Our NIQ Cloud Enterprise team ensures the strategy, design, delivery, deployment, maintenance, and support of our corporate technologies is best-in-class. More than 30,000 global employees rely on our team to support the systems and tools integral to NIQ’s success. We therefore partner closely with all areas of the business, including HRIS, Finance, Recruitment, T&E, Procurement, and more.
We are a forward-thinking organization targeting current technology that enables our employees to be efficient using best practices.
Job Description
The FinOps Intermediate Analyst participates in the end-to-end lifecycle for cloud financial management across NIQ including spend, forecasting, and optimization. NIQ is looking for a driven individual with demonstrated experience in maturing Cloud FinOps capabilities. This person will be responsible for working with a range of internal stakeholders to design, develop and manage reports and dashboards. You will help ensure the operational success of the NIQs cloud expansion strategy. The ideal candidate will need strong analytical, cross-team collaboration, and multi-tasking skills that can execute and deliver quickly.
Qualifications
The successful candidate’s responsibilities will include:
Maintain and improve real-time cloud cost and consumption dashboards and forecasts for executive committee briefings, corporate finance workflows and engineering transparency
Drive cost optimization efforts by analysing patterns of usage and recommending reserved instances & savings plans across Snowflake, Databricks, Azure, AWS, and GCP
Partner with our Cloud Governance Council to ensure appropriate tagging, consumption, and alert strategies are deployed and maintained at scale to manage costs
Work with product teams to accurately cost out implementations
Maintain KPIs, scorecards, and standard metrics
Experience Required:
3+ years experience with cost optimization
Deep understanding of Azure’s Cost Management & Billing, AWS’ Cost and Usage Dashboard, and GCP’s Billing Reports
Understands the FinOps subject area within a large enterprise
Advanced cost management knowledge including but not limited to chargeback modeling, cost savings and avoidance tracking, optimization opportunities, and forecasting
Practical knowledge of native cloud provider cost management capabilities and pricing models
Solid experience with third-party cloud aggregator software with direct experience in rightsizing, tagging and storage lifecycle policies, and automation
Analytical skills to collect, coordinate and present sophisticated data to a variety of audiences
Experience in developing KPIs and scorecards based on internal and industry benchmarks
Strong presentation and interpersonal skills
Additional Information
Our Benefits
Flexible working environment
Volunteer time off
LinkedIn Learning
Employee-Assistance-Program (EAP)
NIQ may utilize artificial intelligence (AI) tools at various stages of the recruitment process, including résumé screening, candidate assessments, interview scheduling, job matching, communication support, and certain administrative tasks that help streamline workflows. These tools are intended to improve efficiency and support fair and consistent evaluation based on job-related criteria. All use of AI is governed by NIQ’s principles of fairness, transparency, human oversight, and inclusion. Final hiring decisions are made exclusively by humans. NIQ regularly reviews its AI tools to help mitigate bias and ensure compliance with applicable laws and regulations. If you have questions, require accommodations, or wish to request human review were permitted by law, please contact your local HR representative. For more information, please visit NIQ’s AI Safety Policies and Guiding Principles: https://www.nielseniq.com/global/en/ai-safety-policies.
About NIQ
NIQ is the world’s leading consumer intelligence company, delivering the most complete understanding of consumer buying behavior and revealing new pathways to growth. In 2023, NIQ combined with GfK, bringing together the two industry leaders with unparalleled global reach. With a holistic retail read and the most comprehensive consumer insights—delivered with advanced analytics through state-of-the-art platforms—NIQ delivers the Full View™. NIQ is an Advent International portfolio company with operations in 100+ markets, covering more than 90% of the world’s population.
For more information, visit NIQ.com
Location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Job Link: https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/4359176890