Financial Operations Analyst

PCMI•Park Ridge, IL

3h•$90,000 - $110,000•Hybrid

About The Position

The FinOps Analyst will develop, implement, and manage financial operations processes for the Operations and IT teams. This role requires cross-functional collaboration to improve financial transparency, enable data-informed decision making, and recommend cost saving opportunities, with a primary focus on Cloud costs. In this role, you will: Develop and maintain cloud cost dashboards to deliver accurate, timely, and actionable insights across multiple cloud environments Identify cost saving opportunities and work across the Product and Engineering organizations to scope and prioritize the work in a backlog Conduct regular cost monitoring and anomaly detection, identifying trends, variance, and optimization opportunities to improve budget alignment and operational efficiency Prepare forecasts, budgets, and recurring cost reports to support strategic planning and enable data-driven decision making within the Operations department Support and participate in cloud cost governance activities, ensuring processes are consistently followed and cost-related policies align with organizational standards Create and maintain internal process documentation and provide guidance to cross-functional teams on FinOps best practices Build strong partnerships with cloud service providers and assist the Manager, Operations with vendor management tasks, including contract reviews and pricing negotiations Maintain FinOps certifications and continuous learning to keep up with the latest best practices

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration or related field or equivalent work experience.
3-5 years of experience in financial operations experience
Can analyze and interpret data to inform decision-making, and propose solutions based on logical reasoning
Intermediate or advanced proficiency in Excel, PowerBI, or other
Familiarity with project management tools such as Jira, Smartsheet, Trello, etc.
Familiarity with contract and vendor cost analysis in a cloud environment

Nice To Haves

DevOps or Software Engineering background, preferred
FinOps Certified Practitioner or relevant cloud vendor certifications (AWS and Azure preferred)
Proven experience using native cloud management platforms (AWS Cost Explorer, Azure Cost Management) and / or 3rd party tools (CloudZero, Tenzu Health etc.)

Responsibilities

Develop and maintain cloud cost dashboards to deliver accurate, timely, and actionable insights across multiple cloud environments
Identify cost saving opportunities and work across the Product and Engineering organizations to scope and prioritize the work in a backlog
Conduct regular cost monitoring and anomaly detection, identifying trends, variance, and optimization opportunities to improve budget alignment and operational efficiency
Prepare forecasts, budgets, and recurring cost reports to support strategic planning and enable data-driven decision making within the Operations department
Support and participate in cloud cost governance activities, ensuring processes are consistently followed and cost-related policies align with organizational standards
Create and maintain internal process documentation and provide guidance to cross-functional teams on FinOps best practices
Build strong partnerships with cloud service providers and assist the Manager, Operations with vendor management tasks, including contract reviews and pricing negotiations
Maintain FinOps certifications and continuous learning to keep up with the latest best practices