Cost Optimization Analyst - FinOps

About the role

We are seeking a Cost Optimization Analyst - FinOps to join our Digital Foundation Solutions Cloud Center of Excellence (CCoE) US team. This role is pivotal in enhancing business value by ensuring efficient and transparent cloud financial operations for both public and private cloud.

Responsibilities

• Manage hybrid cloud spend in relation to life cycle management for private cloud and workload management for public cloud.
• Manage Flexera access as the cloud cost monitoring tool ensuring cloud cost data accuracy allocated at billing data, and workload level.
• Provide Cloud usage optimization recommendation based on data insights and best practices to enable workload teams to implement cost saving measures and operational improvements.
• Deliver monthly reporting and dashboards displaying cloud cost, utilization and performance metrics to stakeholders.
• Develop forecasting model to deliver future cloud spend based.
• Plan and lead stakeholder sessions including onboarding new cost managers, cost center owner, cost owners and align with broader Cloud Cost Management Community.
• Organize knowledge sharing initiatives to address cloud financial knowledge gaps.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Business Management, Data Analytics / Science Accounting, or related field (for Cloud Financial Manager roles).
• Master's preferred.
• 5+ years experience in FinOps, with focus Cloud Financial management.
• Hands on experience with cloud platform (Azure/GCP) and cost management tools (preferably Flexera – a nice to have not a must).
• Strong understanding of cloud pricing models and commitment management.
• Analytical mindset with ability to translate complex data into actionable insights.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills.

Qualifications

• Passionate about FinOps and enabling customers to use cloud in an efficient way.
• Hands-on and can do mentality.
• Able to express ideas effectively in individual and group situations (including non-verbal communication); adjusting language or terminology to the characteristics and needs of the audience, and the ability to listen effectively to others and give constructive feedback to others.
• Able to operate independently and show ownership.
• Able to interact with all levels including engineers, executives and senior managers.
• Deep technical knowledge of FinOps/ Cloud cost management.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and data analytics tools (SQL, Python, PowerShell).
• Able to overcome organizational resistance.
• Excellent organizational skills and the ability to prioritize multiple tasks, projects and assignments.
• Analytical, precise, tenacious, autonomous.
• Strong documentation skills.