• Develop sophisticated financial models for hosting spend, long-term financial planning, and strategic contract negotiations. • Conduct scenario analysis for scaling, product launches, and contract commitments. • Lead monthly variance analysis of spend vs. the budget and forecast for different LoBs. • Build standardized and consistent reporting packages highlighting trends and their impact on Reddit’s P&L. • Develop cost optimization initiatives and tracking mechanisms. • Develop ROI models to support cloud investments in the areas of strategic importance. • Leverage previous experiences and industry best practices to proactively propose efficiency initiatives to engineering. • Drive savings initiatives to completion by developing accountability mechanisms for engineering. • Enforce tagging and allocation governance for improved visibility and accountability. • Serve as a financial advisor to engineering, SRE, and cloud platform teams, providing insights on budgeting, unit economics, optimizations and financial strategy. • Complete ownership of the COR forecast. • Own and maintain the weekly COR file, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and timely updates. • Provide clear weekly visibility into changes in hosting costs, explaining drivers of variance to Finance and Technology leadership. • Partner with Accounting during close to reconcile COR actuals with invoices and financial records.