Cloud FinOps Specialist

Brinks - Coppell, TX

Full-time

Coppell, TX

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About the position

The Cloud FinOps and Cost Management Specialist at Brink's plays a crucial role in maximizing the value of cloud investments by developing processes for clear visibility into cloud costs and promoting cost efficiency. This position involves financial analysis, vendor management, and the creation of cost recovery models, ensuring compliance and effective communication across teams to align with cost management goals.

Responsibilities

• Promote Cloud FinOps Best Practices: Evangelize the adoption of Cloud FinOps best practices throughout the organization.
• Develop Cost Management Processes: Use Apptio Cloudability to create and maintain mechanisms and controls to provide continuous cost transparency to app owners.
• Cost Management Culture: Foster a proactive culture of cost management, transparency, and optimization in public cloud spending.
• Identify Optimization Opportunities: Discover cost-saving and optimization opportunities via the cloud ability tool and actively collaborate with the technology team to support execution.
• Track Optimization Actions: Monitor and document cost optimization actions and their associated value.
• Manage CSP Incentives: Manage entitlement from CSPs and incentives such as Reserved Instances, Savings Plans, and credits.
• Define Cost Recovery Models: Develop advanced cost recovery models for non-standard allocations like shared services, platforms, and SaaS.
• Monitor Compliance: Ensure ongoing compliance with cost management protocols.
• Cross-Functional Engagement: Promote cross-functional engagement through training and communication with business and application teams.

Requirements

• 15 years of experience in a technology department with a focus on commercial and financial management.
• Knowledge of IT infrastructure and public cloud concepts.
• Familiarity with public cloud cost management tools and techniques (Apptio Cloudability and Apptio TBM).
• Strong financial analysis skills, including working with large datasets and creating data-driven executive materials.
• Experience delivering presentations to both business and technology stakeholders.
• Proactive mindset and ability to work independently in a large organization.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Nice-to-haves

• Expertise in IT cost management strategies, models, processes, and tools.
• Experience with business chargeback, cost recovery models, total cost of ownership (TCO), and capacity planning.
• Ability to articulate the economics of public cloud migration and investment benefits.
• Proficiency with tools like Azure billing and cost management, AWS Cost Explorer, Cost and Usage Reports, Reserved Instances, and CSP discounts.
• Understanding of cloud billing processes and procedures.
• FinOps or TBM certifications.