Sr. D&T Analyst – Infrastructure Governance

Function Overview

The Digital and Technology team at General Mills stands as the largest and foremost unit, dedicated to exploring the latest trends and innovations in technology while leading the adoption of cutting-edge technologies across the organization. Collaborating closely with global business teams, the focus is on understanding business models and identifying opportunities to leverage technology for increased efficiency and disruption. The team’s expertise spans a wide range of areas, including AI/ML, Data Science, IoT, NLP, Cloud, Infrastructure, RPA and Automation, Digital Transformation, Cyber Security, Blockchain, SAP S4 HANA and Enterprise Architecture. The MillsWorks initiative embodies an agile@scale delivery model, where business and technology teams operate cohesively in pods with a unified mission to deliver value for the company. Employees working on significant technology projects are recognized as Digital Transformation change agents.

The team places a strong emphasis on service partnerships and employee engagement with a commitment to advancing equity and supporting communities. In fostering an inclusive culture, the team values individuals passionate about learning and growing with technology, exemplified by the “Work with Heart” philosophy, emphasizing results over facetime. Those intrigued by the prospect of contributing to the digital transformation journey of a Fortune 500 company are encouraged to explore more details about the function through the following Link

Purpose of the role

As a FinOps Analyst, you will support the day-to-day execution of our FinOps practices across cloud platforms, with a primary focus on Google Cloud Platform (GCP). You will help in cost tracking, data analysis, anomaly detection, and identifying cost optimization opportunities. This role is ideal for someone with a foundational understanding of GCP and cloud computing, strong analytical curiosity, and a passion for learning and innovation.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

·       Assist in daily FinOps operations across GCP, Azure, and other cloud/SaaS platforms.

·       Support the analysis of cloud usage data to identify cost anomalies, trends, and potential inefficiencies.

·       Help maintain and update cost dashboards and reports using tools such as BigQuery, Looker, or Tableau under guidance from senior team members.

·       Proactively identify & discover optimization opportunities and drive them with project team to get desired outcome.

·       Collaborate with across within CPCI and D&T functions and work on various technical requirements and identifying optimal functioning of services/products consumed by various teams.

·       Familiar with basic/beginner level of GCP technologies and able to identify optimization opportunities.

·       Contribute to FinOps meetings like the practitioner connect, director meetings and other similar connect upcoming in future.

·       Identifying automation opportunities within current processes for more productive outcome.

·       Provide basic troubleshooting support on billing discrepancies and platform usage anomalies.

·       Work closely with platform leads and other technical teams to execute cost-saving initiatives.

·       Well versed with agile methodologies and standards to lead stand-up’s and sprint meetings.

·       Assist in maintaining documentation, best practices, and playbooks for cloud cost management.

·       Contribute ideas for automation and process improvements within FinOps workflows.

·       Participate in FinOps onboarding and training sessions to build awareness within engineering and product teams.

·       Stay updated with GCP service changes and explore innovative ways to manage and optimize cloud costs.

·       Conducting maturity assessment for Finops functions and driving few areas to improvise the maturity.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Strong interest in cloud cost management and financial governance.
• Willingness to learn and adapt in a fast-paced cloud environment.
• Having basic financial understanding/knowledge of budgeting, chargeback, actual vs spends, overrun & underrun
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.
• Familiarity with FinOps principles and cloud optimization strategies.
• Exposure to other cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, Ali Cloud) or SaaS billing models.
• Experience working with data visualization tools (e.g., Looker, Tableau).
• Creativity and problem-solving skills to identify new ways of enhancing cost transparency.
• Basic scripting knowledge (e.g., Python, Shell) for automation or data extraction tasks will be added advantage.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Basic understanding of Google Cloud Platform (GCP) services, billing, and resource structures.
• GCP certification related to cloud engineer or digital leader will be added advantage.
• Should be well versed with few GCP services like compute, BigQuery, IaaS, CUD’s, Composer etc.
• Analytical mindset with attention to detail and ability to spot trends and anomalies in data.
• FinOps certification & GCP engineer certification will be added advantage.