FinOps Analyst

Key Responsibilities

• Supporting the financial health of the cloud platform, covering invoicing, chargeback, and reporting.
• Supporting cloud finance platform operational stability and technology performance, including maintaining system utilities and tools.
• Learning new skills in a dynamic environment, collaborating closely with feature teams for continuous development.
• Providing input and supporting team activities to maintain platform integrity aligned with technical roadmaps and change demands from domains or centres of excellence.
• Supporting delivery of a robust cloud financial management service for relevant infrastructure platforms.
• Contributing to customer outcomes, innovation, and early learning by testing products and services for viability.
• Performing regular data analysis of cloud consumption to identify trends, usage spikes, and wastage removal for maximum ROI.
• Providing customised cloud reporting and dashboards for internal stakeholders to understand cost drivers of business lines, applications, or services.
• Contributing to cost optimisation opportunities (rightsizing, reservations, savings plans, wastage removal, and technology upgrades).
• Owning regular cost optimisation forums with key stakeholders to maximize business value.
• Contributing to the cloud budget model, reporting actual cost vs budget, and cost tagging compliance.
• Creating and tracking KPIs for Cloud FinOps effectiveness, identifying and implementing improvements.

Skills and Expertise

• Strong communication skills to explain complex technical concepts to colleagues and management.
• Solid background in Agile or DevOps environments with continuous delivery and continuous integration.
• FinOps Certified Practitioner certification.
• AWS, Azure, GCP, or other relevant cloud certifications.
• Experience with Cloudability, PowerBI, Tableau, or AWS QuickSight.
• Experience in an analytics role or with an analytics team.
• Experience managing on-premise data centre and private cloud (desired).
• Proven experience in cloud computing platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
• Proficiency with AWS, Azure, and GCP cost management tools.
• Comprehensive knowledge of cloud services, pricing structures, and billing on public cloud.
• Experience with data analysis, financial modelling, budgeting, forecasting, cloud cost optimisation techniques, and financial reporting in a large enterprise environment.
• Excellent collaboration and stakeholder management skills.