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Job description
Graphcore is a UK-headquartered semiconductor and AI compute company now part of SoftBank’s global AI ecosystem. Our headquarters are in Bristol with offices in London Cambridge Poland Germany and Taiwan. In 2026 we opened new key locations in India and US with the aim to build out key engineering and operational hubs to support our next phase of growth.
Role Overview
Strategic finance leader responsible for driving enterprise-wide financial strategy and planning forecasting performance management and decision support. This role partners closely with the CFO senior finance executive leadership and the Board to deliver rigorous planning transparent reporting and actionable insights that support growth decision making and ensures financial discipline as the business scales.
Key Responsibilities
Strategic Planning & Value Creation
- Own and maintain the annual operating plan rolling forecasts and long-range strategic plan
- Develop and maintain financial models and narrative to support scenario analysis
- Lead scenario modelling and sensitivity analysis (growth capacity headcount opex and capex)
- Support capital allocation ROI analysis and investment prioritization
- Partner with leadership on M&A integration and ad hoc financial analysis and strategic projects as needed
Executive & Board Partnership
- Act as a trusted advisor to the CFO CEO and Leadership team
- Prepare materials for Board meetings and executive presentations
- Deliver clear explanations of performance vs. plan risks and corrective actions
- Support capital allocation decisions and liquidity planning
Performance Management & Reporting
- Own monthly performance reporting variance analysis v’s budget/forecast and executive reporting
- Define and track KPIs across opex capex and cash flow
- Drive accountability through data-driven insights and operating cadence
- Ensure alignment between financial results operational metrics and strategy
Business Partnership
- Act as a trusted finance partner with functional leaders including Engineering Operations People and Supply Chain on:
- Capacity planning (compute hardware facilities power)
- Capex planning (servers clusters networking data centres)
- Cost modelling (headcount third party engineering T&E other)
- Understand permanent and timing related spend variances
- Challenge assumptions and influence decisions using data-driven insights
- Translate complex technical and operational drivers into financial outcomes
Team Systems & Process Leadership
- Build mentor and lead a high-performing FP&A organization
- Establish scalable planning and forecasting processes and controls suitable for rapid growth
- Own FP&A systems roadmap (planning tools BI data models)
- Drive data quality automation and self-service reporting
- Partner closely with Accounting to ensure accuracy consistency and timely financials
Required Qualifications
- 12–15+ years of experience in FP&A corporate finance or investment-related roles
- Experience in high growth PE-backed and multinational environments
- Strong understanding of technology infrastructure hardware or development economics
- Proven experience presenting to senior managers and leadership
- Advanced financial modelling and forecasting skills
- Working knowledge of IFRS / US GAAP particularly relating to long term project accounting
- Strong people leadership and cross-functional influence
Preferred Qualifications
- MBA ACA ACCA or equivalent
- Background in AI infrastructure semiconductors data centres or hyperscale cloud
- Experience with M&A carve-outs or integrations
- Hands-on experience with Anaplan Adaptive Hyperion or similar platforms
Key Competencies
- Commercial and strategic mindset with strong execution focus
- Board-level communication and storytelling skills
- High ownership accountability and bias for action
- Ability to operate effectively in fast-moving ambiguous environments
Compensation & Benefits
- Competitive executive compensation (base + bonus)
- Long-term incentives / equity participation
- Comprehensive benefits package
Top Skills
What the Team is Saying
What We Do
At Graphcore we’re building the future of AI compute. We’re a team of semiconductor software and AI experts with deep experience in creating the complete AI compute stack - from silicon and software to infrastructure at datacenter scale. As part of the SoftBank Group backed by significant long-term investment we are delivering key technology into the fast-growing SoftBank AI ecosystem. To meet the vast and exciting AI opportunity Graphcore is expanding its teams around the world. We are bringing together the brightest minds to solve the toughest problems in a place where everyone has the opportunity to make an impact on the company our products and the future of artificial intelligence.
Why Work With Us
Our team is at the forefront of the machine intelligence revolution enabling innovators from all industries to build AI-native products to expand human potential. What we do at Graphcore really makes a difference.
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Employees engage in a combination of remote and on-site work.
At Graphcore we value wellbeing and flexibility to support a healthy work/life balance. Our hybrid approach encourages office-based colleagues to work onsite three days a week with trusted flexibility built on trust and transparency for everyone.
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