Senior Finance Manager, Site Deployments

About Nscale Nscale is the GPU cloud engineered for AI. We provide cost-effective, high-performance infrastructure for AI start-ups and large enterprise customers. Nscale enables AI-focused companies to achieve superior results by reducing the complexity of AI development. Our GPU cloud bolsters technical capabilities and directly supports strategic business outcomes, including cost management, rapid innovation, and environmental responsibility. We thrive on a culture of relentless innovation, ownership, and accountability, where every team member takes pride in their work and drives it with excellence and urgency. As an Nscaler, you’ll build trust through openness and transparency, where everyone is inspired to do their best work. If you join our team, you’ll be contributing to building the technology that powers the future. About the Role We’re hiring a Senior Finance Manager, Site Deployments to build and scale the financial backbone behind Nscale’s global AI compute platform. Reporting to the VP of Finance, this role sits at the center of Finance Operations and partners closely with AI Infrastructure, engineering, accounting, and site operations teams. You will lead financial planning, cost governance, and performance analysis across site deployment and operations, helping the business understand the economics of scaling capital-intensive AI infrastructure. This is a high-impact leadership role with visibility into critical investment and operating decisions. Your work will shape deployment prioritization, capacity planning, capital tracking, and asset utilization strategy by turning complex technical and operational inputs into clear financial insight that drives performance. What you'll be doing Financial Planning & Performance Lead budgeting, forecasting, and monthly reporting across site deployment and operations. Own site-level financial statements, including P&L tracking and performance analysis. Develop deployment financial forecasts covering timelines, costs, and capacity ramp. Build financial models for site-level performance, capacity utilization, and operating cost trends. Analyze variances across site operating expenses, deployment costs, and asset-related spend, surfacing key drivers and risks. Costing & Unit Economics Develop and maintain bill of materials costing for site deployments to improve cost visibility and accuracy. Refine site-level unit economics across deployment costs, capacity costs, and ongoing operating expenses. Identify cost-efficiency opportunities across deployments, asset utilization, and maintenance activities. Partner with engineering and operations teams to understand cost drivers and performance trends. Support margin improvement and cost optimization initiatives through data-driven analysis. Deployment Investment Support Build financial models and business cases for site deployments, expansions, and capital investments. Manage deployment budgets by tracking actuals versus plan and highlighting risks and variances. Evaluate trade-offs across deployment strategies, capacity allocation, and prioritization. Track actual performance against investment assumptions, including ROI and payback visibility. Asset & Capital Management Support capitalization, tracking, and lifecycle management of site-level assets. Partner with accounting to ensure accurate asset classification, depreciation, and financial reporting. Monitor asset utilization and performance to inform redeployment, optimization, and investment decisions. Maintain visibility into capital spend versus budget and support forecasting of future capital requirements. Cross-Functional Decision Support & Governance Partner with infrastructure, engineering, and site operations teams to support financial decision-making. Translate technical and operational data into clear, actionable financial insights. Produce regular reporting on site-level financial performance, capital spend, deployment progress, and operating costs. Establish cost tracking, asset controls, and governance processes. Ensure accuracy, transparency, and consistency of financial and operational data across systems and reporting. KPIs Site utilization Cost per deployed unit Operating cost per site Return on deployed assets About You 8–12+ years of experience in FP&A, strategic finance, or supply chain finance roles in high-growth or operationally complex environments. Proven experience leading annual planning and quarterly forecasting cycles and owning financial outcomes across an infrastructure, operations, or cost center P&L. Advanced financial modeling skills, including scenario analysis, sensitivity modeling, and long-range planning. Strong understanding of supply chain cost drivers such as procurement, freight, warehousing, inventory, and working capital. Experience influencing senior stakeholders across operations, procurement, logistics, infrastructure, or engineering functions. Experience managing or mentoring junior team members and raising the quality and rigor of team output. Strong ability to synthesize large, ambiguous datasets into clear insights and executive-level recommendations. High proficiency in Excel or Google Sheets, plus experience with SQL and data visualization tools such as Tableau, Looker, or Power BI. Comfortable operating in ambiguity while building scalable processes, frameworks, and financial discipline. Strong communicator with a high bar for accuracy, clarity, ownership, and actionable decision support. What we can offer you At Nscale, you'll find a collaborative, supportive, and innovative environment where your contributions spark real impact. We're building something extraordinary, and we want you at the core. Highly competitive US compensation package (base + bonus + equity), with performance reviews every 12 months. Join one of the fastest-growing AI infrastructure companies — your chance to directly shape how global AI capacity is planned and deployed. ✨ Expect a dynamic progression plan tailored to your ambitions. Grow by leading critical cross-functional initiatives and shaping capital strategy — always with our full support. Human-First Flexibility: We treat you as humans first. Our flexible workplace trusts Nscalers to deliver, giving you the autonomy to shape your day around life's moments. Equal Opportunities Statement We strongly encourage applications from people of colour, the LGBTQ+ community, people with disabilities, neurodivergent people, parents, carers, and people from lower socio-economic backgrounds. If there’s anything we can do to accommodate your specific situation, please let us know. The responsibilities outlined in this job description are not exhaustive and are intended to provide a general overview of the position. The employee may be required to perform additional duties, tasks, and responsibilities as assigned by management, consistent with the skills and qualifications required for the role. For information on how Nscale handles candidate personal data, please see our Employee & Candidate Privacy Notice: Here. Salary Range The range below reflects the base salary for the position. Actual compensation may vary based on job-related factors such as skill set, experience, education, and location. In addition to base salary, this role may be eligible for bonus, equity, and/or commission programs. Nscale may offer a competitive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, flexible paid time off, parental leave, and retirement plan participation. The range below reflects the base salary for the position. Actual compensation may vary based on job-related factors such as skill set, experience, education, and location. In addition to base salary, this role may be eligible for bonus, equity, and/or commission programs. Nscale may offer a competitive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, flexible paid time off, parental leave, and retirement plan participation. Salary Range

$175,000—$200,000 USD

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