Cloud Cost Management (FinOps) Business Analyst

Cloud Cost Management (FinOps) Business Analyst

Experience Level: Level 3 (senior): 5-7 years

Responsibilities

• Drive adoption of Cloud FinOps capabilities and best practices within the organization
• Develop cost management processes, mechanisms and controls to provide ongoing cost transparency and governance
• Articulate the value of public cloud adoption use cases to business and technology teams
• Provide commercial insights / deal economics support for strategic vendor engagements
• Drive a culture of proactive cost management, transparency and optimization across public cloud spend
• Identify cost saving / optimization opportunities and liaise with technology team to provide execution support
• Track cost optimization actions and associated value
• Define advanced cost recovery models for non-standard allocations (e.g. shared services & platforms, SaaS, etc.)
• Drive cross-functional engagement across business and technology teams through training and communications

Qualifications

• Experience working in a technology department, with focus on commercial / financial management
• Knowledge of IT infrastructure and public cloud concepts
• Experience with public cloud cost management mechanics and tools (native / 3rd party)
• Experience in financial analysis / working with large datasets and creation of data-driven executive materials
• Experience in delivering presentation content to business and technology stakeholders
• Proactive mindset and ability to work independently in a large organization
• Strong written and verbal communication skills

Additional Desired Skills

• Experience in effective IT cost management strategies, models, processes, tools
• Experience with business chargeback / cost recovery models / TCO / capacity planning
• Experience in articulating public cloud migration economics, including benefits to business/technology executives
• Experience with Cost Explorer, Cost and Usage Reports, Reserved Instances, vendor discounts and other AWS, Azure, GCP cost mechanics
• Understanding of cloud billing processes and procedures

Team Profile

The Technology division partners with our business units and leading technology companies to redesign business processes in global financial markets. Technology’s mission is to ensure the firm manages its global businesses and serves clients on a market-leading technology platform that is resilient, safe, efficient, smart, fast and flexible.

Within Technology, the Cloud Fleet is responsible for driving the adoption of public cloud services as rapidly as possible, maintaining a balance between risk, capability and cost. Repositioning our Applications and Infrastructure organizations to harness the power of the Public Cloud will enable higher productivity, flexibility, lower cost base, a highly conservative risk posture, and ultimately outpace our competitors.

Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada | Salary: CA$70.00-CA$76.00 (posted 1 day ago)