Principal FinOps Lead

Reporting to the Vice President of Enterprise Services, the Principal FinOps Lead will drive the optimization of Cloud spending for NCR Atleos. The ideal candidate has a passion for analyzing Cloud reports and recommendations to work with Engineering teams to drive improvements to optimize Cloud expenses.

Responsibilities for Executive Director of Cloud Networking

• Collaborate with Engineering teams to provide data insights and business intelligence as it relates to internal cloud spend
• Drive decisions to purchase Reserved Instances, Optimize Deployment Footprints, Delete unused disks, and turn machines off when not in use
• Continuously monitor and analyze cloud expense data to identify new opportunities for optimization.
• Analyze Cloud consumption data to identify wasteful spend and provide actionable insights to attribute, control, and optimize spend
• Leverage visualization and mapping tools such as Looker, Excel and other data analytics tools to conduct analysis, produce charts/graphs and support internal engagements
• Work with engineers to drive recommendations to optimize cloud spending.
• Engage with the business to track, manage and forecast cloud spending across their business
• Participate in planning discussions and project reviews with key stakeholders to align on new projects and ensure alignment on all aspects of cloud infrastructure expense planning
• Develop cost unit economics across our cloud spend and develop processes to enable accurate hosting gross margin analysis.

Desired Skills for Executive Director of Cloud Networking

• Proficiency in data analysis tools (e.g., Excel, SQL, Looker) and the ability to analyze complex data sets, identify patterns, and draw actionable insights.
• Ability to create, document, and communicate financial analysis and cost optimization recommendations for cloud services with both technology and finance teams
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills and excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, or related field
• 5+ years of work experience in FinOps, data analytics, data science, or related fields
• Fair knowledge of SaaS/Cloud business models
• Experience with at least one of the Public Clouds: Azure, GCP, OCI or AWS

Preferred Skills

• Possess a current Cloud FinOps certification

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Offers of employment are conditional upon passage of screening criteria applicable to the job.

Full time employee benefits include:

• Medical Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Life Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Short/Long Term Disability
• Paid Vacation
• 401k