Roles and Responsibilities

• Analyze AWS cost and usage data across business units to identify cost patterns, anomalies, and opportunities for optimization.
• Work closely with engineering, DevOps, cloud operations, and finance teams to implement cost allocation strategies, tagging policies, and chargeback models.
• Develop and maintain AWS cost dashboards and reports using AWS Cost Explorer, CUR, and third-party FinOps tools.
• Provide cost optimization recommendations, including rightsizing, savings plans, reserved instances, and spot instances.
• Establish FinOps best practices, including budget governance, anomaly detection, and cost accountability frameworks.
• Ensure alignment of cloud spending with business goals by coordinating with teams using AWS resources.
• Implement accurate cost allocation methods for departmental, project, and workload-level tracking.
• Conduct cost-benefit analysis to ensure cloud service adoption aligns with IT financial goals.
• Monitor AWS credits, discounts, enterprise agreements, and reserved capacity purchases to optimize cost efficiency.
• Support capacity planning and forecasting to inform financial and cloud budgeting decisions.
• Automate cost optimization workflows using AWS Lambda, AWS Budgets, and other FinOps tools.
• Collaborate with security and compliance teams to align cost governance with internal policies and regulatory requirements.
• Drive continuous improvement in cloud financial management strategies and overall cost governance.

Required Skills and Experience

• Proficiency in AWS FinOps tools like AWS Cost Explorer, AWS Cost and Usage Reports (CUR), AWS Budgets, AWS Cost Anomaly Detection, AWS Cost Categories.
• Experience with AWS Reserved Instances, Savings Plans, Spot Instances, and Compute Optimizer.
• Strong understanding of cloud financial management, budgeting, forecasting, cost allocation, and chargeback models.
• Hands-on experience with SQL, Python, and cloud reporting tools such as Power BI or Tableau.
• Expertise in implementing cost optimization strategies and anomaly detection mechanisms.
• Experience with AWS Lambda for automating financial management workflows.
• Strong communication skills for stakeholder management and finance coordination.
• Deep understanding of cloud governance, cloud security, and compliance requirements.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working with cross-functional teams in engineering, DevOps, and finance.
• Knowledge of FinOps best practices and cloud cost optimization methodologies.
• Strong capacity planning and financial forecasting capabilities.

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