Finance Manager - Cloud Computing

Finance Manager - Cloud Computing

ByteDance

San Jose, CA, US

Full-Time

Accounting/Finance

Consumer

ByteDance is a global incubator of platforms at the cutting edge of commerce, content, entertainment and enterprise services - over 2.5bn people interact with ByteDance products including TikTok.

Job Description

As a Finance Business Partner (FBP) for Cloud computing resources, you will be embedded within the Infrastructure Engineering and Strategic Sourcing teams. You will act as the financial architect behind our global compute strategy, balancing hyper-growth AI demands with rigorous cost discipline. You will drive the financial evaluation of massive cloud contracts, lead FinOps initiatives, and ensure that every dollar spent on silicon or cloud credits translates into maximum business value.

Commercial Modeling: Develop complex TCO models to evaluate multi-year cloud commitments across different providers such as AWS (EDP), Azure (MACC), and GCP etc.

Vendor Negotiation: Drive data-led negotiations with hyperscalers and OEMs to optimize unit pricing and volume discounts.

Cost Attribution: Implement robust tagging and metadata strategies to ensure 100% cost transparency across AI training and inference workloads.

Unit Economics: Establish and track efficiency metrics, such as "Cost per 1k Tokens" and "Cost per MAU," to measure stack performance.

FinOps Optimization: Partner with DevOps to maximize commitment coverage (RI/SP) and Spot utilization to reduce effective hourly rates.

Budgeting & Forecasting: Own the global cloud budget, managing monthly variance analysis (BvA) and articulating spend narratives.

Capacity Planning: Translate engineering roadmaps into long-range financial plans (LRP) aligned with corporate margin targets.

Accounting Compliance: Ensure cloud contracts and R&D capitalization policies comply with IFRS standards.

Tax Strategy: Optimize cross-border cloud billing, withholding tax (WHT), and transfer pricing in collaboration with global tax teams.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualification(s) - Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Mathematics, or a related quantitative field. At least 5 years Finance/Accounting with specialized experience within Cloud, Infrastructure, or Data Center environments. Advanced financial modeling skills (Excel/Google Sheets) and familiarity with FinOps frameworks and cloud-native tools. Ability to translate technical metrics (e.g., GPU latency, Kubernetes) into clear financial narratives, such as EBITDA impact and ROI. Proven resilience in high-growth, fast-paced environments with a collaborative and inclusive working style. High levels of written and oral fluency in Mandarin are required for this role. This is essential as collaboration with China-based stakeholders is necessary to ensure local financial strategy aligns seamlessly with group objectives, manage core financial systems, and safeguard capital allocation through cross-border contract review.

Preferred Qualification(s) - CPA, ACCA, or equivalent professional designation is highly preferred. Proficiency in SQL or Python for analyzing large-scale billing datasets (CUR/Usage reports).

Compensation Description (Annually)

The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $108000 - $220400 annually. Compensation may vary outside of this range depending on a number of factors, including a candidate's qualifications, skills, competencies and experience, and location. Base pay is one part of the Total Package that is provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work, and this role may be eligible for additional discretionary bonuses/incentives, and restricted stock units.

Benefits may vary depending on the nature of employment and the country work location. Employees have day one access to medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) savings plan with company match, paid parental leave, short-term and long-term disability coverage, life insurance, wellbeing benefits, among others. Employees also receive 10 paid holidays per year, 10 paid sick days per year and 17 days of Paid Personal Time (prorated upon hire with increasing accruals by tenure).

The Company reserves the right to modify or change these benefits programs at any time, with or without notice.

Founded in 2012, ByteDance's mission is to inspire creativity and enrich life. With a suite of more than a dozen products, including TikTok, Lemon8, CapCut and Pico as well as platforms specific to the China market, including Toutiao, Douyin, and Xigua, ByteDance has made it easier and more fun for people to connect with, consume, and create content.

Inspiring creativity is at the core of ByteDance's mission. Our innovative products are built to help people authentically express themselves, discover and connect – and our global, diverse teams make that possible. Together, we create value for our communities, inspire creativity and enrich life - a mission we work towards every day.

ByteDance is committed to creating an inclusive space where employees are valued for their skills, experiences, and unique perspectives. Our platform connects people from across the globe and so does our workplace. At ByteDance, our mission is to inspire creativity and enrich life. To achieve that goal, we are committed to celebrating our diverse voices and to creating an environment that reflects the many communities we reach. We are passionate about this and hope you are too.