FinOps Analyst

3 Weeks ago • All levels

Job Summary

Job Description

The FinOps Analyst role involves analyzing AWS cloud usage and spending across multiple accounts and services, creating reports and dashboards, and providing detailed breakdowns of cloud costs. The role also includes identifying cost-saving opportunities, assisting in the implementation of optimization strategies, managing cloud budgets and forecasts, and supporting the adoption of FinOps principles. Responsibilities include utilizing FinOps tools, developing automation scripts, and preparing financial reports. The role is within an IT Operations team, working closely with engineers and cloud architects. The company, YouGov, is a global online research company seeking to understand opinions and behaviors around the world.

Must have:

Experience in cloud cost management, focusing on AWS.
Hands-on experience with AWS services and pricing models.

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Job Details

About the role

We are seeking a detail-oriented and proactive FinOps Analyst with experience in AWS cloud environments.

The role is based in an IT Operations team, but will be working closely with engineers from Site Reliability and a cloud architect across an existing as well as a developing multi account environment.

What you will do:

Cloud Cost Analysis:

Analyse AWS cloud usage and spending across multiple accounts and services.
Create and maintain reports and dashboards to track cloud expenses, identify trends, and highlight areas of concern.
Provide detailed breakdowns of cloud costs by service, project, or department to support financial decision-making.

Cost Optimization:

Collaborate with SRE and operations teams to identify opportunities for cost savings and efficiency improvements.
Assist in the implementation of cost optimization strategies, including rightsizing, Reserved Instances, Savings Plans, and other AWS pricing models.
Monitor and report on the effectiveness of cost optimization initiatives, providing recommendations for continuous improvement.

Budgeting and Forecasting:

Work with finance and cloud operations teams to develop and manage cloud budgets and forecasts.
Assist in the creation of cost models to project future cloud expenses based on historical data and anticipated usage.
Track actual cloud spend against budgets, providing variance analysis and insights.

FinOps Best Practices:

Support the adoption of FinOps principles across the organization, promoting financial accountability and cloud cost awareness.
Assist in training and educating stakeholders on cloud cost management and optimization techniques.
Stay up-to-date with AWS pricing changes, new services, and industry best practices to continuously refine cost management strategies.

Tooling and Automation:

Utilize FinOps tools (e.g., CloudHealth, AWS Cost Explorer, Cloudability) to support cost management and reporting processes.
Assist in the development and maintenance of automation scripts and tools to streamline cloud cost management tasks.

Reporting and Documentation:

Prepare and present regular financial reports to stakeholders, highlighting key metrics, trends, and opportunities for savings.
Maintain documentation of cloud cost management processes, policies, and procedures to ensure consistency and compliance.

What you will bring:

Proven experience in cloud cost management, financial analysis, or a related role, with a focus on AWS.
Hands-on experience with AWS services and pricing models, as well as cloud financial management tools

Company Description and Culture

YouGov is a global online research company, offering insight into what the world thinks.

We speak daily to our panel of over 27 million registered members to understand opinion and behaviors around the world. We have a strong reputation as a source of accurate data and we’re trusted by the world’s biggest brands to get it right, making us the most quoted market research source in the world.

Why join YouGov?

Join our global team to help us achieve our social mission: to make millions of people’s opinions heard for the benefit of our local, national, and international communities.

Understanding diversity of opinion requires diversity of background. Although our global panel of millions of people worldwide powers our research, our biggest asset is our people. If our research is to be truly representative of what the world thinks, we need people from all walks of life to be part of the team to bring their perspective to the work we do.

Life at YouGov

We are driven by a set of shared values. We are fast, fearless, and innovative. We work diligently to get it right. We are guided by accuracy, ethics, and proven methodologies. We respect and trust each other, bringing these values into everything that we do.

We strive to provide YouGovers with best-in-class benefits to support their physical, financial, and emotional wellbeing. We want our employees to have a sense of belonging and uniqueness in a supportive workplace, so they can bring their full selves to work.

Equal Opportunity Employer

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity or expression, and sexual orientation), parental status, national origin, marital status, age, disability, genetic information, HIV status, political affiliation, socioeconomic background, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law or in line with our responsibilities as a fair and ethic employer. All employment decisions are made based on occupational qualifications, merit, and business need.

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