IT Finance

This is an IT Financial Analyst position with a focus supporting IT organizations, heavy emphasis on cloud metrics.

• This role IS a Financial Analyst for IT Infrastructure (with heavy emphasis on AWS Cloud cost management experience)
• This is NOT a technical IT role
• This is NOT a Data Analyst role
• This is NOT a Cloud Architecture role
• This is NOT a DevOps role.
• This role is a Financial Analyst for IT Infrastructure (with heavy emphasis on AWS Cloud cost management experience).

Our client is looking to hire an IT Finance & Support Analyst / Cloud Economist i.e., someone who has experience developing Show Back, Charge Back, Cost Allocation, and budget forecast models for IT costs in a multi-cloud environment. You will identify cost optimization opportunities and partner with cloud architects and application leads to resolve/solution and implement while reporting to business application owners their monthly costs, consumption trends, etc.

Qualified candidates will have:

• 2+ years experience in IT financial management supporting Infrastructure, cloud and desktop support teams
• 2+ years experience utilizing CloudHealth software

• Strong working knowledge of Ariba creating and managing Purchase Orders in Ariba
• Track contract end dates and ensure renewals are completed in advance of expirations (e.g., MSAs, SOWs, SLAs, software renewals, etc.)
• Knowledge of Procure To Pay (PTP) and Finance work
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with great attention to detail and accuracy
• Experience in financial modeling and analysis of large scale IT infrastructure, application and/or service investments
• Microsoft Excel and Power BI understanding and experience
• Report Generation/Automation skills and insight is a key differentiator
• Understands Cloud computing technologies (AWS/OCI/Azure) and can anticipate workload transition challenges
• Experience supporting and preparing analysis for a multi-Cloud environment
• Produce and manage annual budget & quarterly forecasts for IT business areas, tracking and reporting monthly accruals

• Bachelors degree in finance, business or a related field or equivalent work experience
• Masters or Bachelors degree in computer science or engineering related field or equivalent work experience

Initial contract is 12 months.