FinOps Specialist - Flutter Group, Hybrid&Remote

Senior Analyst

Role purpose:

Flutter Technology are recruiting a FinOps Analyst to bridge the gap between finance, operations, and cloud engineering teams to ensure cost-efficient and scalable cloud usage. You will play a critical role in managing cloud expenditures, optimizing cloud investments, and driving financial accountability across teams in our greenfield AWS cloud platform, that underpins services consumed by the groups well-known betting brands.

This is a fantastic opportunity to shape the FinOps processes & procedures implemented across our AWS Cloud Platform. As a member of our “Cloud Enablement” function, you will empower teams to adopt cloud services efficiently, securely, and in alignment with business objectives, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and innovation.

The right candidate will have experience working with enterprise organisations developing & maturing their FinOps practices.

Responsibilities:

• Monitoring cloud usage and spending data to identify cost-saving opportunities
• Lead and contribute towards our FinOps Community of Practice
• Developing and implementing strategies to optimize cloud costs
• Collaborating with finance, operations, and technology teams to drive cost optimization initiatives
• Managing & monitoring cloud finance budgets
• Recommending changes to cloud service usage, pricing models, and purchasing options
• Developing and maintaining financial models to forecast and track cloud costs
• BAU financial Cloud management
• Creating reports and dashboards to track and communicate cloud cost optimization efforts to stakeholders
• Collaborating with other divisional FinOps teams to promote shared & best practices

Competencies:

• Cloud computing expertise: A strong understanding of AWS cloud computing services, including cloud infrastructure, software, and platform as a service (IaaS, SaaS, and PaaS)
• Financial management skills: Knowledge of financial management principles and experience in financial analysis, budgeting, forecasting, and reporting, including experience in financial modelling and cost analysis
• Data analysis skills: Proficiency in data analysis tools and techniques, including data visualization, statistical analysis, and machine learning
• Collaboration and communication skills: Strong communication and collaboration skills are essential to work closely with cross-functional teams, including finance, procurement, operations, technology and our AWS account team, to achieve cost optimization goals
• Experience with FinOps practices: Experience implementing and maintaining FinOps practices and methodologies, including knowledge of cost optimization frameworks such as AWS Well-Architected Framework, and experience using FinOps tools and platforms
• Knowledge of industry regulations: Familiarity with industry regulations such as GDPR and SOX and their impact on FinOps procedures & processes
• Cloud Governance: Understanding of policies and best practices for cloud governance and compliance

Experience:

• Experience with AWS optimisation & FinOps tooling such as Cost Explorer, QuickSight CID & AWS Trusted Advisor
• Familiarity with AWS pricing models, cost optimization strategies, and billing systems
• Proficiency in data analytics & BI tools such as Excel & QuickSight
• Basic knowledge of scripting & coding languages 
• Experience with enterprise financial systems
• Experience in creating, tracking, and optimizing budgets for IT and cloud spend
• Knowledge of cost allocation methods and showback/chargeback models in a cloud environment
• Experience identifying and implementing cost-saving opportunities such as, right-sizing, savings plans, reserved and spot instances
• Experience working cross-functionally with finance, IT, and engineering teams to align goals
• Experience of vendor management, ideally including AWS

What you can expect:

• 25 days of annual leave;

• Sharesave scheme;

• ”Flexible Benefits” of your choice;

• Private health insurance (includes dental insurance and health assessments);

• Free parking;

• Thousands of courses online through ‘Udemy';

Ways of working:

Flexible working is our way of working! We're a diverse workforce and therefore a 'one size fits all' approach isn't necessarily best. Whatever your personal needs may be, let's have a chat and see how we can accommodate them;

We thank all applicants for their interest, however only the suitable candidates will be contacted for an interview.

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