Cloud Business Analyst [FinOps]

Position Summary

We are seeking a Cloud Business Analyst with FinOps experience to help improve the financial management and business value of cloud services. This role will work across finance, engineering, product, procurement, and operations to analyse cloud costs, develop actionable insights, and support effective cost allocation, forecasting, optimisation, and governance. The ideal candidate combines strong business analysis and communication skills with an understanding of cloud platforms, financial data, and FinOps principles.

Key Responsibilities

• Analyse cloud expenditure, usage, and cost trends across cloud platforms, services, teams, and business units

• Work with stakeholders to understand business requirements and translate them into clear FinOps processes, reporting needs, and improvement opportunities

• Develop and maintain dashboards, reports, and metrics to communicate cloud costs, budgets, forecasts, utilisation, and optimisation progress

• Support cloud cost allocation and showback or chargeback models, including the development of tagging standards and cost attribution practices

• Investigate cost variances and anomalies, identify their causes, and work with technical teams to agree appropriate actions

• Support cloud budget planning and forecasting by gathering assumptions, analysing trends, and collaborating with finance and service owners

• Identify opportunities to optimise cloud consumption and expenditure, and track the financial impact of agreed recommendations

• Facilitate discussions between finance, engineering, product, and business teams to improve cost awareness and accountability

• Document business processes, requirements, data definitions, controls, and reporting specifications related to cloud financial management

• Assess the quality and consistency of cloud billing and usage data, working with relevant teams to resolve data gaps and discrepancies

• Support the implementation and continuous improvement of FinOps governance, policies, controls, and operating practices

• Monitor cloud commitments, discounts, reservations, and savings plans, helping stakeholders assess utilisation and financial impact

• Prepare clear presentations and recommendations for technical and non-technical audiences, including senior stakeholders

• Maintain a record of FinOps actions, decisions, risks, dependencies, and benefits, and support continuous improvement initiatives

Required Qualifications

• Experience in business analysis, financial analysis, cloud cost management, FinOps, or a closely related role

• Understanding of cloud billing, consumption-based pricing, and cost drivers across services such as compute, storage, networking, and databases

• Ability to analyse financial and operational data, identify trends and anomalies, and develop practical recommendations

• Experience gathering and documenting business requirements, defining processes, and translating stakeholder needs into reporting or analytical solutions

• Proficiency with spreadsheets and data visualisation or reporting tools, such as Excel, Power BI, or equivalent platforms

• Strong analytical, problem-solving, organisation, and attention-to-detail skills

• Ability to communicate cost analysis and technical concepts clearly to finance, engineering, product, and business stakeholders

• Strong stakeholder engagement and collaboration skills, with the ability to work across teams with different priorities

• Understanding of budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, cost allocation, and financial reporting principles

• Ability to manage multiple requests and priorities while delivering accurate analysis to agreed timelines

• Familiarity with at least one major cloud platform, such as AWS, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working with a FinOps team or supporting the adoption of FinOps practices and governance

• Knowledge of the FinOps Framework and its principles, capabilities, and operating model

• Experience using cloud cost management, billing, or optimisation tools, such as native cloud cost management services or third-party platforms

• Experience developing cloud tagging strategies, cost allocation models, or showback and chargeback reporting

• Familiarity with SQL, data modelling, or data analysis tools for working with cloud billing and usage datasets

• Experience analysing cloud commitments, reservations, savings plans, or other discount programmes

• FinOps, cloud, business analysis, or financial analysis certification