# Strategic Finance, Compute at Openai

> Own FP&A, forecasting and investment analysis for OpenAI's compute and infrastructure portfolio, partnering with deal, finance and engineering teams.

- Company: Openai (openai.com)
- Location: San Francisco
- Places: San Francisco, United States
- Posted: 2026-09-15
- Team: Compute & Infrastructure Strategy
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/openai/b4196174-9cc3-487d-9d21-848bc283b80f
- Page: https://ye.saranatour.dev/jobs/strategic-finance-compute-openai-kn79mrnenc9d98nc88cma248b18harm1

## The posting

Strategic Finance, Compute
Openai · San Francisco

**About the Team**

The Compute & Infrastructure Strategy team handles strategy and execution of OpenAI’s compute roadmap. This team’s key responsibilities span financial analysis & reporting, capacity planning, commercial and business development, and strategic partnerships. We partner across the business to allocate and deploy our resources for the highest impact outcomes.

**About the Role**

Compute is central to OpenAI’s roadmap and vision. We are seeking a candidate to support financial and strategic work across our compute and infrastructure portfolio.

This is a finance generalist role that includes core FP&A responsibilities as well as having the ability to understand investment analysis, commercial decision support, and strategic planning. You will partner closely with deal teams, technical and finance teams, Corporate FP&A and help shape decisions about how OpenAI invests in and manages compute.

In this role, own and drive all financial planning, forecasting & close processes for the Compute & Infrastructure org by partnering with various stakeholders across Finance, Accounting, Tax and Engineering. You will play a critical role in planning and forecasting the company’s largest and most complex cost center ( Compute & Infrastructure )

**In this role, you will:**

- Support & scale all FP&A functions including planning, forecasting, close, budgeting, reporting, and variance analysis across compute and infrastructure
- Build and maintain driver based high level financial models across different elements of compute, including GPUs, CPUs, storage, networking, data centers, and power to support rapid / iterative short term and long term planning.
- Consolidate various investment analysis across programs and create high-quality analyses, recommendations, and Exec and Board-facing presentations
- Support business partners across compute infrastructure, FP&A, and strategic finance
- Drive the improvement of the team’s processes, tools, and ways of working, and identify opportunities to scale effectively to support OpenAIs ambitious growth plans
- Support & scale all FP&A functions including planning, forecasting, close, budgeting, reporting, and variance analysis across compute and infrastructure
- Coordinate closely with Corporate FP&A on timelines and process
- Develop frameworks for investment trade-offs to guide executive decision making
- Partner with Accounting to ensure accurate classification of infrastructure spend (OpEx vs CapEx)
- Translate complex infrastructure costs into clear insights for leadership
- Effectively use internal AI tools to automate reporting/processes with a goal to improve efficiency and turn around time.

**You might thrive in this role if you have:**

- 7+ years in a finance and strategy operating role at a high-growth technology company
- Background in infrastructure, data centers, compute, cloud, semiconductors, or a related industry strongly preferred
- Strong financial modeling skills, particularly in capacity planning, unit economics, and scenario analysis under uncertainty
- Exceptional analytical, financial modeling, and written and verbal communication skills
- Proven ability to learn quickly and succeed in unfamiliar operating environments
- Comfort independently structuring ambiguous problems and working through incomplete information
- Track record of producing high-quality work under ambitious deadlines
- Proficiency in Excel/Sheets, SQL