Cloud Financial Operations Specialist

About the role

As a Cloud FinOps Specialist at Stride, you will be responsible for managing cloud program operations, governance, cost optimization, and financial reporting activities as they relate to our cloud environment across all major platforms (AWS, Azure, etc). You will work closely with cross‑functional teams across the enterprise including Technology, Data, Product and Finance organizations, as well as third‑party vendors. You will develop and maintain a holistic view of the cloud roadmap, cloud operational health and cloud usage data to reduce costs and drive efficiencies, while providing regular updates to executive leadership. This position is virtual and open to residents of the 50 states and D.C.

Responsibilities

• Financial analysis and reporting to monitor finances associated with business operations and cloud.
• Financial management of cloud usage data to implement cost‑saving recommendations and best practices (identify cost optimization opportunities, including rightsizing instances, utilizing reserved instances and savings plans, and optimizing storage and networking configurations).
• Identify significant cost savings through optimizations, with clear data and reporting measuring outcomes and highlighting areas of opportunity.
• Conduct capacity planning analysis and cloud budget planning; support the business aspects of new workload migration.
• Integrate financial systems with cloud billing tools.
• Lead the development and implementation of Cloud FinOps best practices across the organization, including cost governance, budgeting, forecasting, AWS Marketplace purchases, and cost allocation methodologies to accurately track spending by department, team, or project.
• Partner with finance and IT teams to develop a comprehensive cloud cost management framework, including budgets, monthly forecasts, investment cost analysis, and variance analysis.
• Design and maintain dashboards and reports to provide stakeholders with clear visibility into cloud costs and usage trends.
• Set up the AWS services plan, continuously optimize the services plan, and track and report cloud resource costs.
• Track and manage the lifecycle of AWS Marketplace subscriptions, including