Sr. Cloud FinOps Analyst

Job Description

Day to Day:

A client in Chicago is looking for a Sr. Fin Ops Analyst to own the financial rigor of their cloud program. Turning usage into actionable insights and measurable savings across engineering and finance. Daily responsibilities will include the following:

• Own the FinOps data layer: Build and govern CUR/usage pipelines leveraging existing cost platforms, or home built tooling. Define schemas, SLAs, and FOCUS-aligned datasets; ensure 99%+ allocation coverage via tags/accounts.

• Establish showback/chargeback: Refine allocation models, publish monthly bills, resolve disputes, and drive accountability with budget vs. actuals and unit-economics KPIs.

• Forecast & plan: Deliver driver-based forecasts (product/BU), scenario models for roadmap changes, and monthly variance analyses for FP&A and engineering leaders.

• Optimize at scale: Create automation and playbooks (rightsizing, scheduling, storage tiering, egress patterns), partner with platform engineering team to refine opportunities, land changes, and track verified savings.

• Commitment strategy: Lead SP/RI/CUD planning and renewals, target coverage and utilization %, and negotiate commercial terms with vendors/procurement.

• Governance & guardrails: Define tagging standards, budgets/alerts, and policy-as-code controls; measure adherence and lead corrective actions.

• Anomaly response: Operate spend monitoring, triage spikes, run incident reviews, and prevent recurrences.

• Executive reporting: Build concise, role-based dashboards (engineer ? exec) and a quarterly narrative of savings, risks, and investments.

• Program leadership: Set OKRs, run backlogging and ceremonies, mentor team members, and grow a community of practice aligned to the FinOps Framework (Inform/Optimize/Operate).

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Skills and Requirements

Experience with spend across AWS

Exposure to Azure/GCP and major SaaS platforms

Experience with: data pipelines, allocation, forecasting, commitments & optimization

Experience with: cost platforms, defining schemas, running incident reviews & commitment strategy