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Infrastructure Finance Analyst

Infrastructure Finance Analyst role at xAI, Bay Area. Financial modeling.
xAI
On-Site
United States
USD 120,000 - 180,000
Job Description
xAI is seeking an Infrastructure Finance Analyst to contribute to its corporate finance strategy by supporting operational KPI modeling. This role is based in the Bay Area and involves developing financial models for a pioneering AI company. The Infrastructure Finance Analyst will be a key member of the finance team, helping to strengthen the financial foundation that fuels innovation.

Responsibilities:
  • Collaborate with xAI’s technical team to generate insights on compute and storage investments and commercial deals.
  • Develop and maintain financial models to monitor resource usage, track utilization, and identify inefficiencies across teams, users, and workloads.
  • Support regular audits of workloads to identify idle instances or over-provisioned resources.
  • Assist in analyzing cloud provider contracts, focusing on cost optimization while aligning with business needs.
  • Monitor storage requirements across the business and contribute recommendations for balancing speed, availability, and cost.
  • Work with the go-to-market team to analyze strategic customer deals, assessing margin profiles under various performance scenarios and supporting financial alignment for xAI and customers.
  • Analyze financial implications of hardware configurations for compute and inference clusters, creating models to clarify tradeoffs for business leaders.
  • Stay informed on infrastructure optimization best practices, contributing ideas to improve power usage, compute costs, cooling efficiency, and network bandwidth costs.
  • Provide clear, data-driven recommendations to leadership to support impactful decision-making.
Qualifications:
  • 3+ years of experience in infrastructure finance or related financial modeling roles.
  • Experience with public cloud financial modeling.
  • Familiarity with financial modeling for owned compute clusters.
  • Strong skills in financial modeling are essential.
  • A proactive performer who excels in fast-paced environments, with a focus on accuracy and adaptability.
  • Strong analytical skills with a track record of delivering reliable results under tight deadlines.
  • Excellent communication skills, able to present complex financial data clearly to varied stakeholders.
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xAI

xAI is an artificial intelligence company focused on building AI systems that deeply understand the universe and assist humanity in its quest for knowledge. It operates with a flat organizational structure that values engineering excellence, curiosity, and strong communication. xAI fosters a collaborative environment where every team member contributes directly to the company’s objectives, with a focus on continuous improvement.

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