FinOps Manager

FinOps Manager
Salary & Benefits: £61,911 – £68,790 (depending on experience) base salary, plus annual personal bonus, 15% employer pension contribution (when you put in 6%), 4% flexible cash pot, private medical insurance, 30 days holiday plus bank holidays & up to 40% discretionary bonus & free shares, also offer flexible working hours, agile working practices and regular home working. We aim to ensure you have a good work-life balance and positive mental health.

Who are Lloyds Banking Group?
Lloyds Banking Group is the UK’s leading digital franchise, with over 13 million active online customers across our three main brands – including Lloyds Bank, Halifax and Bank of Scotland – as well as the biggest mobile bank in the country. We’re building the bank of the future, and we need your help. We’re continuing our extensive transformation Programme, with an investment of £3bn, redefining what a bank is from the inside
Together we make it possible.
You’ll be able to demonstrate that you:
Have excellent analytical skills and the ability to analyse and produce meaningful insights from large datasets
Intermediate to advanced Office365 skills including MS Excel and Power BI to interpret and analyse large and complex data sources
Have a good understanding of budgeting processes and financial practices
Have a keen interest in technology and the cloud and understand the cost levers available to public cloud consumers
Have great written and verbal communication skills – writing content, presentations, one to one and in groups
Are a multi-tasking team player who thrives both independently and in a geographically dispersed team.
Are a self-starter – whether that is coming up with new ideas, developing organisational and technical knowledge, or improving existing processes and solutions
For the more experienced candidates, you’ll stand out if you have these:
Knowledge of Unpicking Cloud Bills (GCP or Azure)
Experience with cost management strategies such as enterprise discount programs and commitment plans (Savings plans, Reserved Instances, Spot Instances etc)
Experience with 3rd party Cloud cost tooling e.g. Cloudability
A qualification such as FinOps Certified Practitioner; GCP or Azure certification
Identifying and facilitate reducing cloud wastage opportunities in the cloud
Experience working with Financial Services or other large enterprises and highly regulated environments
Experience working on a major public cloud provider platform

What you’d get in return:

Offering you both opportunity and profile – we’ll provide you with a diverse, energising and lively environment that focuses on equal opportunity and real career progression.

We’ll take your personal and professional development very seriously and enable you to make a genuine difference to millions throughout your career with us.
So, if you have a desire to work in a challenging role in a dynamic environment with quality at the heart of thinking, whilst gaining skills and experience within a friendly and motivated team then get in touch, then this is the role for you!
We’re flexible on location across any CI&SO hub location. As a team we have all embraced working from home. We fully support the new developing workstyles, taking a flexible approach to ‘future of work’.

We know that a 9-5 doesn’t work for everyone so can be flexible to a variety of working patterns. Whilst we can’t accommodate every option, we’re happy to consider any request.
We’ll ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.