FinOps Analyst

The world’s top banks use Zafin’s integrated platform to drive transformative customer value. Powered by an innovative AI-powered architecture, Zafin’s platform seamlessly unifies data from across the enterprise to accelerate product and pricing innovation, automate deal management and billing, and create personalized customer offerings that drive expansion and loyalty. 

Zafin empowers banks to drive sustainable growth, strengthen their market position, and define the future of banking centered around customer value. 

What’s the opportunity?

We are looking for a FinOps Analyst to help design and implement financially optimized, scalable, and secure Azure cloud infrastructure. You will integrate FinOps principles, manage cost-effective cloud operations, and collaborate with engineering teams to ensure financial accountability and resource efficiency.

Key Responsibilities
• Cloud Cost Monitoring & Analysis
  o Monitor Azure cost dashboards, usage trends, and budget adherence across multiple subscriptions, accounts, and resource groups.
  o Analyze granular cloud spend data and provide clear insights into resource-level consumption, highlighting trends, anomalies, and cost drivers.
  o Identify unusual cost spikes, unused resources, and underutilized services; recommend optimization actions to improve cloud ROI.
  o Work with engineering and infrastructure teams to align cloud usage with budgeted expectations and suggest tuning of misconfigured or inefficient resources.
• Reporting & Insights
  o Generate regular reports, executive summaries, and visual dashboards on Azure spend, forecasting, and cost optimization metrics.
  o Support the budgeting and forecasting process for cloud spend with usage-based analytics.
  o Communicate findings and trends clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders, including flags for areas of concern, overruns, or budget risks.
• Tools & Platforms
  o Leverage Azure Cost Management and Billing, Azure Advisor, and related Microsoft tools for usage tracking and optimization recommendations.
  o Explore and propose additional tools and scripts (e.g., Power BI, Cost Explorer APIs, or Excel-based automation) to enhance reporting and alerting capabilities.
• Cross-functional Support
  o Collaborate with cloud operations, DevOps, and engineering teams to implement optimization strategies.
  o Participate in regular cost review meetings and post-mortem analyses when unexpected cost behavior is observed.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• 3 to 5 years of experience
• Basic to intermediate understanding of Microsoft Azure cloud infrastructure and services (IaaS, PaaS, tagging, subscription management).
• Hands-on experience with Azure Cost Management tools and dashboards.
• Proficiency in analyzing large datasets, identifying cost trends, and presenting actionable insights.
• Strong Excel skills, with comfort handling pivot tables, VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP, and charts.
• Analytical mindset with keen attention to detail and a proactive approach to problem-solving.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.

Preferred Qualifications

• Exposure to FinOps principles or formal FinOps certification.
• Experience working with multi-cloud or large-scale enterprise Azure environments.
• Familiarity with automation or scripting for reporting purposes (e.g., PowerShell, Python, or Azure CLI).
• Experience with reporting tools like Power BI, Tableau, or Looker.
  
  

What’s in it for you

Joining our team means being part of a culture that values diversity, teamwork, and high-quality work. We offer competitive salaries, annual bonus potential, generous paid time off, paid volunteering days, wellness benefits, and robust opportunities for professional growth and career advancement. Want to learn more about what you can look forward to during your career with us? Visit our careers site and our openings: zafin.com/careers

Zafin welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process. 

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