Senior Strategic Financing Associate

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Core Weave is The Essential Cloud for AI™. Built for pioneers by pioneers, Core Weave delivers a platform of technology, tools, and teams that enables innovators to build and scale AI with confidence. Trusted by leading AI labs, startups, and global enterprises, Core Weave combines superior infrastructure performance with deep technical expertise to accelerate breakthroughs and turn compute into capability. Founded in 2017, Core Weave became a publicly traded company (Nasdaq: CRWV) in March 2025.

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Given the rapid growth of Core Weave and the capital‑intensive nature of the infrastructure that we provide, we are building out a Strategic Financing team. The team will focus on identifying the most effective and efficient ways to finance Core Weave and the infrastructure required to support our customers and the explosive growth of the AI industry. We require an analyst to help us with, among other things, modeling, presentations in PowerPoint, research, analysis, etc.

We are seeking a driven, collaborative, and analytically minded Strategic Financing Analyst to join our Strategic Financing team. The Analyst will work closely with members of the executive team to evaluate and execute financing solutions that span debt, equity, leasing, and structured capital—supporting everything from data center expansion to next‑generation compute deployments.

This role is ideal for a self‑motivated, intellectually agile professional with experience in investment banking, private equity, asset management, or private credit. The ideal candidate thrives in ambiguity, can independently navigate complex and unfamiliar situations, and brings a strategic mindset to problem‑solving. With direct exposure to senior leadership, this role offers the opportunity to shape the capital strategy of one of the most dynamic infrastructure platforms in the AI ecosystem.

• Identify, structure, and evaluate strategic financing initiatives to fund infrastructure investments, client contracts, and continued growth.
• Build and maintain sophisticated models across equity, debt, lease, and hybrid capital solutions, including scenario and sensitivity analysis to evaluate cost of capital and strategic fit.
• Assist in all phases of transaction execution support, including due diligence coordination, valuation, documentation, preparation of investor materials, term sheet analysis, etc.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders, including finance, legal, operations, and senior executives to ensure alignment and successful execution of deals.
• Conduct in‑depth analysis of capital markets trends, investor appetite, peer benchmarking, and emerging structures to inform capital strategy.
• Drive high‑visibility special projects to propel the business forward.

• A bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, or another business major is required, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Minimum of 10+ years of experience in investment banking, private equity, asset management, private credit, or similar roles.
• Advanced analytical skills with an ability to perform quantitative and qualitative analysis on new ideas and concepts.
• Excellent financial modeling and valuation skills, with a demonstrated track record of executing complicated financial analyses.
• High level of self‑sufficiency with proven success at self‑teaching and a high intellectual motor.
• Strong analytical, quantitative, and problem‑solving skills.
• Exceptional attention to detail, organizational skills, and ability to manage multiple competing priorities simultaneously.
• Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, particularly Excel and PowerPoint.

• You love partnering to design and execute innovative financing solutions that fuel growth, scale infrastructure, and support next‑generation compute deployments.
• You’re curious about capital markets dynamics, emerging financing structures, and new ways to optimize cost of capital across equity, debt, leasing, and hybrid solutions.
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