Strategic Finance Lead, Cloud & AI Analytics

airbnb, Inc.; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 124,000 - 206,000; Full time

Job summary

Airbnb is seeking a Principal in Strategic Finance & Analytics within Technology to lead the understanding, forecasting, and management of cloud and AI spend. You willPartner with Infrastructure and AI Platform teams to size and prioritize efficiency initiatives, and present cost narratives to senior leadership.

The role focuses on developing forecasts, tracking AI spend by category, and driving cost-optimization opportunities without impacting product or employee experience.

Qualifications

• 10 years of finance, FP&A, or cost management experience with cloud infrastructure exposure.
• Prior experience with AI/ML infrastructure costs preferred.
• Proven ability to build and maintain complex financial models and forecasts in fast-changing environments.
• Strong track record partnering with engineering/technical teams to translate usage data.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain monthly/weekly cloud and AI cost forecasts, reconciling actuals against plan and explaining variance drivers to leadership.
• Track AI spend by category and model/provider mix, flagging shifts in usage or pricing that affect the forecast.
• Partner with Infrastructure and AI Platform engineering teams to size, validate, and prioritize efficiency initiatives.
• Own migration-tracking reporting and ensure data traceable to source systems.
• Prepare and present cost updates to a senior audience, translating technical usage data into clear financial narratives.
• Identify and quantify new cost efficiency opportunities with technical stakeholders and track them to savings.
• Run monthly and ad hoc reviews with Finance and Tech leadership.

Skills

Finance & FP&A experience

Cloud infrastructure costing

Financial modeling

Forecasting & variance analysis

Job description

Airbnb is seeking a Principal in Strategic Finance & Analytics within Technology to lead the understanding, forecasting, and management of cloud and AI spend. You willPartner with Infrastructure and AI Platform teams to size and prioritize efficiency initiatives, and present cost narratives to senior leadership.

The role focuses on developing forecasts, tracking AI spend by category, and driving cost-optimization opportunities without impacting product or employee experience.