Cloud Financial Operations Specialist

As a Cloud FinOps Specialist at Stride, you will be responsible for managing cloud program operations, governance, cost optimization, and financial reporting activities as they relate to our cloud environment across all major platforms (AWS, Azure, etc). 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.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS : Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties.

Financial analysis and reporting to monitor finances associated with business operations and cloud

Financial 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).

Identify significant cost savings through optimizations, with clear data and reporting measuring outcomes and highlighting areas of opportunity

Conduct capacity planning analysis and cloud budget planning; Support the business aspects of new workload migration

Integrate financial systems with cloud billing tools

Lead 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.

Partner with finance and IT teams to develop a comprehensive cloud cost management framework, including budgets, monthly forecasts, investment cost analysis, and variance analysis

Design and maintain dashboards and reports to provide stakeholders with clear visibility into cloud costs and usage trends.

Set up the AWS services plan, continuous cost optimization of the services plan, and cost tracking and reporting of the cloud resources

Track and manage the lifecycle of AWS Marketplace subscriptions, including renewals and terminations.

Communicate effectively with technical and non-technical audiences to explain cloud cost concepts and recommendations, including the impact of AWS Marketplace purchases.

The 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.

If 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 stridecareers@k12.com.

Stride, 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. A pplicants will not be discriminated against because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant.