# Senior FinOps Analyst – Cloud Cost Optimization

## About the Role
ANSR is hiring a Senior FinOps Analyst to support cloud financial management across enterprise AWS environments. The role is focused on improving cost visibility, financial accountability, forecasting accuracy, and cloud resource efficiency while supporting operational excellence and compliance requirements.

The position will work closely with Cloud Engineering, Platform Engineering, DevOps, SRE, Security, Finance, Procurement, and Application teams. Its core purpose is to strengthen FinOps governance, drive sustainable cloud consumption, and support better decision-making across engineering and business stakeholders.

This role also includes building practices for AI infrastructure cost governance, with attention to AI/ML platforms, GPU infrastructure, model training, inference workloads, and GenAI services in FDA-regulated environments.

## Key Responsibilities
– Lead the FinOps strategy, governance framework, and cloud financial management practices across AWS environments.
– Drive cost accountability, cost optimization, and cost avoidance initiatives.
– Embed cost-aware decision-making across the application lifecycle by partnering with engineering, platform, DevOps, SRE, product, and finance teams.
– Build and maintain cloud cost reporting, executive dashboards, KPIs, and financial review materials.
– Develop cloud forecasting, budgeting, and variance analysis processes.
– Define and measure cloud unit economics, such as cost per user, transaction, API call, storage consumed, and data processed.
– Implement and govern financial controls including tagging strategies, budget guardrails, anomaly detection, automated remediation, and chargeback/showback models.
– Optimize AWS usage through rightsizing, architectural improvements, commitment-based discount programs, and operational efficiency initiatives.
– Establish AI FinOps and cost governance practices for AI/ML, GPU, and GenAI-related spending.

## Required Skills
– Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field.
– 5+ years of FinOps experience with measurable cloud cost savings and efficiency improvements.
– 3+ years of AWS cloud cost management experience.
– Strong understanding of cloud economics, cost allocation, tagging strategies, showback and chargeback models, budgeting and forecasting, financial reporting, and cost optimization methods.
– Experience working directly with engineering and cloud platform teams.
– Advanced Excel, Power BI, Tableau, or similar analytics and reporting skills.
– Strong communication and executive presentation skills.
– Excellent planning and management skills with the ability to align cross-functional teams on roles, responsibilities, and deadlines.
– Proven success implementing proactive FinOps strategies that improve cloud efficiency, forecasting accuracy, cost avoidance, and long-term financial governance at enterprise scale.

## Preferred Skills
– Experience in FDA-regulated industries such as MedTech, Healthcare, Life Sciences, or Medical Devices.
– Knowledge of AWS services and cloud architecture patterns.
– Experience with AWS Cost Explorer, AWS CUR (Cost & Usage Reports), and Savings Plans.
– Experience developing cloud unit economics models.
– Understanding of AI/ML infrastructure and cost governance practices.
– FinOps Certified Practitioner or FinOps Certified Professional certification.
– AWS Solutions Architect, Cloud Practitioner, or equivalent certification.

## Cloud Platforms & Technologies

### Cloud Providers
– AWS

### FinOps Platforms
– AWS Cost Explorer
– AWS CUR (Cost & Usage Reports)
– Savings Plans

### Reporting & BI
– Excel
– Power BI
– Tableau

## FinOps Responsibilities
– Define and lead cloud financial management governance and strategy.
– Improve cloud cost visibility, accountability, and financial planning accuracy.
– Build forecasting, budgeting, variance analysis, and reporting processes.
– Establish showback and chargeback models.
– Develop unit economics metrics for cloud consumption.
– Implement tagging, budget guardrails, anomaly detection, and automated remediation controls.
– Drive AWS cost optimization through rightsizing, architectural improvements, and commitment-based discount usage.
– Create cost governance practices for AI/ML, GPU, and GenAI workloads.

## Location
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

## Why You Might Be Interested
This opportunity offers the chance to shape FinOps practices in a global innovation hub built for a Fortune 100 MedTech company. The role combines enterprise-scale AWS cost management with executive-facing reporting, governance, and optimization work. It also extends into AI infrastructure cost governance, which adds relevance for professionals working at the intersection of cloud finance and emerging technologies. The position is well suited to candidates who want to influence financial outcomes while partnering closely with engineering, finance, and platform teams.

## Useful Links
– LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/4484442263
– Application: https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/4484442263