Senior Finance Manager - Cloud Computing

Bytedance; San Jose (CA); Hybrid; USD 159,000 - 272,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid parental leave

Disability coverage

Wellbeing benefits

Paid holidays

Job summary

ByteDance seeks a Finance Business Partner embedded within Infrastructure Engineering and Strategic Sourcing to own the financial architecture of our global compute strategy. You will drive multi-year cloud cost models, evaluate on-prem vs public cloud, and steer FinOps initiatives to maximize business value.

You will partner with engineering and procurement to optimize unit economics, pricing negotiations, and cost attribution, ensuring IFRS capitalization of R&D and compliant cross-border

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Mathematics, or a related quantitative field.
• 5+ years Finance/Accounting with at least 3 years in Cloud, Infrastructure, or Data Center environments.
• Advanced financial modeling skills (Excel/Google Sheets) and familiarity with FinOps frameworks and cloud-native tools.
• Capable of translating Kubernetes clusters and GPU latency into 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.

Responsibilities

• Build TCO models to evaluate multi-year cloud commitments (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Lead financial feasibility studies comparing On-prem/Colocation vs Public Cloud.
• Provide data-driven leverage for procurement during negotiations with hyperscalers and GPU OEMs.
• Drive cost attribution with tagging/metadata for 100% cost transparency.
• Define and track Unit Cost metrics (e.g., Cost per 1k Tokens, Cost per MAU).
• Partner with DevOps to optimize Commitment Coverage and increase Spot usage.
• Own the cloud budget for global regions and perform monthly variance analysis.
• Translate engineering roadmaps into long-range financial plans to align with margins.
• Ensure IFRS capitalization of R&D costs and cross-border tax considerations.

Skills

Financial modeling

FinOps

Cost optimization

Mandarin proficiency

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Finance or related

Tools

Excel/Google Sheets

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: Build complex TCO (Total Cost of Ownership) models to evaluate multi-year cloud commitments (e.g., AWS EDP, Azure MACC, GCP Commits).
• Buy vs. Build Analysis: Lead financial feasibility studies comparing "On-prem/Colocation" vs. "Public Cloud" deployments, factoring in CapEx, OpEx, and depreciation cycles.
• Vendor Negotiation: Provide data-driven leverage for procurement during negotiations with hyperscalers and GPU OEMs (NVIDIA, AMD), focusing on unit price erosion and volume discounts.
• Cost Attribution: Drive the implementation of a robust tagging and metadata strategy to ensure 100% cost transparency across business units (e.g., LLM Training vs. Inference).
• Unit Economics: Define and track "Unit Cost" metrics (e.g., Cost per 1k Tokens, Cost per MAU) to measure the efficiency of the engineering stack.
• Efficiency Optimization: Partner with DevOps to optimize Commitment Coverage (RI/SP) and increase Spot Instance utilization to reduce effective hourly rates.
• Budgeting & Forecasting: Own the cloud budget for global regions, managing monthly variance analysis (BvA) and articulating the "narrative" behind spend fluctuations.
• Capacity Planning: Translate engineering roadmaps (e.g., cluster expansions) into long-range financial plans (LRP), ensuring alignment with corporate margin targets.
• Accounting Standards: Ensure cloud contracts comply with IFRS standards and proper capitalization of R&D costs.
• Global Tax Strategy: Collaborate with tax teams to optimize cross-border cloud service billing, considering Withholding Tax (WHT) and Transfer Pricing.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualification(s)

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Mathematics, or a related quantitative field.
• At least 5 years Finance/Accounting with at least 3 years in Cloud, Infrastructure, or Data Center environments.
• Advanced financial modeling skills (Excel/Google Sheets) and familiarity with FinOps frameworks and cloud-native tools.
• Capable of translating "Kubernetes clusters and GPU latency" into "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 $159000 - $272000 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:

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.