Business Analyst - Cost Analysis - 12 Month FTC

Electronic Arts (EA); Guildford; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading gaming company in the UK is seeking an Infrastructure Cost Analyst to support forecasting and cost modeling. You will collaborate with Finance and Engineering to translate technical usage into financial insights and report on infrastructure spend. This hybrid role requires a strong understanding of cloud costs, data visualization tools, and at least 3 years of relevant experience. The position starts as a 12-month fixed-term contract with potential for permanence.

Qualifications

• Familiarity with infrastructure costs and workload usage patterns on cloud.
• Experience with data visualization software packages.
• Familiarity with SQL and similar database tools.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Finance and Engineering to translate technical usage into financial insights.
• Report infrastructure spend trends to partners and leadership.
• Forecast costs and analyze data for cost modeling.

Skills

Infrastructure cost analysis

Data visualization software

SQL and database querying

Education

B.A./B.S. in STEM, Mathematics, Statistics, Economics, Computer Science, or Engineering Sciences

Tools

AWS

GCP

Azure

Looker

Power BI

Tableau

Job description

At EA, we are looking for an Infrastructure Cost Analyst to support forecasting, cost modelling, allocations, chargebacks, and deliver cost insights that ensure our game launches and live services. You will report to the Director of Infrastructure Cost Management.

Responsibilities

• You will Partner with Finance and Engineering to translate technical usage into financial insights.
• You will, report infrastructure spend trends to partners and leadership.
• Forecast costs, build queries, and analyze data to support cost modelling, allocations, chargebacks, and cost driver insights.
• Provide CSP and SaaS vendor analytics to support negotiations and sourcing strategies.
• Apply FinOps practices to improve cost visibility, accountability, and efficiency.
• Support decision-making by modelling scenarios and delivering insights into complex problems.

Qualifications

• Familiarity with Infrastructure costs, and workload usage /consumption patterns on cloud including an understanding of cloud providers, platforms and configurations (AWS, GCP, Azure)
• Experience with data visualization software packages, e.g., Looker, Power BI, Tableau
• Familiarity with SQL and similar database tools for querying complex data sets.
• A B.A./B.S. in STEM, Mathematics, Statistics, Economics, Computer Science, or Engineering Sciences
• 3+ years of experience in related fields

This is a 12 month fixed term contract. We would hopefully be able to make this role permanent after the 12 months.

This is a hybrid role, with 3 days per week working from our office in Guildford