Product Cost Analyst
Core
Build and maintain product cost models to translate compute, storage, bandwidth, and AI resource consumption into unit cost-to-serve and actionable financial insights for Cloudflare's R&D Finance team.
Role type
Senior Financial Analyst (Product Economics)
Builds
Product unit economics, cost-to-serve models, and capital investment analysis for developer and self-serve products.
Domain
Cloud infrastructure / Internet services / Financial Planning & Analysis
Required skills
Financial modeling, unit economics, cost allocation, capital expenditure analysis, scenario analysis, data reconciliation, cross-functional collaboration, AI tool application, advanced Excel/Sheets
Preferred skills
Cloud infrastructure knowledge, SQL, Python, data-center operations, enterprise planning systems (Anaplan, Oracle, Workday), responsible AI practices
Technologies
Excel, Google Sheets, SQL, Python, Anaplan, Oracle, Workday
Responsibilities
Build product cost models translating resource usage to unit cost-to-serve; Partner with Product/Engineering to quantify cost/margin implications of architecture changes; Develop shared-cost allocation analyses; Support Pricing with cost inputs and scenario analysis; Connect capital investment to product economics; Contribute to capital and capacity planning; Produce decision-ready reporting on costs and margins; Improve finance data workflows and automate recurring analyses.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
