Director of Finance Manufacturing
Crusoe is an AI infrastructure company that designs, builds, and operates AI data centers and a cloud platform. It provides managed AI services, GPU compute, model fine-tuning and inference, and infrastructure operations for organizations building and deploying AI workloads.
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About Crusoe
Crusoe, the AI factory company, provides Crusoe Cloud and Crusoe Intelligence Foundry for AI development and production. Its offerings include managed inference, serverless fine-tuning, high-performance NVIDIA and AMD compute, accelerated storage, RDMA networking, managed Kubernetes and Slurm, and operations tooling. The company also designs, builds, and operates modular AI data-center infrastructure using an energy-first approach, serving customers that need scalable training, inference, and AI platform infrastructure.
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About the Role
You will act as the primary financial advisor to manufacturing leadership, delivering strategic financial modeling, scenario analysis, and recommendations for capacity planning, profitability, and market expansion. You will lead budgeting, forecasting, long-range planning, financial reviews, cost accounting insights, and cross-functional reporting and control activities. You will also develop and mentor a small team of analysts over time.
Requirements
- 8+ years of progressive finance experience
- At least 3 years of experience in a manufacturing, hardware, or capital-intensive infrastructure environment
- Expertise in strategic financial modeling, long-range planning, and capital investment analysis
- Experience with NPV, IRR, scenario modeling, and sensitivity analysis
- Experience building business cases and investment frameworks for new product lines, geographic expansion, or large-scale capital programs
- Knowledge of manufacturing cost accounting, unit economics, and operational KPIs
- Advanced Excel proficiency
- Experience with FP&A tools such as Anaplan or Adaptive, or equivalent systems
- Ability to communicate quantitative analysis to executive and cross-functional audiences
- Experience partnering with Operations, Engineering, and Product leaders
- Experience or demonstrated ability to mentor, grow, and develop a team
- Ability to work onsite in Arvada, Colorado 3–4 days per week, or travel 40–50% from San Francisco
- MBA or equivalent advanced degree preferred
- CFA or CPA is a plus
Responsibilities
- Act as the primary financial advisor to the Vice President of Manufacturing
- Provide financial modeling and scenario analysis for new initiatives, capacity planning, customer profitability, and market expansion
- Lead financial modeling and analysis for the ramp, expansion, and commercialization of modular AI factories
- Translate operational drivers into profit-and-loss impacts and actionable recommendations
- Lead monthly and quarterly financial reviews and budget and forecast variance analysis
- Build performance narratives for executive, board, and investor materials
- Identify opportunities and risks to improve margins and operational efficiency
- Own annual budgeting, monthly forecasting, and long-range planning processes
- Partner with Accounting on standard costing, variance analysis, inventory valuation, and cost-driver insights
- Liaise across Finance, Accounting, Treasury, and Shared Services to meet reporting and control standards
- Ensure compliance with corporate policies, internal controls, and audit requirements
Benefits
- Equity packages
- Restricted Stock Units
- Paid time off
- Paid holidays
- Leave of absence programs
- Health, dental, and vision insurance
- Employer contributions to an HSA account
- Paid parental leave
- Life insurance
- Short-term and long-term disability insurance
- Professional development and tuition reimbursement
- Mental health and wellness support
- Commuter benefits
- Cell phone stipend
- 401(k) retirement plan with company match up to 4% of salary
- Volunteer time off
- Global travel insurance and emergency assistance
- Daily meals allowance