IT Business Management Senior Associate

About the role

Are you ready to make an impact at DTCC? Do you want to work on innovative projects, collaborate with a dynamic and supportive team, and receive investment in your professional development? At DTCC, we are at the forefront of innovation in the financial markets. We are committed to helping our employees grow and succeed. We believe that you have the skills and drive to make a real impact. We foster a thriving internal community and are committed to creating a workplace that looks like the world that we serve. The Information Technology group delivers secure, reliable technology solutions that enable DTCC to be the trusted infrastructure of the global capital markets. The team delivers high-quality information through activities that include development of essential, building infrastructure capabilities to meet client needs and implementing data standards and governance.

Responsibilities

• Establish and mature key FinOps capabilities aligned with the FinOps Foundation framework (Inform, Optimize, Operate) across AWS, Azure, and Snowflake environments.
• Lead FinOps practices to optimize and govern cloud spend across multi‑cloud and data platform ecosystems.
• Collaborate with Finance, Engineering, Architecture, Product, and Cloud Operations stakeholders to define, track, and measure FinOps objectives, ensuring ongoing visibility into cost performance and business outcomes.
• Develop and enforce cost allocation models, tagging standards, and chargeback/showback frameworks.
• Establish governance standards for resource usage, pricing model adoption (e.g., Reserved Instances, Savings Plans), and Snowflake warehouse and consumption optimization.
• Conduct detailed analysis of cloud and data platform cost data to identify savings opportunities, waste, and efficiency improvements.
• Implement and recommend rightsizing, scheduling, and reserved capacity strategies while balancing performance, resilience, and cost efficiency.
• Partner with engineering teams to influence architectural decisions through financial impact analysis and cost modeling.
• Collaborate with Finance and Business Unit leaders on budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, and financial planning for cloud and data platform expenses.
• Build and maintain cloud spend models that demonstrate historical trends, growth patterns, and unit‑cost metrics.
• Communicate cost insights and optimization outcomes to senior leadership through dashboards and executive‑ready reporting.
• Leverage cloud cost management and FinOps tooling (e.g., AWS Cost Explorer, Azure Cost Management, Snowflake Usage Views, CloudHealth, CloudAware, Cloudability) for continuous monitoring and reporting.
• Serve as a liaison across Finance, Engineering, Architecture, and Product teams to foster cost awareness, accountability, and informed decision‑making.
• Champion FinOps principles, standards, and continuous improvement initiatives across the organization.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years of relevant experience
• Bachelor’s degree preferred or equivalent professional experience
• 3–5 years of experience in cloud cost management, cloud operations, or technology finance, preferably within financial services or another regulated industry
• Deep working knowledge of AWS, Azure, and Snowflake billing models, pricing structures, and optimization levers
• Experience managing multi‑cloud cost governance and reporting frameworks
• Strong understanding of FinOps principles, including budgeting, forecasting, unit economics,