Business Analyst - Cloud FinOps

Description: • Spend Analysis • Conduct regular cloud business reviews to investigate anomalies, fulfill reporting requests, and identify optimization opportunities. • Collaborate with partners to understand infrastructure strategies across multi-cloud and hybrid environments. • Analyze cloud spend data to identify cost drivers, usage patterns, and inefficiencies. • Develop and maintain dashboards and reports that provide transparency into spend trends and anomalies. • Data Analysis and Insights: Employ advanced analytical skills to assess large datasets, identify trends, and provide data-driven insights for handling and optimizing spend. • Work with business units to uncover opportunities for improving cost-effectiveness and efficiency in resource utilization. • Translate data findings into actionable recommendations for engineering, finance, and leadership teams. • Cost Optimization: Recommend solutions and configurations that align with business goals, emphasizing cost considerations and efficiency. • Ensure reporting and process designs are informed by analytical insights, with a focus on optimizing overall spend and resource utilization. • Communication and Collaboration: Serve as a liaison between finance, engineering, procurement, and leadership teams. • Present findings and recommendations in a clear, concise manner tailored to technical and non-technical audiences. • Lead training and enablement efforts to educate teams on FinOps practices, tools, and cloud cost awareness. • Committed Use Management: Analyze usage patterns and monitor commitment coverage and utilization. • Deliver targeted reviews to ensure commitments align with expected or known changes in usage. • Improve the value of cloud commitments and reduce waste. Requirements: • Bachelor’s degree in Business Analytics, Finance, Accounting, Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field. • 3+ years of experience as a Business Analyst, Cloud Financial Analyst, or FinOps Practitioner with a focus on cloud spend management and financial operations. • Experience with major cloud service providers (AWS, GCP, OCI, Azure), including billing models, pricing structures, and commitment-based discounts (e.g., Reserved Instances, Savings Plans, Committed Use Discounts). • Familiarity with FinOps tools and platforms (e.g., CloudHealth, Cloudability,AWS Cost Explorer, Azure Cost Management, etc). • FinOps Certified Practitioner or willingness to obtain the certification within the first 6 months. • Ability to monitor and run committed use coverage and utilization, and align commitments with forecasted usage. • Demonstrated ability to drive continuous improvement and foster a culture of financial accountability and cloud cost awareness. • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with demonstrated experience in analyzing cloud usage and spend data to identify trends, anomalies, and optimization opportunities. • Proficient in using reporting tools for data visualization and presentation. • Experience with SQL and Excel for data manipulation; familiarity with scripting languages (e.g., Python, R) is a plus. • Superb communication and presentation skills, with the ability to translate complex data into actionable insights for both technical and non-technical audiences. • Strong customer engagement and training facilitation skills to support enablement and FinOps education initiatives. • Demonstrable ability to manage requirements gathering, documentation, and prioritization in multi-functional environments. • Superb attention to detail, ensuring precision in data analysis. Benefits: • medical • dental • vision • 401(k) plan • life insurance coverage • disability benefits • tuition assistance program • PTO or, if applicable, as otherwise dictated by the appropriate Collective Bargaining Agreement. • This position is bonus eligible. Apply Job! Apply to this Job