[Hiring] Senior Finops Analyst @First American (India)

Role Description

A successful FinOps Analyst is analytical, detail-oriented, and comfortable working with both financial and technical data. They communicate clearly with diverse teams, translating cloud cost information into actionable insights. They are organized, curious, disciplined in tracking and reporting, and able to manage competing priorities. Strong problem-solving skills, accuracy in analysis, and a focus on continuous improvement are essential to perform effectively in the role.

Key Responsibilities

• Cloud Cost Analysis & Reporting: Monitor and analyze cloud spending across multiple platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP) to identify cost drivers, trends, and anomalies. Prepare detailed reports and dashboards for stakeholders.
• Optimization & Efficiency: Partner with engineering and product teams to recommend and implement cost-optimization strategies such as rightsizing, scheduling, reserved instances, savings plans, and storage optimization.
• Budgeting & Forecasting: Support cloud budget development, forecasting, and variance analysis. Provide insights into spending efficiency and assist in developing financial models for future growth.
• Governance Management: Contribute to the development of FinOps frameworks and standards to ensure transparency, accountability and efficiency across cloud environments.
• Collaboration & Enablement: Work cross-functionally with Finance, Procurement, and Cloud Operations teams to promote FinOps best practices, enabling teams to make data-driven cost decisions.
• Tooling & Automation: Leverage native and third-party tools to automate cost tracking, alerting, and reporting.

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Computer Science, or a related field.
• Experience: 5+ years of experience in cloud cost management, FinOps or financial analysis.
• Technical Skills:
  • Strong Excel and data visualization skills (Power BI, Tableau, or Grafana).
  • Good understanding of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and cost management tools.
  • Familiarity with data analysis tools (e.g., Python, SQL) is a plus.
• Certifications (Preferred): FinOps Certified Practitioner, AWS Cloud Practitioner, or similar.
• Soft Skills: Strong analytical mindset, communication, stakeholder management, and business acumen.

Success Indicators

• Reduction in unnecessary or underutilized cloud spend.
• Improved forecasting accuracy and budget adherence.
• Increased adoption of FinOps practices across engineering and finance teams.
• Enhanced transparency and accountability in cloud cost reporting.

Company Description

FAI is committed to create an environment that respects, supports and inspires all individuals. We do not discriminate on the basis of color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation and age. At FAI, we celebrate diversity and believe that an inclusive workforce benefits employees, the organization and our community. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. For more information about our company and dedication to putting People First, check out our careers page .