FinOps Analyst (13-month Contract)

Cathay Pacific Airways Limited; Hong Kong; Sur place; HKD 720 000 - 1 300 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Cathay Pacific Airways Limited seeks a FinOps professional to optimise cloud cost management across AWS and Azure. You will monitor spending, analyse trends, and propose optimisations while collaborating with cloud owners and stakeholders to inform budgeting and forecasting.

The role emphasizes cost transparency, accountability, and developing cost improvement plans aligned with ROI and KPI targets across the organisation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in IT, CS, engineering or related field.
• Minimum 6 years IT experience, including 3 years in relevant FinOps/cost mgmt.
• Experience in IT budgeting, financial management and TCO comparisons.
• Ability to influence senior stakeholders and build trusted relationships.
• Knowledge of Agile or Lean methodologies in IT projects.
• Understanding of cloud operations and pricing models (Azure/AWS).
• Strong costing, budgeting, billing and infra reporting experience.
• Analytical, problem-solving and root cause analysis skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication for stakeholder groups.
• Familiarity with cloud workloads and licensing models.

Responsabilités

• Support the development and improvement of FinOps methodologies, frameworks and tools.
• Monitor cloud usage and spending; deliver regular reporting and insights.
• Identify cost fluctuations and re-forecast with cloud account owners.
• Assist with FinOps Quality Management focused on cost transparency.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to promote accountability for cloud spend.
• Analyze pricing models and billing data to spot cost-saving opportunities.
• Use cost tools to detect over/under-provisioned resources and advise actions.
• Support cost-improvement plans based on KPIs and ROI considerations.
• Assist with cloud spending forecasts and budget planning with stakeholders.
• Keep up-to-date on cloud cost management and FinOps practices; share insights.

Connaissances

FinOps

Cloud cost mgmt

Budgeting

Analytical thinking

Stakeholder influence

Agile/Lean

Formation

Bachelor's degree in IT/CS/Engineering

Outils

AWS

Azure

Description du poste

Reports to: Platform Ops Senior Lead
Support the development and implementation of Financial Operations (FinOps) practices that help optimise cloud cost management across the organisation. Working closely with cloud account owners, FinOps Leads and stakeholders, you will monitor cloud usage and spending, analyse trends, identify cost-saving opportunities and contribute to budgeting and forecasting activities.
Using cloud cost management tools and reporting platforms, you will help drive cost transparency, accountability and informed decision-making across cloud environments including Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure. Your work will directly support efficient technology investment and help move people forward through smarter digital operations.

Key Responsibilities

• Item 1 of 10, Support the development and continuous improvement of FinOps methodologies, frameworks, processes and toolsets Support the development and continuous improvement of FinOps methodologies, frameworks, processes and toolsets
• Item 2 of 10, Monitor cloud usage and spending, providing regular reporting, analysis and insights to stakeholders Monitor cloud usage and spending, providing regular reporting, analysis and insights to stakeholders
• Item 3 of 10, Identify significant cloud cost fluctuations and facilitate issue resolution or spending re-forecasting with cloud account owners Identify significant cloud cost fluctuations and facilitate issue resolution or spending re-forecasting with cloud account owners
• Item 4 of 10, Assist in executing the FinOps Quality Management Framework with a focus on cost transparency and optimisation Assist in executing the FinOps Quality Management Framework with a focus on cost transparency and optimisation
• Item 5 of 10, Collaborate with cross-functional teams to promote accountability and awareness of cloud spending Collaborate with cross-functional teams to promote accountability and awareness of cloud spending
• Item 6 of 10, Analyse cloud vendor pricing models and billing information to identify cost-saving opportunities and recommend improvements Analyse cloud vendor pricing models and billing information to identify cost-saving opportunities and recommend improvements
• Item 7 of 10, Utilise cost management tools to detect over-provisioned or under-provisioned resources and provide actionable recommendations Utilise cost management tools to detect over-provisioned or under-provisioned resources and provide actionable recommendations
• Item 8 of 10, Support the development and prioritisation of cost improvement plans based on key performance indicators and return on investment considerations Support the development and prioritisation of cost improvement plans based on key performance indicators and return on investment considerations
• Item 9 of 10, Assist with cloud spending forecasts and budget planning in partnership with cost owners and stakeholders Assist with cloud spending forecasts and budget planning in partnership with cost owners and stakeholders
• Item 10 of 10, Maintain awareness of developments in cloud cost management and FinOps practices and share relevant insights with the team Maintain awareness of developments in cloud cost management and FinOps practices and share relevant insights with the team

Requirements

• Item 1 of 10, Bachelor's degree or above in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering or a related discipline Bachelor's degree or above in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering or a related discipline
• Item 2 of 10, Technical degree holder with a minimum of 6 years of Information Technology experience, including at least 3 years of relevant Information Technology experience Technical degree holder with a minimum of 6 years of Information Technology experience, including at least 3 years of relevant Information Technology experience
• Item 3 of 10, Experience in Information Technology planning, budgeting, financial management processes and Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) comparison Experience in Information Technology planning, budgeting, financial management processes and Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) comparison
• Item 4 of 10, Experience building and maintaining relationships at a senior level, with the ability to influence stakeholders at all levels Experience building and maintaining relationships at a senior level, with the ability to influence stakeholders at all levels
• Item 5 of 10, Knowledge of Agile or Lean methodologies Knowledge of Agile or Lean methodologies
• Item 6 of 10, Knowledge of Information Technology and cloud operations Knowledge of Information Technology and cloud operations
• Item 7 of 10, Knowledge of cloud workloads and pricing models across cloud platforms such as Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services (AWS), container platforms and software licensing models Knowledge of cloud workloads and pricing models across cloud platforms such as Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services (AWS), container platforms and software licensing models
• Item 8 of 10, Solid experience in costing, budgeting, billing, infrastructure resource reporting and management tools Solid experience in costing, budgeting, billing, infrastructure resource reporting and management tools
• Item 9 of 10, Strong analytical, problem-solving, decision-making, troubleshooting and root cause analysis skills, with the ability to identify patterns and generate informed recommendations Strong analytical, problem-solving, decision-making, troubleshooting and root cause analysis skills, with the ability to identify patterns and generate informed recommendations
• Item 10 of 10, Good verbal and written communication skills, including experience presenting solutions to groups of stakeholders Good verbal and written communication skills, including experience presenting solutions to groups of stakeholders

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