Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Regions Bank is a financial services company seeking a Cloud FinOps Analyst to optimize cloud infrastructure costs and maximize efficiency. The role establishes budgets and forecasts, analyzes billing and usage data, develops cost-saving strategies, creates stakeholder reports, and advises engineering teams and junior analysts.
Responsibilities
- Collaborates with finance and technology teams to establish cloud budgets and forecasts
- Develops and maintains financial models and forecasts to track cloud spending and cost-saving initiatives
- Analyzes billing data and cloud usage metrics to identify trends and areas for optimization
- Plays a key role in the development and implementation of strategies to optimize cloud costs
- Creates reports and dashboards to track and communicate cloud cost optimization efforts to stakeholders
- Provides guidance to engineering teams on implementation of optimization recommendations
- Presents financial analysis to influence management decisions
- Stays current on industry trends, tools, and technologies related to cloud cost management and FinOps practices
- Prepares and maintains detailed and comprehensive documentation of processes and procedures to support and drive process improvements
- Assists management with complex projects and/or initiatives
- Offers guidance and advice to junior analysts
- Ensures compliance with risk management programs, rules and regulations, and cybersecurity practices; identifies opportunities for and supports process improvements; applies disciplined change management practices
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in a related field and five (5) years of financial analysis, management reporting, or related experience
- Or High School Diploma or GED and nine (9) years of financial analysis, management reporting, or related experience
- Certified Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud Practitioner or ability to obtain within three (3) months in role
- Ability to interpret and ensure compliance with applicable rules, regulations, and industry guidance
- Advanced knowledge of financial statements
- Proficiency in data analysis and financial modeling
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, etc.)
- Strong collaboration skills both within a team and across teams
- Strong communication skills to collaborate with technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Strong research skills
- Strong verbal, written communication, and organizational skills
- Strong work ethic and self-motivation
- Understanding of cloud technologies, financial analysis, and cost management
- This position is currently offsite, preferably close to a Regions office within our retail branch footprint (click* [*here*](https://careers.regions.com/us/en/explore-regions) *to see our locations)
- Associates will work from their home primarily and may be expected to go on site for meetings or other events as needed
- Regions will not sponsor applicants for work visas for this position at this time
- Applicants for this position must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis
- Experience with cloud cost management tools and services
- Experience in cloud optimization or in related roles within a cloud centric environment
Benefits
- Annual discretionary bonus plan may be available
- Paid Vacation/Sick Time
- 401K with Company Match
- Medical, Dental and Vision Benefits
- Disability Benefits
- Health Savings Account
- Flexible Spending Account
- Life Insurance
- Parental Leave
- Employee Assistance Program
- Associate Volunteer Program
- Associates work from their home primarily and may be expected to go on site for meetings or other events as needed
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