FinOps Analyst

Ochsner Clinic Foundation • New Orleans, LA

16h • Remote

About The Position

The FinOps Analyst analyzes cloud cost, usage, allocation, and optimization data across Azure, Amazon Web Services, Snowflake, and other in-scope services. The analyst uses IBM Cloudability and source-platform data to identify anomalies, improve cost attribution, develop savings opportunities, and produce decision-ready reporting. The role works closely with Finance, engineering teams, application owners, service owners, the FinOps Lead, and other Technology Business Management stakeholders. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties. This job description is a summary of the primary duties and responsibilities of the job and position. It is not intended to be a comprehensive or all-inclusive listing of duties and responsibilities. Contents are subject to change at the company's discretion.

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• 8 years of related experience, OR 5 years with a bachelor's degree in a related field.
• Working knowledge of Job Control Language or its equivalent in the target application environment.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills and ability to present information clearly and professionally to varying levels of individuals throughout the included job processes.
• Analytical skills and ability to use a logical thought process.
• Ability to work with frequent interruptions and changes in priorities.
• Ability to travel out of town occasionally and work flexible schedule, such as nights, weekends, extended shifts.
• Ability to travel throughout and between facilities and work a flexible schedule (e.g. 24/7, weekends, holiday, on call availability).

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor's degree.
• 5 years of programming experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Data Analytics, Information Technology, Business Administration, or a related field.
• Master’s degree in Analytics, Finance, Information Systems, or a related field.
• Experience in cloud cost analysis, financial analysis, data analytics, cloud operations, or technology financial management.
• Ability to analyze large billing and utilization datasets, identify anomalies, and quantify actionable recommendations.
• Knowledge of budgets, forecasts, allocation, variance analysis, commitments, savings baselines, and realized-savings measurement.
• Advanced spreadsheet and data-query skills.
• Ability to explain analytical findings and required actions to technical and nontechnical stakeholders.
• Hands-on experience with IBM Cloudability or a comparable cloud cost-management platform and public-cloud billing data.
• FinOps Certified Practitioner, preferably at hire or within 12 months.
• Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services, or cloud economics certification.
• Power BI or data analytics certification.
• Information Technology Infrastructure Library Foundation certification.
• Experience with Azure, Amazon Web Services, Snowflake, tagging, rightsizing, reservations, and savings plans.

Responsibilities

• Perform recurring cloud cost and usage analysis using IBM Cloudability and source-platform data.
• Reconcile cloud billing, account hierarchies, ownership mappings, and allocation outputs.
• Monitor spending, budgets, forecasts, and variances and explain material changes and emerging risks.
• Investigate cost anomalies and coordinate corrective or preventive action with responsible teams.
• Measure tagging, ownership, and allocation compliance and support remediation of incomplete or inaccurate metadata.
• Identify rightsizing, idle-resource, scheduling, storage, licensing, commitment, and resource-retirement opportunities.
• Quantify optimization recommendations with documented assumptions, dependencies, financial impact, risk, and priority.
• Maintain the savings pipeline and track recommendations through validation, approval, execution, verification, and realized savings.
• Support reservation and savings-plan analysis, including coverage, utilization, demand forecasts, terms, and financial risk.
• Produce recurring dashboards and reports for executives, Finance, engineering, application owners, service owners, and cost owners.
• Develop cost views by application, service, environment, account, business unit, and cost center.
• Support budgeting and forecasting with baselines, trends, assumptions, and consumption scenarios.
• Document analytical methods, data definitions, reporting logic, controls, and operating procedures.
• Support optimization reviews, anomaly triage, stakeholder education, and FinOps maturity activities.
• Performs analysis of assigned applications and business processes/functions.
• Modifies and supports assigned applications/systems as appropriate.
• Partners and communicates with assigned customers/end users.
• Maintains and enhances professional competencies and industry knowledge.
• Performs other related duties as required.
• Remains knowledgeable on current federal, state and local laws, accreditation standards or regulatory agency requirements that apply to the assigned area of responsibility and ensures compliance with all such laws, regulations and standards.
• This employer maintains and complies with its Compliance & Privacy Program and Standards of Conduct, including the immediate reporting of any known or suspected unethical or questionable behaviors or conduct; patient/employee safety, patient privacy, and/or other compliance-related concerns.

Benefits

• The employer is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: High school or GED