*Initially REMOTE until midtown office space secured- then 2 days onsite generally*Deal Finance Analyst Deal-Specific Cost Tracking & Financial Analysis DepartmentFinancePosition FocusDeal cost tracking, variance analysis, cash requirements and deal economics
Position Summary:
Rapidly growing AI Company is seeking a Deal Finance Analyst to provide financial tracking, analysis and reporting for customer and infrastructure deals. This role will maintain deal-specific cost schedules, track actual and committed costs against budgets and commercial assumptions, and provide management with clear visibility into deal economics, cash requirements and expected profitability. The role will work closely with Finance, Accounting, Operations, Procurement and Commercial teams to ensure costs associated with each deal are accurately captured, supported and reported throughout the deal lifecycle.
Key Responsibilities:
Maintain detailed cost schedules for each customer deal and deployment, including original budget, commitments, actual costs, payments and remaining forecast.
Track major deal cost categories including GPU and server hardware, networking, storage, data center and colocation costs, power, equipment leases and financing, freight, insurance, duties, taxes, installation, software, support and professional services.
Identify whether costs are committed, invoiced, paid, accrued, prepaid or outstanding and maintain supporting documentation for each category.
Reconcile purchase orders, invoices, contracts and payments to deal-level financial schedules and accounting records.
Compare actual and forecast costs to the original deal model and identify material overruns, savings, timing differences and changes in assumptions.
Maintain an updated estimate of total deal cost and remaining cost to complete.
Analyze deal-level revenue, gross margin, cash requirements and expected profitability and highlight changes that could materially affect deal economics.
Maintain deal-specific payment schedules and forecast significant cash outflows, including timing differences between customer collections and vendor or equipment payments.
Prepare recurring deal-level financial reporting and dashboards for Finance and executive leadership.
Support month-end close by identifying deal-specific accruals, outstanding invoices, prepaids, deposits, capital expenditures and other accounting classifications.
Partner with Commercial, Procurement and Operations teams to understand contractual economics, purchase commitments, equipment deliveries and deployment costs.
Develop and maintain standardized cost-tracking templates and reporting processes for new and existing deals.
Key Deliverables:
Contracted revenue, customer billings and collections by deal.
Original deal budget and approved commercial assumptions.
Purchase orders, contractual commitments and actual costs incurred.
Payments made, accrued costs and unpaid obligations.
Remaining commitments and forecast cost to complete.
Forecast gross margin and deal profitability.
Material variances from the original deal model with clear explanations.
Near-term and total remaining cash requirements.
Qualifications:- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics or a related field.3-5 years of experience in financial analysis, project accounting, cost accounting, FP&A or a similar analytical finance role.
- Strong Excel skills and experience building and maintaining detailed financial schedules and models.
- Ability to reconcile detailed operational data to accounting and financial records.
- Experience analyzing contracts, purchase orders, invoices, payment schedules and supporting financial documentation.
- Strong attention to detail with the ability to manage multiple complex deals simultaneously.
- Experience with technology infrastructure, data centers, hardware procurement or other capital-intensive businesses preferred.
- Ability to communicate financial results and variances clearly to finance and non-finance stakeholders.
- Success in the Role
- Success in this role will be measured by our ability to quickly and reliably answer three questions for every significant deal:
- What did we originally expect the deal to cost?
- What have we committed and spent to date?
- What will the deal ultimately cost, and what does that mean for margin and cash flow?
- The Deal Finance Analyst will provide the financial discipline, documentation and visibility needed to answer these questions accurately and consistently throughout the deal lifecycle.
