IT FinOps Analyst

Atlas Air, Inc•City of White Plains, NY

14h•$104,000 - $141,000•Hybrid

About The Position

This role leads portfolio-level cloud financial management, strategic cost optimization, and executive advisory for enterprise cloud spending. The position resides within the Portfolio function and holds primary responsibility for successful execution of a multi-disciplinary team under the “FinOps” framework. The role partners closely with Finance, IT leadership, and technology delivery and analytics teams to influence cloud investment decisions. This is a hands-on analytical role, deeply engaged in AWS and other cloud provider cost data, and works alongside other cloud professionals.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Business, Economics, Computer Science, or a related field (advanced degree preferred).
4+ years of experience in cloud financial management or IT financial management, with demonstrated ownership of cloud cost strategy and outcomes.
Hands-on experience analyzing AWS cloud cost and usage data, with the ability to explain cost drivers, variances, and optimization opportunities.
Proven experience designing and managing cloud savings strategies, including Savings Plans, Reserved Instances, and vendor commitments.
Strong analytical and financial modeling skills, including forecasting, scenario analysis, and benefits realization tracking.
Demonstrated ability to advise senior leaders on cloud investment decisions, balancing cost, risk, and performance.
Strong executive communication skills, with the ability to influence outcomes across Finance, technology delivery and analytics, vendors, and IT leadership in a complex, fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

Own enterprise-wide cloud financial management, including cost transparency, accountability models, and optimization strategy.
Develop and maintain multi-year cost optimization and savings plans, including reservations, savings plans, vendor commitments, and life-cycle management.
Successfully balance flexibility, risk, and savings when recommending commitments
Advise Finance and IT leadership on trade-offs between cost, risk, and performance.
Lead forecasting, variance analysis, and scenario modeling for cloud spend.
Integrate cloud costs into enterprise IT financial models, budgets, and forecasts.
Maintain market intelligence, including cloud vendor pricing models, financial impact from their changes,
Performs hands-on analysis of AWS cost and usage data using tools that include CloudHealth, Cost Explorer, CUR, and other FinOps tools
Diagnose and explain spend variances, anomalies, and forecast deviations
Lead root-cause analysis of unexpected cloud spend in partnership with engineering teams
Own savings plans and reserved instance strategy, and perform break-even, utilization, and coverage analysis
Translate architectural and operational decisions into financial impact.
Develop KPIs translating engineering activity into financial outcomes
Track efficiency trends and optimization velocity
Serve as the primary and trusted financial advisor to IT and technology delivery and analytics leadership on cloud cost efficiency and investment decisions.
Lead cross-functional discussions with technology delivery and analytics, Finance, vendors, and IT executives, and mediate tradeoffs and competing priorities.
Present financial insights, cost narratives, risks, and recommendations to senior leadership with confidence and authority.
Ensure adherence to internal financial controls, audit expectations, and compliance standards.