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.