Director, Cost Analytics

Crusoe
San Francisco, Sunnyvale, Bellevue
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeUSD 235,000 - 275,000Function: Data Analytics & Business IntelligenceExperience: 8+ yearsEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Cross-functional collaboration","Financial modeling","Analytical thinking","Decision support","Process improvement"]

Lead financial analytics and project costing for a data center build portfolio, partnering with Data Center Construction and Development to create frameworks that explain costs, forecast spend, and improve capital efficiency. Own cost-performance visibility across the build lifecycle—early estimates through commissioning and completion—establishing cost taxonomies, benchmarks, EAC forecasting, variance root-cause analytics, and decision-support for major changes.

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Job Summary

Lead financial analytics and project costing for a data center build portfolio, partnering with Data Center Construction and Development to create frameworks that explain costs, forecast spend, and improve capital efficiency. Own cost-performance visibility across the build lifecycle—early estimates through commissioning and completion—establishing cost taxonomies, benchmarks, EAC forecasting, variance root-cause analytics, and decision-support for major changes.
Location: San Francisco, Sunnyvale, Bellevue
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Data Analytics & Business Intelligence
Seniority: Director level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Own financial view of project cost performance across the build lifecycle, from early-stage estimates through construction, commissioning, and completion.
  • •Develop consistent cost taxonomies, benchmarks, forecasting methodologies, and performance reporting; translate construction data into actionable insights for leadership.
  • •Establish EAC financial frameworks and a disciplined process to identify cost pressure and forecast changes early by partnering with construction, development, procurement, and project controls.
  • •Perform cost variance and root-cause analytics against underwriting, approved budget, baseline estimate, prior forecast, and benchmarks.
  • •Create portfolio-level visibility and decision support for major design changes, change orders, procurement decisions, contracting strategies, and schedule acceleration.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 235,000 - 275,000
Perks:Health InsuranceDentalVisionEquityPaid Leave401kPaid ParentalHsaLife Insurance

Key Requirements

  • •8+ years experience in construction finance, project controls, capital projects accounting, or project finance, ideally in data centers, energy, industrial, or large-scale infrastructure.
  • •Experience managing construction budgets, cost reporting, and draw processes on large capital projects (typically $100M+).
  • •Familiarity with construction loan agreements, draw/funding mechanics, and lender/independent engineer requirements.
  • •Working knowledge of GC/EPC contract structures, change order management, and construction risk allocation (bonding, retainage, liquidated damages).
  • •Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, construction management, engineering, or related field (MBA or CPA a plus).
Experience:8+ yearsConstruction financeProject controlsData centersEnergyIndustrial infrastructure
Education:Bachelor's
Skills:Cross-functional collaborationFinancial modelingAnalytical thinkingDecision supportProcess improvement
Certifications:CPA

Company Brief

Crusoe
Builds vertically integrated, energy-first AI infrastructure and purpose-built AI data centers (Crusoe Cloud), leveraging clean/stranded energy to power large-scale GPU compute for AI training and inference.
Industry: Data Centers
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Growth: Scaleup
Valuation: Decacorn (USD 10B+)
Funding: Series E+
Headquarters: Denver, United States
Founded: 2018
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