Financial Operations Analyst II

Cision • Chicago, IL

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About The Position

The position is responsible for driving cloud cost efficiency and financial accountability across the organization by enabling cost visibility, analyzing usage patterns, and partnering with cross-functional teams to embed cost-aware practices into planning, architecture, and operations. The role advances showback/chargeback disciplines, optimizes cloud spend, and supports forecasting and budgeting to ensure scalable, sustainable growth.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Computer Science, or equivalent practical experience.
• 3 + years experience in FinOps, cloud cost management, or adjacent roles analyzing and optimizing cloud spend in AWS/Azure/GCP.
• Proficiency with cloud billing models and cost structures (e.g., on-demand vs. reserved, SPs/committed use).
• Strong analytical skills with advanced Excel and experience in BI/FinOps tools for cost analysis and visualization.
• Familiarity with cloud cost platforms and native tools (e.g., AWS Cost Explorer, Azure Cost Management, Google Billing).
• Effective communicator able to translate technical and financial concepts for engineering and finance stakeholders; collaborative, outcomes-focused working style.

Nice To Haves

• FinOps Certified Practitioner (or similar cloud financial management certification).
• Experience scripting/automating cost data collection and reporting (e.g., Python, provider APIs).
• Experience implementing showback/chargeback, unit cost metrics, and KPI frameworks (e.g., cost per customer, per environment, per feature).
• Exposure to contract/vendor negotiations and rate optimization strategies (e.g., RIs, Savings Plans, committed use, enterprise agreements).
• Knowledge of sustainability metrics (e.g., workload efficiency, scheduling) as part of cost optimization.

Responsibilities

• Increase visibility of cloud spend through clear, insightful reporting and dashboards (e.g., service, environment, team, and product views).
• Analyze usage, trends, and unit economics to identify optimization opportunities (e.g., rightsizing, reservations/savings plans, scheduling, eliminating waste).
• Partner with Engineering and Finance to integrate cost considerations into design decisions, capacity planning, and quarterly/annual budgeting cycles.
• Implement and tune alerts/monitors for spend anomalies; investigate spikes and drive corrective actions with owners.
• Develop cost forecasts and scenarios to inform contracts, vendor negotiations, and growth planning.
• Establish and maintain tagging, allocation, and showback/chargeback standards to improve accountability and decision-making.
• Recommend and operationalize toolsets and automations (e.g., Cost Explorer/Azure Cost Management/GCP Billing, BI tools, scripting) to scale FinOps practices.
• Educate stakeholders on cloud economics, unit metrics, and best practices; cultivate a culture of cost awareness.
• Perform other duties and responsibilities as required to support business needs.

Benefits

• Diversity, equity, and inclusion is vital to driving our culture, sparking innovation and achieving long-term success.
• CEO Action for Diversity & Inclusion™ pledge
• Top Diversity Employer for 2021 by DiversityJobs.com
• Equal opportunity employer
• Reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level