FP&A Analyst - Hybrid Schedule + AI Infrastructure Growth

Crux, Inc.; Palo Alto, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, and vision coverage

401(k) Plan with company match

Hybrid schedule

Bonus potential

Job summary

Crux, Inc. is seeking an FP&A Analyst to join its finance team, reporting to the VP, FP&A. You’ll support budgeting, forecasting, and financial analysis across a capital-intensive AI infrastructure company.

This role offers broad exposure across corporate finance, including building and maintaining planning platforms, and collaborating with data center operations, energy, and engineering. Growth opportunities exist as Crux scales.

Qualifications

• 2–5 years FP&A, accounting, investment banking, consulting, or a related analytical role
• Strong proficiency in Excel, including financial modeling, formulas, and data manipulation; experience with pivot tables, lookups, and building clean, auditable workbooks
• Bonus points for experience with financial planning tools (e.g., Anaplan, Adaptive, Hyperion), BI tools (e.g., Tableau, Power BI), or ERP systems (e.g., NetSuite, SAP, Oracle)
• Bonus points for industry experience in technology, data center infrastructure, cloud, or energy
• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a similar field

Responsibilities

• Forecasting & Budgeting Support - Support the monthly forecasting and annual budgeting processes by gathering inputs from business partners, maintaining templates, and ensuring timely and accurate submissions
• Financial Analysis - Perform variance analysis comparing actuals to budget and forecast; identify key drivers and prepare clear explanations for leadership review
• Reporting - Assist in preparing monthly financial reports, executive summaries, and ad-hoc analyses; ensure data accuracy and consistency across deliverables
• Data Management - Help build and maintain the company's planning platform from the ground up, including data entry, validation, and troubleshooting; support data integrity and process improvements as the FP&A tech stack is stood up
• Cross-Functional Collaboration - Work with teams across the organization — including data center operations, energy, and engineering — to gather information, reconcile data, and ensure Finance assumptions reflect the latest business inputs
• Process Improvement - Identify opportunities to streamline recurring tasks and improve reporting efficiency; contribute to building scalable FP&A processes as the function is established

Skills

Excel

Financial modeling

Pivot tables

Data analysis

Communication

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance/Accounting/Economics

Tools

Anaplan

Adaptive

Hyperion

Tableau

Power BI

NetSuite

SAP

Oracle

Job description

Crux, Inc. is seeking an FP&A Analyst to join its finance team, reporting to the VP, FP&A. You’ll support budgeting, forecasting, and financial analysis across a capital-intensive AI infrastructure company.

This role offers broad exposure across corporate finance, including building and maintaining planning platforms, and collaborating with data center operations, energy, and engineering. Growth opportunities exist as Crux scales.