Cloud FinOps Expert
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Job description
Drive cloud cost efficiency and financial transparency across the group! Leverage your FinOps expertise to optimize cloud spend, foster cross-functional collaboration, and implement best practices. Join us to shape the future of cloud financial management and promote a culture of accountability. About the job Job purpose The main mission is to optimize our cloud financial management and ensure cost efficiency across our cloud services. The ideal candidate will bridge the gap between finance, engineering, and operations by implementing best practices for cloud cost management, budgeting, and forecasting. You will play a key role in promoting financial accountability and transparency within our cloud infrastructure. Main missions Your responsibilities include:
- Support AXA FinOps Strategy evolution to increase level of FinOps Maturity across the Group by developing and implementing FinOps strategies, policies, and best practices to control cloud spending.
- Understanding of product management and finance processes
- Collaborate with AXA GO Products on product management and product finance processes and recharging mechanisms
- Collaborate with GO Finance & Procurement onCloud Service Providers external and internal invoicing processes
- Support Budget/Forecast and Cost Optimization target setting processes
- Collaborate with product, engineering and architecture teams to identify cost optimizations while not endangering quality of service
- Drive governance activities with AXA entities
- Monitor, analyze, and optimize cloud costs and usage across multiple cloud platforms to drive cost visibility and transparency of Cloud costs across AXA
- Provide regular reports and insights on cloud spend, trends, and anomalies to stakeholders
- Facilitate cross-functional communication to promote a culture of financial accountability
- Implement tools and automation for cost tracking, reporting, and optimization
- Stay updated on cloud pricing models, new services, and industry best practices Understand opportunities and support definition for best practices for savings and governing this across the AXA Group including: o Support review of FinOps Cost Optimization opportunities o Maintain relationships with cloud service providers to ensure AXA is taking advantage of the best FinOps opportunities and contractual benefits
- Support AXA entities to manage FinOps locally
- Engage Entities to drive and accelerate the implementation of the Cost Optimization opportunities
- Closely work with Cloud Service Provider FinOps specialist for daily activities including definition of Forecast, Budget Alerts, Anomaly Detector, and other tools.
- Manage FinOps community with a goal of supporting change management and culture change across the Group
Requirements
Do you have experience in Power BI?, * Proven experience in FinOps, cloud cost management, or cloud financial analysis.
- Experience in Cloud operations and/or financial management, familiar with cloud-based architectures, cloud provider tools, financial and systems for budgeting, forecasting, and cost optimization
- Strong understanding of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud) and their billing structures.
- Experience in IT asset management or cost accounting is a plus
Technical skills
- Certification from Cloud providers such as Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure and/or FinOps Foundation
- Proven ability in conducting and presenting sophisticated and creative analysis of complex data and translating the results into actionable deliverables, messages, and presentations.
- Strong financial and analytical skills
- Good experience of Microsoft Office Suite & Power BI required (extensive knowledge of Excel required)
- A degree in computer science, Financials, or equivalent professional experience
- English mandatory
Soft skills / transversal skills
- Ability to influence topics and people to achieve results.
- Strong communication and stakeholder management abilities.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, with a track record of presenting to senior management.
- Ability to work collaboratively across technical and non-technical teams