Crusoe is on a mission
to accelerate the abundance of energy and intelligence. As the only vertically integrated AI infrastructure company built from the ground up, we own and operate each layer of the stack — from electrons to tokens — to power the world's most ambitious AI workloads. When you join Crusoe, you join a team that is building the future, faster.
We're in the midst of the greatest industrial revolution of our time. The demand for AI compute is boundless, and power is a bottleneck. We're solving that — with an energy-first approach that makes AI infrastructure better for the world and faster for the people innovating with AI.
We're looking for problem-solving, opportunity-finding teammates with a sense of urgency, who believe in the scale of our ambition and thrive on a path not fully paved — people who want to grow their careers alongside a team of experts across energy, manufacturing, data center construction, and cloud services.
If you want to do the most meaningful work of your career, help our customers and partners advance their AI strategies, and be part of a high-performing team that believes in each other, come build with us at Crusoe.
About This Role:
Crusoe is hiring a Vice President of Financial Planning and Analysis to build and lead the financial planning function across a capital-intensive, rapidly scaling business spanning AI cloud, digital infrastructure development, energy strategy, real estate, and manufacturing.
This role owns the company’s financial operating system. It requires analytical depth, strong operating judgment, and the ability to translate complex operational drivers into clear, decision-ready financial insight. Reporting to the CFO and working closely with our executive team, this leader will ensure we maximize our growth potential, allocate capital efficiently, measure performance with precision and transparently and do so in a disciplined and intentional fashion.
We are seeking a well-rounded executive with significant finance leadership experience in capital-intensive or infrastructure-driven environments, deep long-range modeling expertise, and a proven track record of building finance teams and processes in high-growth companies. The right candidate is comfortable challenging assumptions, operating in a complex and dynamic environment, and driving clarity without oversimplifying reality.
This is a high-impact opportunity to build a durable, scalable financial organization, shape capital allocation decisions at scale, and partner closely with senior leadership to drive the company’s continued growth.
What You’ll Be Working On
- Own consolidated forecasting, annual financial planning, and long-range modeling across all business lines, ensuring a single, defensible source of financial truth.
- Build integrated, driver-based models that connect revenue, GPU capacity deployment, construction sequencing, energy strategy, manufacturing throughput, and operating costs into one coherent financial view.
- Lead enterprise capital planning and implement rigorous investment evaluation frameworks for data center builds, energy projects, real estate development, hardware deployment, and capacity expansion.
- Establish standardized return thresholds, capital allocation governance, and post-investment measurement processes to ensure disciplined deployment and accountability.
- Understand and translate complex operational inputs into clear, decision-ready financial analysis for the CFO and executive team, identifying tradeoffs, surfacing risks and recommending action plans.
- Improve forecast accuracy and reduce volatility by instituting structured, repeatable planning processes and clear ownership of financial drivers.
- Own board-level financial narratives with transparent assumptions, scenario modeling, and variance analysis that withstand scrutiny.
- Partner deeply with Infrastructure, Product, Engineering, Manufacturing, Commercial, and People leaders to drive cost discipline, margin clarity, and operating accountability.
- Recruit, develop, and lead a high-performing FP&A team with rigorous modeling standards and strong business partnership capabilities.
- Design and scale planning systems, data integrations, and reporting infrastructure to support enterprise-grade operations.
What You’ll Bring to the Team:
- 15+ years of progressive finance experience.
- A proven track record of managing $1B+ budgets and building complex long-range models that account for volatility and hardware lifecycle shifts.
- The ability to distill complex technical and financial data into clear, persuasive presentations for the Board of Directors and institutional investors.
- Experience building and mentoring a world-class Finance team in a high-growth, fast-paced environment.
- An MBA, CFA, or equivalent advanced degree in Finance, Economics, or a related field.
Bonus Points:
- Direct experience working within the infrastructure finance teams of AWS, Google Cloud, or Azure.
- Deep understanding of PPA (Power Purchase Agreements) and the financial impact of renewable energy integration.
- A passion for the AI space and a working knowledge of the hardware constraints (HBM, InfiniBand, Thermal Management) that drive data center design.
- Experience implementing or optimizing advanced ERP and EPM tools (e.g., Anaplan, Adaptive, or NetSuite) for an asset-heavy business.
Benefits:
- Competitive compensation
- Restricted Stock Units
- Paid time off & paid holidays
- Comprehensive health, dental & vision insurance
- Employer contributions to HSA account
- Paid parental leave
- Paid life insurance, short-term and long-term disability
- Professional development & tuition reimbursement
- Mental health & wellness support
- Commuter benefits (parking & transit)
- Cell phone stipend
- 401(k) Retirement plan with company match up to 4% of salary
- Volunteer time off
Compensation Range
Compensation will be paid in the range of up to $320,000 - $350,000 + Bonus. Restricted Stock Units are included in all offers. Compensation to be determined by the applicants knowledge, education, and abilities, as well as internal equity and alignment with market data.
Crusoe is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, citizenship, marital status, sex/gender, sexual preference/ orientation, gender identity, age, veteran status, national origin, or any other status protected by law or regulation.