Senior Cloud Financial Operations (FinOps) Analyst

Specialist - Cloud Engineering Job Title Senior Cloud FinOps Analyst Cloud Cost Optimisation Specialist Experience 7 Years Job Summary We are seeking an experienced Cloud FinOps Specialist with strong expertise in AWS Azure and GCP cost management and optimisation The ideal candidate will be responsible for driving cloud financial governance monitoring cloud spend implementing cost allocation strategies and identifying opportunities to optimise cloud consumption while maximising business value Key Responsibilities Monitor analyse and report cloud expenditure across AWS Azure and GCP environments Develop and implement cloud cost optimisation strategies to improve efficiency and reduce unnecessary spend Define and enforce cost allocation frameworks tagging standards and cloud financial governance policies Collaborate with engineering operations finance and business teams to optimise cloud resource utilisation Create dashboards and reports to monitor cloud cost KPIs spending trends forecasts and optimisation opportunities Analyse Reserved Instances RI Savings Plans and cloud pricing models to maximise cost savings and resource efficiency Drive chargeback and showback initiatives across business units Perform cloud cost forecasting budgeting and variance analysis Identify wastage idle resources and optimisation opportunities and recommend corrective actions Support cloud financial planning and FinOps maturity initiatives across the organisation Automate cloud cost reporting and governance processes using scripting and cloudnative tools Required Skills Primary Skills Cloud FinOps Cloud Cost Optimisation AWS Cost Management Azure Cost Management Cloud Billing Cost Analysis Budgeting and Forecasting Chargeback Showback Models Cost Allocation Tagging Strategy Reserved Instances RI Savings Plans Management Secondary Skills Google Cloud Platform GCP Cloudability AWS Cost Explorer Azure Cost Management Billing Power BI Tableau Dashboarding FinOps Frameworks and Best Practices Automation Scripting Python PowerShell Shell Scripting Technical Expertise Strong understanding of AWS Azure and GCP services and pricing models Experience with cloud billing and cost management tools such as oAWS Cost Explorer oAzure Cost Management oCloudability Knowledge of cloud financial governance and FinOps principles Ability to build executivelevel dashboards and cost reporting frameworks Familiarity with automation and scripting for cloud cost management and reporting Preferred Qualifications FinOps Certified Practitioner or FinOps Certified Professional AWS Azure or GCP Cloud Certifications Experience working with enterprisescale multicloud environments Strong analytical stakeholder management and communication skills Key Success Metrics Percentage reduction in cloud costs Improvement in resource utilisation and optimisation coverage Forecasting accuracy and budget adherence Adoption of tagging and cost allocation standards Savings generated through RISavings Plans and optimisation initiatives Keywords FinOps Cloud Cost Optimisation AWS Azure GCP Cloudability Cost Explorer Chargeback Showback Budgeting Forecasting Reserved Instances Savings Plans Cloud Governance Cloud Financial Management