FinOps Analyst

Job Description Roles & Responsibilities Analyze cloud spending patterns to identify cost optimization opportunities and implement strategies for significant savings. Develop and maintain comprehensive cost allocation models to accurately attribute cloud expenses to specific teams, projects, and services. Collaborate with engineering and finance teams to forecast cloud expenditure, ensuring budget adherence and proactive financial planning. Automate cost reporting and anomaly detection using tools and scripting to provide real-time insights into cloud spend. Desired Candidate Profile Minimum Experience 7+ years of total professional experience, including 5+ years in Cloud Financial Management (FinOps), cloud cost optimization, cloud operations, or financial governance roles, preferably within large, regulated enterprises or banking environments. Deep, hands-on multi-cloud expertise across AWS, Azure, OCI, and Google Cloud, with authoritative understanding of: Native cost and usage management tooling. Cloud pricing mechanics, consumption drivers, and contractual constructs. Discount and commitment programs (RI, Savings Plans, CUDs), including financial trade-off analysis and commitment risk management. Proven experience managing complex SaaS, consumption-based, and API-driven pricing models, including: AI and productivity services (e.g., Copilot and AI add-ons). Messaging and communication platforms (SMS, Email, bots). Cloud virtual desktop and end-user computing platforms with the ability to model unit economics, forecast demand, and control financial exposure. Strong practical application of FinOps operating models and best practices, including: Cost allocation and attribution aligned to business and product hierarchies. Budgeting, rolling forecasts, and variance analysis. Anomaly detection, optimization governance, and continuous cost lifecycle management. Mature chargeback/ show back frameworks suited for enterprise and banking models. Deep understanding of cloud infrastructure and platform services, spanning compute, storage, networking, databases, and PaaS offerings, with demonstrable ability to: Evaluate architectural decisions through cost, performance, resilience, and regulatory lenses. Advise on cost-efficient yet compliant architecture patterns. Strong working knowledge of software development and DevOps practices, including CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code, environment strategy, and how engineering behaviours directly impact cloud financial outcomes. Clear understanding of cloud security, risk, governance, and compliance requirements, particularly within regulated or banking environments, and their: Cost implications Trade-offs between control, observability, resilience, and financial efficiency. Extensive experience designing, validating, and consuming cloud cost data pipelines, including normalization of multi-cloud billing data to support: Executive dashboards. Business and financial reporting. Decision-support and investment governance. Exceptional stakeholder management and communication skills, with a proven ability to: Translate complex cloud cost, usage, and design decisions into clear financial narratives. Influence senior engineering leadership, finance, procurement, risk, and executive stakeholders. Drive cost accountability and value-based decision-making across the organization. Minimum Qualifications Bachelor’s degree in finance, Accounting, Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related discipline. Professional Certifications FinOps Certified Practitioner (FOCP) and FOCUS Analyst certification – mandatory, demonstrating mastery of FinOps principles, cost transparency, and standardized cloud financial data practices. FinOps for AI certification – preferred, reflecting expertise in AI/ML cost structures, consumption uncertainty, and emerging cloud spend patterns. Cloud Solutions Architect certification (AWS, Azure, or equivalent) desirable, or a strong willingness to pursue, reinforcing deep architectural understanding and cost‑aware design principles. Technical Skills Outstanding analytical and problem-solving skills, with exceptional attention to detail when working with high-volume, multi-cloud cost and usage datasets. Strong financial acumen, including: Budget ownership, purchase order management, shared cost allocation, forecasting, variance analysis, and financial guardrails. Unit cost analysis, marginal cost evaluation, and cost-to-serve modelling. Advanced cost modelling and forecasting capabilities, translating technical consumption patterns into: Financial forecasts. Business impact analysis. Investment and optimization recommendations. Expertise in cloud billing data interpretation and normalization, enabling accurate allocation, chargeback/ show back, auditability, and executive-ready reporting. Proven ability to drive behavioural change, influencing engineering, product, and business teams to adopt cost-aware architectures and FinOps best practices at scale within a regulated enterprise. Employment Type Full Time Company Industry RecruitmentPlacement FirmExecutive Search Department / Functional Area FinanceTreasury Keywords Financial AnalysisCloud EconomistFinOps EngineerFinOps SpecialistCloud Cost ManagementFinOpsCloud Business Analyst FinanceCloud Financial Analyst Get real-time job updates only on our App