Vice President, Financial Planning & Analysis

Crusoe · Data AI · New York, NY - US · Accounting and Finance

This role is for a Vice President of Financial Planning & Analysis to build and lead the financial planning function for an AI infrastructure company. The role involves managing consolidated forecasting, annual financial planning, long-range modeling, enterprise capital planning, and investment evaluation frameworks across various business lines including AI cloud, digital infrastructure, energy, real estate, and manufacturing. The candidate will be responsible for building integrated financial models, establishing governance for capital allocation, and partnering with leadership to drive cost discipline and operating accountability. The role requires significant finance leadership experience in capital-intensive environments, strong modeling expertise, and the ability to build finance teams and processes in high-growth companies.

What you'd actually do

  1. Own consolidated forecasting, annual financial planning, and long-range modeling across all business lines, ensuring a single, defensible source of financial truth.
  2. Build integrated, driver-based models that connect revenue, GPU capacity deployment, construction sequencing, energy strategy, manufacturing throughput, and operating costs into one coherent financial view.
  3. Lead enterprise capital planning and implement rigorous investment evaluation frameworks for data center builds, energy projects, real estate development, hardware deployment, and capacity expansion.
  4. Establish standardized return thresholds, capital allocation governance, and post-investment measurement processes to ensure disciplined deployment and accountability.
  5. Understand and translate complex operational inputs into clear, decision-ready financial analysis for the CFO and executive team, identifying tradeoffs, surfacing risks and recommending action plans.

Skills

Required

  • 15+ years of progressive finance experience
  • managing $1B+ budgets
  • building complex long-range models
  • experience building and mentoring a world-class Finance team
  • MBA, CFA, or equivalent advanced degree in Finance, Economics, or a related field

Nice to have

  • Direct experience working within the infrastructure finance teams of AWS, Google Cloud, or Azure
  • Deep understanding of PPA (Power Purchase Agreements) and the financial impact of renewable energy integration
  • A passion for the AI space and a working knowledge of the hardware constraints (HBM, InfiniBand, Thermal Management) that drive data center design
  • Experience implementing or optimizing advanced ERP and EPM tools (e.g., Anaplan, Adaptive, or NetSuite) for an asset-heavy business

What the JD emphasized

  • 15+ years of progressive finance experience
  • managing $1B+ budgets
  • building complex long-range models that account for volatility and hardware lifecycle shifts