FinOps Analyst London

NatWest Group

FinOps Analyst Job Description

Key Responsibilities

  • Provide support to ensure the financial health of the cloud platform, covering invoicing, chargeback, and reporting.
  • Support the cloud finance platform’s operational stability and technology performance, including maintaining platform utilities and tools.
  • Learn new skills in a constantly evolving environment, working closely with feature teams to enhance development.
  • Provide input to and support team activities to maintain platform integrity aligned with technical roadmaps and change demands.
  • Support the delivery of a robust cloud financial management service for relevant infrastructure platforms.
  • Contribute to delivering customer outcomes, innovation, and early learning by contributing to testing products and services.
  • Perform regular data analysis of Cloud consumption to identify trends, usage spikes, and wastage removal for maximized ROI.
  • Provide customized cloud reporting and dashboards to internal stakeholders for insightful cost analysis of business lines, applications, or services.
  • Contribute to cost optimization opportunities, including rightsizing, reservations, savings plans, wastage removal, and technology upgrades.
  • Own regular cost optimization forums with key stakeholders to maximize business value.
  • Contribute to the cloud budget model, reporting actual cost vs. budget, and cost tagging compliance.
  • Create and track KPIs for Cloud FinOps effectiveness and implement improvements.

Skills and Expertise

  • Strong communication skills to clearly convey complex technical concepts to colleagues and management.
  • Solid background working in an Agile or DevOps environment with continuous delivery and continuous integration.
  • FinOps Certified Practitioner certification is essential; other relevant cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP) or FinOps certifications are advantageous.
  • Experience with Cloudability, PowerBI, Tableau, or AWS QuickSight is beneficial.
  • Experience in an analytics role or with an analytics team.
  • Experience managing on-premise data centers and private clouds is desirable.
  • Proven experience in cloud computing platforms (AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform).
  • Proficiency with AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud Platform cost management tools.
  • Comprehensive knowledge of cloud services, pricing structures, and billing on public cloud.
  • Experience with data analysis, financial modeling, budgeting, forecasting, cloud cost optimization techniques, and financial reporting in a large enterprise environment.
  • Excellent collaboration and stakeholder management skills.

To apply for this job please visit jobs.natwestgroup.com.

Posting date:
29 November 2024
Hours:
Full time
Closing date:
29 December 2024
Location:
London, EC2M 4AA
Company:
NatWest Group
Job type:
Permanent
Job reference:
R-00245002-OTHLOC-GBR-5FLON311