## About the Role
Teradata is hiring a Senior Financial Analyst for its Cloud FP&A team to support financial insight, process accuracy, and monthly operational execution across cloud infrastructure cost management. This role is responsible for the full cycle of infrastructure cost analysis, cloud allocations, financial reconciliations, and reporting.
The position works closely with Corporate FP&A, regional finance teams, Cloud Operations, Engineering, systems partners, and business stakeholders involved in infrastructure cost, headcount planning, and chargebacks. The role supports financial planning, close activities, and reporting while helping improve the accuracy and efficiency of financial processes.
## Key Responsibilities
– Perform infrastructure cost allocation, absorption analysis, and chargeback validation.
– Manage monthly and quarterly finance activities, including:
– Running PCM and EPB rules and reports
– Preparing Sites and Nodes files and updating cost templates
– Reconciling General Ledger data against infrastructure cost accounts
– Reviewing and uploading adjustments, deferrals, and true-ups
– Maintain and enhance the chargeback model, including credits, debits, and amortizations.
– Reconcile billing systems against Cloud Zero reports and investigate variances.
– Support headcount actuals versus forecast reviews with managers and regional leads.
– Prepare and update reporting such as Cloud P&L, Demo/POC, and Shared Cost allocations.
– Execute and validate AGIS and US Journal Entries through PCM rule execution.
– Maintain data sources, including Flexera, customer mapping, and catalog updates.
– Support annual planning and forecast cycles with infrastructure cost projections.
– Coordinate cloud cost presentations and executive reporting.
– Identify and drive automation or process improvement opportunities across systems and reports.
– Provide ad hoc analysis and present variance explanations, logic changes, and strategic implications.
## Required Skills
– Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Engineering, or a related field.
– 5+ years of progressive experience in corporate finance or financial planning.
– Strong understanding of cost allocations, cloud infrastructure financial models, and general ledger processes.
– Experience with financial systems such as EPB, PCM, Oracle, Smart View, or similar tools.
– Advanced Excel skills, including working with large data sets and pivot tables.
– Experience with month-end and quarter-end close processes, reconciliations, and variance analysis.
– Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, matrixed environment.
– Fluency in English, both written and verbal.
– Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
– High attention to detail and accountability for accuracy.
– Strong communication skills with the ability to translate financial data into actionable insights.
– Ability to work independently and collaboratively.
– Resume/CV must be submitted in English.
## Cloud Platforms & Technologies
### FinOps Platforms
– Cloud Zero
– Flexera
### Financial Systems
– EPB
– PCM
– Oracle
– Smart View
## FinOps Responsibilities
– Perform cloud infrastructure cost allocation and absorption analysis.
– Validate chargebacks and maintain the chargeback model.
– Reconcile billing systems with cloud cost reporting.
– Support cloud cost reporting and executive presentations.
– Maintain infrastructure cost templates and data sources used for planning and reporting.
– Support annual planning and forecast cycles with infrastructure cost projections.
– Identify opportunities to improve automation and process efficiency in cloud cost reporting and analysis.
## Why You Might Be Interested
This role offers the opportunity to work at the intersection of finance, cloud operations, and engineering in a global matrixed environment. The scope includes cost allocation, reconciliations, reporting, forecasting, and process improvement, making it well suited to someone with strong FP&A and cloud finance experience. You would also work closely with cross-functional teams on monthly and quarterly financial processes and executive-level reporting. Teradata also offers a flexible work model and emphasizes well-being and collaboration across its global organization.
