Analyst IT Cloud Finops

Role Overview

As a Cloud FinOps Analyst, you will be responsible for monitoring, analyzing, and optimizing costs across our public cloud platforms. Your role will focus on building financial accountability within the organization by driving transparency, efficiency, and cost optimization in cloud usage focusing primarily on GCP & AWS.

You will design, implement, and maintain chargeback and show back models to ensure accurate allocation of cloud costs to business units. You will manage and optimize cloud reservations such as Committed Use Discounts (CUDs) and Savings Plans, ensuring maximum utilization and cost savings. Additionally, you will be responsible for creating and maintaining cloud cost and utilization dashboards, delivering insights to both technical and business stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Producing cloud cost reports, managing budget alerts, and developing cloud cost forecasting models in partnership with the Finance team.
• Working closely with cloud administrators to identify opportunities for rightsizing, cleaning up unused resources, and implementing cost-optimization strategies.
• Collaborating with applications and business owners to foster a culture of cost visibility and accountability across the organization.
• Driving automation of cloud cost reporting, anomaly detection, and governance controls.
• Setting standards, policies, and best practices for efficient cloud usage as part of the overall cloud governance program.
• Building accurate forecasts, providing ongoing reporting on performance against those forecasts, and ensuring cloud deployments follow financial and operational best practices.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in IT Management, Computer Information Systems, Business, or a related field.
• 3+ years of experience in FinOps, with a proven track record of managing large-scale cloud environments and spend.
• Hands-on experience working with all major public cloud providers (AWS, Azure, GCP, Oracle), including a strong understanding of their reservation and commitment models.
• Solid knowledge of public cloud platforms, core services, and underlying infrastructure operations.
• Strong knowledge of Reserved Instances, Savings Plans, Committed Use Discounts, and tagging strategies.
• Experience with scripting and task automation to improve efficiency in cloud cost management.
• Familiarity with cloud cost management platforms such as Apptio Cloudability, CloudHealth, or similar tools.
• Proficiency in Python and data visualization tools for cost analysis, reporting, and forecasting.
• Preferred Skills: FinOps Certifications, proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint, experience with data visualization tools such as Tableau, Power BI, Looker, foundational cloud certifications (e.g., AWS Cloud Practitioner, GCP Associate Cloud Engineer).