# About the Role

The Cloud IT Management Controller / FinOps Analyst is responsible for overseeing the financial management of cloud services while ensuring accurate budget tracking across the organization. The role combines financial control, cloud cost oversight, and data-driven reporting to support both business and technical teams.

This position is focused on monitoring cloud spend, analyzing usage and cost performance, and supporting forecasting, budgeting, and reforecasting activities. It also contributes to the development of FinOps practices and helps improve visibility into cloud consumption and financial performance.

The role works closely with business and technical stakeholders to track cloud expenses, identify budget variances, and support cost optimization efforts. A key part of the position is building and maintaining reporting automation and management dashboards.

## Key Responsibilities

– Manage cloud service costs and consumption across platforms such as Azure, AWS, and GCP.
– Track the financial performance of cloud service catalogs.
– Produce and analyze consumption, cost, and performance indicators.
– Prepare forecasts, budgets, and revised forecasts.
– Identify budget variances and recommend corrective actions.
– Support business and technical teams in monitoring and optimizing cloud spend.
– Develop and maintain reporting and analysis automation using Power Query, Dataiku, and Alteryx.
– Build and improve management dashboards.
– Contribute to the implementation and enhancement of FinOps practices.

## Required Skills

– Proven experience in management control, corporate finance, or IT finance.
– Strong command of budgeting processes, including budget management, forecasting, closings, cost tracking, and variance analysis.
– Advanced analytical skills and the ability to interpret consumption metrics.
– Advanced proficiency in Power Query.
– Experience managing cloud costs.

## Preferred Skills

– Experience in a technology or IT services environment.
– Strong interest in FinOps and cloud cost optimization.
– Familiarity with Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud Platform.
– Experience with Dataiku.
– Experience with Alteryx.

## Cloud Platforms & Technologies

### Cloud Providers
– Azure
– AWS
– Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

### Data & Analytics
– Power Query
– Dataiku
– Alteryx

## FinOps Responsibilities

– Monitor cloud costs and consumption.
– Track financial performance of cloud service catalogs.
– Analyze consumption, cost, and performance metrics.
– Support budget, forecast, and reforecast cycles.
– Investigate budget variances and propose corrective actions.
– Assist teams with cloud spend optimization.
– Help develop and improve FinOps practices.

## Why You Might Be Interested

This role offers a mix of financial control, cloud cost management, and analytics in a FinOps context. It will appeal to professionals who enjoy working across finance and technology teams and who want to contribute to better visibility and governance of cloud spend. The position also includes hands-on reporting automation and dashboard development, with exposure to major cloud platforms and FinOps practices.