FinOps Analyst - Staff

About the Role:

We areseekinga detail-oriented and strategic FinOps Analyst to join our team and helpoptimizecloud financial operations.You'llbe an integral part of our overall cloud efforts, being a memberofmany cross-functional teams that include Product Management, Architecture, Software Development, Service Delivery, and Finance. You will serve as a subject matter expert in the FinOps practice, cloud service costs, discount instrument management, resourceutilization, and analytics space.  

You will collect,monitor, and analyze data,assistwith forecasting, demand planning, and make recommendations on cost optimization strategies such as reservations, savings plans, shutdown schedules, etc. Duties and tasks are varied and complex, requiring the ability to work effectively both independently and as a team member. This role requires comfort in preparing and presenting reports to various parts of thebusinessfrom technical team members to senior leaders. Experience isrequired withusing cost,utilization, and resource data to develop relevant,accurateandtimelyreporting, providing visualizations and informative perspectives across and up the organization.

The candidate in this role must be self-motivated, driving to short-term and long-term deadlines, removingblockersand understanding when escalation is needed to avoid impacttodelivery. The role requires the ability to be flexible

Whatyou’llbe doing:

Cloud Cost Management

• Monitor and analyze cloud spend across Azure and AWS.

• Identifycost-saving opportunities and drive initiatives to reduce waste.

• Identifyand implement tagging strategies to drive cost allocation maturity.

• Collaborate with Finance and Product management to refine unit cost accuracy

• Maintain a high degree ofutilizationacross the Organizations commitment portfolio

• Collaborate with Cloud Service Providers on Enterprise discounts,creditsor other cost efficiencies

Reporting & Forecasting

• Develop andmaintaindashboards and reports for cloud usage and cost trends.

• Align FinOps reporting with Finance cost allocation mechanisms

• Partner with finance to support budgeting and forecasting processes.

• Provide insights and recommendations to stakeholders on cloud financial performanceand/or cost optimization opportunities

• Engage inseniorandexecutive levelleadership cloud financial reporting

FinOps Best Practices

• Promote FinOps principles across engineering and product teams.

• Collaborate with DevOps and Cloud Engineering to align usage with business priorities.

• Support governance and policy enforcement for cloud resource usage.

• Influence andestablishcloud usage best practices to drive cost efficiency

• Leveragecloud native and 3rdparty FinOps tools(Cloudwatch/Cloudability/Apptio) 

• Automate reporting and alerting for anomalies in cloud spend.

Whatwe’llwant you to have:

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Business, Computer Science, or related field.

• 3+ years of experience in cloud financial operations, cloud cost optimization, or related roles.

• Strong understanding of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and billing models.

• Experience with FinOps tools and cloud cost management platforms.

• Proficiencyin data analysis tools (Excel, SQL, Power BI, Tableau).

• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

• FinOps Certified Practitioner (preferred but notrequired).

• AWS Cloud Practitioner or Azure Fundamentals(preferred but notrequired).

• Experience with Apptio suite a plus

• Able to work flexible hours as required by business priorities 

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