Staff Analyst, Strategic Finance - AI Group

AMD AMD · Semiconductors · San Jose, CA · General Management/ Administration/ Support

Staff Analyst, Strategic Finance for AMD's AI Group, focusing on financial analytics, datacenter capacity planning, and pipeline modeling to support AI infrastructure strategy and investments. This role involves building and maintaining financial models, developing executive reporting, and partnering cross-functionally to inform commercial decision-making in a rapidly scaling AI business.

What you'd actually do

  1. Build, maintain, and enhance models supporting datacenter capacity planning, including supply/demand forecasting, capacity acquisition scenarios, and utilization tracking
  2. Develop and manage pipeline models to track AI infrastructure deals, capacity commitments, and associated financial implications
  3. Partner with Business Development to support deal evaluation and structuring, including scenario modeling and sensitivity analysis
  4. Track and monitor AMD-controlled and backstop datacenter capacity, including financial exposure, utilization, and risk
  5. Create and scale executive reporting for AIG leadership, including dashboards and readouts for the GM of AI Group and CFO staff

Skills

Required

  • financial modeling
  • Excel (advanced formulas, scenario modeling, large datasets)
  • valuation methodologies (e.g. NPV, DCF, IRR, etc.)
  • work with large, complex datasets and translate them into actionable insights
  • communication and presentation skills
  • synthesize complex analysis into clear, executive-ready materials

Nice to have

  • strategic finance
  • FP&A
  • investment banking
  • corporate development
  • consulting
  • infrastructure, capacity planning, or capital-intensive businesses
  • semiconductors, technology, or investment banking
  • advanced PowerPoint
  • ThinkCell
  • MBA
  • CFA

What the JD emphasized

  • building from scratch
  • take ownership of core modeling and reporting infrastructure
  • driving clarity on datacenter capacity, pipeline progression, and financial exposure
  • partnering cross-functionally to ensure alignment and accuracy
  • Build and maintain data pipelines and Excel-based tools to improve accuracy, speed, and transparency of analysis
  • Identify and drive improvements in data quality, reporting cadence, and modeling frameworks to support a rapidly evolving business