Address Who we are looking for
Charles River Development is rapidly growing its Software-as-a-Service platform. We are seeking a highly motivated and analytical FinOps Analyst to join our Cloud Governance Team. The FinOps Analyst will play a crucial role in optimizing financial operations by analyzing data, identifying trends, and implementing strategies to improve efficiency and cost-effectiveness. The ideal candidate possesses a strong understanding of financial principles, proficiency in data analysis tools, and excellent communication skills. We offer an opportunity for talented and driven individuals to get on board with an organization that values personal initiative and growth.
Why this role is important to us
The team you will be joining is a part of Charles River Development (or CRD), that became a part of State Street in 2018. CRD helps create enterprise investment management software solutions for large institutions in the areas of institutional investment, wealth management and hedge funds. Together we have created first open front-to-back platform - State Street Alpha, that was launched in 2019.
Join us if delivering next generation infrastructure, using emerging technologies like AI and Blockchain sounds like a challenge you are up for.
What you will be responsible for
- Partner with SaaS, engineering, and Finance teams to implement and maintain robust FinOps practices with the goal of creating a Cloud Center of Excellence (CCOE)
- Analyze cloud utilization data from Azure and AWS to identify cost optimization opportunities
- Develop and implement cost-savings strategies, including right sizing resources, analyzing reserved instances and savings plans opportunities, while maintaining or enhancing product/service quality and SaaS client value
- Maintain, build, update dashboards and reports to provide clear visibility into cloud consumption and resource utilization, while evaluating unit-economic client contribution
- Develop financial models to forecast unit economic metrics under various scenarios and assumptions
- Perform sensitity analysis and scenario planning to assess the impact of changess in key variables in unit-level profitibablity
- Collaborate with stakeholders across the organization to promote a culture of cloud cost awareness and accountability, leveraging appropriate chargeback models
- Evaluate vendor contracts and agreements to ensure alignment with business objectives and cost-efficiency
- Forecast future cloud costs and develop budgets to ensure efficient resource allocation
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive continuous improvement initiatives and best practices adoption
- Present findings and recoomendations to senior management and cross-functional teams, facilitating informed decision-making and action planning
- Stay up-to-date on the latest FinOps best practices and cloud cost management tools
What we value
- A high degree of technical aptitude and troubleshooting skills
- A strong sense of customer service, attention to detail, and issue ownership
- Ability to manage and prioritize multiple significant projects and initiatives.
- Strong process development and automation skills
- Practical knowledge needed to author modular and maintainable scripts and utilities
- Large-scale identity and access management experience in a highly regulated environment
- Solid understanding of cloud cost management (Monitoring and Analysis, Cost Optimization, Forecasting and budgeting, Resource Allocation and Tagging, Policy Enforcement and Governance)
- Ability to lead and work well with multiple priorities, and effectively handle concurrent demands to prioritize responsibilities
- Ability to formulate clear strategy, present and gain support
- Ability to effectively integrate, contribute and overlap with other functions including cloud/enterprise architecture, compliance, risk, engineering, developers, operation
- Ability to formulate objectives with clear business value and demonstrate progress along the way
- Ability to communicate complex and innovative concepts with proven experience driving decision making across different stakeholder groups
- Ability to be self-directed and to proactively anticipate problems and seek opportunities
- A champion for continuous improvement
- Experience with infrastructure systems, security assessments, and security processes is a bonus.
Education & Preferred Qualifications
- Minimum of 5 Years of FinOps and cloud cost management experience
- At least 5 years of continuous cloud cost management experience required
- Scripting and automation experience using PowerShell & Python a plus
- Experience with cloud providers and FIno(ex: Amazon Web Services / AWS and/or Azure )
- Experience with cloud cost management tools and data analysis platforms (e.g., Cloudability, Cloudhealth, Power BI).
- Professional IT certifications are a plus
What we do. State Street is one of the largest custodian banks, asset managers and asset intelligence companies in the world. From technology to product innovation, we’re making our mark on the financial services industry. For more than two centuries, we’ve been helping our clients safeguard and steward the investments of millions of people. We provide investment servicing, data & analytics, investment research & trading and investment management to institutional clients.
Work, Live and Grow. We make all efforts to create a great work environment. Our benefits packages are competitive and comprehensive. Details vary by location, but you may expect generous medical care, insurance and savings plans, among other perks. You’ll have access to flexible Work Programs to help you match your needs. And our wealth of development programs and educational support will help you reach your full potential.
Inclusion, Diversity and Social Responsibility. We truly believe our employees’ diverse backgrounds, experiences and perspectives are a powerful contributor to creating an inclusive environment where everyone can thrive and reach their maximum potential while adding value to both our organization and our clients. We warmly welcome candidates of diverse origin, background, ability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity and personality. Another fundamental value at State Street is active engagement with our communities around the world, both as a partner and a leader. You will have tools to help balance your professional and personal life, paid volunteer days, matching gift programs and access to employee networks that help you stay connected to what matters to you.
State Street is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer.
Company: Charles River Development
