK/view?usp=sharing)*