Finance Manager - Cloud Computing

ByteDance; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 122,000 - 209,000; Full time

Job summary

ByteDance seeks a Finance Business Partner embedded with Infrastructure Engineering to drive the financial strategy for cloud compute. You will lead complex economic analyses, provide cost optimization guidance, and ensure funding aligns with strategic AI initiatives. This role requires Mandarin fluency and cross-border collaboration.

You will manage budgeting, forecasting, and long-range plans while partnering with engineering and tax teams to optimize spend and value realization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Mathematics, or related quantitative field.
• At least 5 years of Finance/Accounting experience in Cloud, Infrastructure, or Data Center environments.
• Advanced financial modeling skills (Excel/Google Sheets) and familiarity with FinOps.
• Ability to translate technical metrics (e.g., GPU latency, Kubernetes) into clear financial narratives.
• Mandarin fluency required for collaboration with China-based stakeholders.
• CPA/ACCA or equivalent is highly preferred.
• Proficiency in SQL or Python for analyzing large-scale billing datasets.

Responsibilities

• Develop complex TCO models to evaluate multi-year cloud commitments across providers (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Drive data-led negotiations with hyperscalers and OEMs to optimize pricing and volume discounts.
• Implement tagging and metadata strategies for 100% cost transparency across AI workloads.
• Establish and track unit economics like Cost per 1k Tokens and Cost per MAU.
• Partner with DevOps to maximize commitment coverage (RI/SP) and Spot utilization.
• Own the global cloud budgeting, including monthly variance analysis and spend narratives.
• Translate engineering roadmaps into long-range financial plans aligned with margin targets.
• Ensure IFRS compliance for cloud contracts and R&D capitalization policies.
• Collaborate on cross-border tax strategies including WHT and transfer pricing.

Skills

Financial modeling

FinOps

Cloud finance

KPI storytelling

Mandarin fluency

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's in Finance/Accounting/Math

Tools

SQL

Python

Job description

Responsibilities

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 of experience in 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).

As a condition of employment, all successful candidates must be able to establish authorization to work in the United States. For this position, the Company does not provide sponsorship for any immigration-related benefits.

About Us

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.

Why Join ByteDance

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.

As ByteDancers, we strive to do great things with great people. We lead with curiosity, humility, and a desire to make impact in a rapidly growing tech company. By constantly iterating and fostering an "Always Day 1" mindset, we achieve meaningful breakthroughs for ourselves, our Company, and our users. When we create and grow together, the possibilities are limitless. Join us.

Diversity & Inclusion

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.

Reasonable Accommodation

ByteDance is committed to providing reasonable accommodations in our recruitment processes for candidates with disabilities, pregnancy, sincerely held religious beliefs or other reasons protected by applicable laws. If you need assistance or a reasonable accommodation, please reach out to us at https://tinyurl.com/RA-request

Job Information

【For Pay Transparency】Compensation Description (Annually)

The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $121600 - $208800 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.

For Los Angeles County (unincorporated) Candidates:

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state, and local laws including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Our company believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship on the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of the conditional offer of employment:

1. Interacting and occasionally having unsupervised contact with internal/external clients and/or colleagues;
2. Appropriately handling and managing confidential information including proprietary and trade secret information and access to information technology systems;
3. Exercising sound judgment.