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The Cloud FinOps Specialist will work closely with cross functional teams across the enterprise including Technology, Data, Product and Finance organizations, in additional to 3rd party vendors. The Cloud FinOps Analyst will develop and maintain a holistic view of our cloud roadmap, cloud operational health and cloud usage data to reduce costs and drive efficiencies, while providing regular updates to executive leadership.\nESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS : Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties.\nFinancial analysis and reporting to monitor finances associated with business operations and cloud\nFinancial management of cloud usage data to implement cost savings recommendations and best practices to drive efficiencies (identify cost optimization opportunities, including rightsizing instances, utilizing reserved instances and savings plans, and optimizing storage and networking configurations).\nIdentify significant cost savings through optimizations, with clear data and reporting measuring outcomes and highlighting areas of opportunity\nConduct capacity planning analysis and cloud budget planning; Support the business aspects of new workload migration\nIntegrate financial systems with cloud billing tools\nLead the development and implementation of Cloud FinOps best practices across the organization, including cost governance, budgeting, forecasting, AWS marketplace purchases, and cost allocation methodologies to accurately track spending by department, team, or project.\nPartner with finance and IT teams to develop a comprehensive cloud cost management framework, including budgets, monthly forecasts, investment cost analysis, and variance analysis\nDesign and maintain dashboards and reports to provide stakeholders with clear visibility into cloud costs and usage trends.\nSet up the AWS services plan, continuous cost optimization of the services plan, and cost tracking and reporting of the cloud resources\nTrack and manage the lifecycle of AWS Marketplace subscriptions, including renewals and terminations.\nCommunicate effectively with technical and non-technical audiences to explain cloud cost concepts and recommendations, including the impact of AWS Marketplace purchases.\nSupervisory Responsibilities: This position has no formal supervisory responsibilities.\nMINIMUM REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS :\nBachelor’s degree, preferably in a field related to Finance, Business Administration\nEight (8) years of direct experience with IT Finance and cloud experience OR\nEquivalent combination of education and experience\nCertificates and Licenses: None required.\nOTHER REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:\nA strong understanding of cloud computing concepts and best practices (AWS, Azure, GCP, etc.)\nSolid financial acumen with experience in budgeting, forecasting, and cost analysis\nExperience developing data analytics dashboards and reporting, relating to finance and operational processes\nCloud cost management tools (CloudZero, Cloudability CloudHealth, etc.)\nFinancial modeling and planning software\nStrong verbal and written communication skills with ability to interface with all levels of management and staff\nIntegral experience with business projects in determining and driving process, technology and organizational changes/impacts\nProven problem-solving and analytical skills, with the ability to apply business judgment to complex problems and make decisions\nMicrosoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project, Visio, etc.); Web proficiency.\nAbility to travel 5% of the time\nAbility to clear required background check\nWORK ENVIRONMENT: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.\nThis position is virtual and open to residents of the 50 states, D.C.\nCOMPENSATION & BENEFITS: Stride, Inc. considers a person’s education, experience, and qualifications, as well as the position’s work location, expected quality and quantity of work, required travel (if any), external market and internal value when determining a new employee’s salary level. Salaries will differ based on these factors, the position’s level and expected contribution, and the employee’s benefits elections. Offers will typically be in the bottom half of the range.\nWe anticipate the salary range to be $85,224.75 - $149,966.40. Eligible employees may receive a bonus. This salary is not guaranteed, as an individual’s compensation can vary based on several factors. These factors include, but are not limited to, geographic location, experience, training, education, and local market conditions. Stride offers a robust benefits package for eligible employees that can include health benefits, retirement contributions, and paid time off.\nJob Type\nRegularThe above job is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and standards of the position. Incumbents will follow any other instructions, and perform any other related duties, as assigned by their supervisor. All employment is “at-will” as governed by the law of the state where the employee works. It is further understood that the “at-will” nature of employment is one aspect of employment that cannot be changed except in writing and signed by an authorized officer.\nIf you are a job seeker with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to apply for one of our jobs, you can request the appropriate accommodation by contacting .\nEqual Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities\nStride, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants receive consideration for employment based on merit without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status, or any other basis prohibited by federal, state, or local law. Stride, Inc. complies with all legally required affirmative action obligations. 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