FinOps Analyst – AWS – Healthcare
Location: Remote
Fulltime
Key Responsibilities:
Cloud Financial Management & Optimization
Analyze AWS usage to identify cost-saving opportunities such as Reserved Instances, Savings Plans, rightsizing, and idle resource cleanup.
Leverage CloudWatch, CloudHealth, etc., to detect anomalies, drive optimization, and surface actionable insights.
Support planning and utilization tracking for AWS Enterprise Discount Programs (EDP), Reserved Instances (RI), and Savings Plans (SP).
Tagging & Cost Allocation Governance
Own the organization-wide cloud tagging strategy, including development, enforcement, and remediation.
Improve tagging compliance and cost attribution across business units, environments, and client footprints.
Maintain and evolve cost allocation models using linked accounts, cost categories, and resource metadata.
Automate tagging audits, compliance dashboards, and reporting of unallocated costs.
Forecasting, Budgeting & Variance Management
Lead the cloud forecasting and budgeting process in partnership with FP&A, Infrastructure, and Product teams.
Build driver-based forecasting models using usage patterns, client onboarding assumptions, and business growth scenarios.
Monitor and explain budget variances; provide root-cause attribution using data from CloudHealth and CUR.
Deliver executive forecast packages monthly, with variance-to-budget reporting and forward-looking trend analysis.
Proposal & Pricing Support
Partner with Product, Sales, and Finance to develop client hosting proposals, internal rate cards, and quoting assumptions.
Provide inputs on infrastructure cost, margin analysis, and usage projections tied to deals, renewals, or roadmap expansions.
Validate post-sale assumptions against actual usage, recommending adjustments where needed to improve pricing accuracy.
FinOps Tooling & Enablement
Manage the usage of CloudHealth and CloudWatch for real-time monitoring, cost modeling, and executive dashboards.
Evaluate and integrate other FinOps tools (e.g., CloudCheckr, Apptio Cloudability, AWS CUDOS) as needed.
Deliver automated, self-service reports and dashboards for Finance, Engineering, and Executives.
Business Alignment, FinOps Maturity & Governance Integration
Define and track cloud unit economics (e.g., cost per client, per user, per transaction).
Align cloud financial practices with platform growth, product economics, and customer profitability targets.
Drive FinOps maturity across the Inform → Optimize → Operate lifecycle.
Integrate FinOps into broader IT governance models, including architecture, security, and delivery workflows.
Foster a cost-aware culture through training, documentation, and cross-functional engagement.
Cross-Functional Collaboration
Act as a bridge between Engineering, DevOps, Finance, Product, and Procurement to embed FinOps into planning and execution.
Support cloud pricing and intake processes for internal and client-facing platform deployments.
Work with security, compliance, and internal audit to align financial operations with regulatory and policy frameworks.
Required Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field.
6–8+ years of experience in cloud financial operations, FinOps, or cloud infrastructure cost management.
Hands-on experience with AWS CloudWatch and CloudHealth for cost visibility and performance optimization.
Strong knowledge of AWS billing constructs, including CUR, Cost Categories, RI/SP, and EDP.
Familiarity with additional FinOps tools such as CloudCheckr, Apptio Cloudability, AWS CUDOS, Azure Cost Management, or GCP Billing tools.
Experience querying the AWS Cost and Usage Report (CUR) via Athena, Redshift, or SQL-based tools.
Proficiency with Excel or Google Sheets; working knowledge of SQL, Python, Power BI, QuickSight, or Tableau preferred.
Demonstrated success in developing forecasting models, tagging governance frameworks, and optimization initiatives.
Commitment to obtain FinOps certification (Practitioner or Professional) within 6 months if not already held.
Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills across technical and business functions.
Preferred Qualifications:
FinOps Certified Practitioner or Professional strongly preferred.
Experience supporting multi-cloud or hybrid cloud strategies (e.g., Azure, GCP).
Background in SaaS, healthcare, or other regulated, cost-sensitive industries.
Familiarity with building internal cost allocation policies, platform pricing frameworks, and margin models.
Success Measures (KPIs):
95% of cloud spend tagged and allocated accurately across cost centers and environments
Forecast variance consistently <10% MoM across critical workloads Realized savings from FinOps recommendations tracked quarterly Proposal pricing assumptions validated with <10% variance to actual usage FinOps dashboards actively adopted by Product, Engineering, and Finance stakeholders Unit economics models delivered for platform pricing and client hosting analysis FinOps integrated into architecture reviews, intake governance, and financial planning Show more Show less