FinOps Governance Analyst – Comerica

FinOps/Governance Analyst

The FinOps/Governance Analyst will develop, analyze and deliver insights on cloud cost and usage. Partner with Cloud Engineers and Architects to optimize cost via usage analytics. Provide continuous feedback on Cloud cost trends and insights to business stakeholders and executive leadership, Create and effectively present Cloud finance information to a wide audience for shared understanding. Developing budget forecast and tracking spend against budget. Working across the organization to understand technical and business models, data pipelines, and other dependencies. Partner with corporate Finance to develop cost allocation methodologies as well as provide monthly invoices. Administration of Cloud Cost Management tool platform. Managing various programs around cloud cost including onboarding, tagging, automation, and governance. Working with large volumes of data and conducting targeted analyses in multiple dimensions. Evaluate new or enhanced solutions to determine potential issues and communicate how problems may impact business. Develop new ideas and FinOps strategies for cloud optimization. Conduct risk assessments against published standards and policies to ensure compliance. Identify potential risks and develop mitigation strategies. Train colleagues on how to translate cost data, dashboards, etc. Performs other duties as assigned.

Position Responsibilities:
Design & Methodology

• Work closely with business units, application teams, infrastructure areas and vendors to identity, review and evaluate the solution requirements.
• Investigate and propose strategic fits for virtualization, consolidation and rationalization solution opportunities within the infrastructure or business.
• Propose changes to the technical design solutions as applicable.
• Evaluate and align strategic fit solutions across platforms and solutions specific to system hardware and software technologies.
• Understand, participate, review and influence long term capacity planning and technology investments.

Technical Consulting

• Provide client consulting and planning guidance as applicable for moderate to complex projects.
• Provide consultation and works closely with other functional infrastructure areas/departments on multiple initiatives to meet common organizational/business goals and objectives.
• Participate in and provides consulting to project teams on architectural, design development, integration opportunities, planning of complex systems.

Planning & Organizing

• Map requirements into standard services solution, identity opportunities for integrating to existing or reuse technology and provide cost effective solutions for moderate to large highly complex project/programs/initiatives.
• Review, identify and manage requirements for moderate to complex solutions and do a cost value, feasibility and risk analysis.

Risk Management

• Review, participate, develop and update architectural standards, guiding principles, rationales and strategies.
• Evaluate, review and approve highly complex design solutions for business and Infrastructure project or programs or initiatives.

Administration

• Keep management informed of status of on activities through accurate, timely, and appropriate reporting.
• Actively participate in committees representing the department and/or planning unit.

Position Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited university in Computer Science, Engineering or in a Technology related field, OR equivalent through a combination of education and/or technology experience, OR 12 years of technology experience
• 6 years of experience identifying technical solutions for complex business problems, identifying the benefits and risks of the solutions and providing recommendations
• 5 years of Technology Experience
• This position is not eligible for sponsorship. Must have indefinite employment authorization.

Preferred qualifications:

• AWS Certified, Solid knowledge of AWS, Azure and GCP

Work Best Category:

Category C – Days in the office will either be designated days or will vary week to week from 2-5 days

Hours:

8:00am – 5:00pm Monday – Friday

Salary:

To Be Determined Based on Individual Experience