Senior Cloud FinOps

Minfy Technologies; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Minfy Technologies is seeking a Cloud FinOps Analyst to support cloud financial operations, cost optimization, billing governance, reporting, and advisory services across AWS environments. You will collaborate with Customers, Finance, Billing, Sales, and Cloud Operations to ensure visibility into cloud spend, utilization, profitability, and optimization opportunities.

The ideal candidate blends cloud technical knowledge with financial analytics, dashboarding, and stakeholder management, building

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with AWS billing and cost management concepts.
• Ability to build dashboards and reports using Power BI and Excel.
• Experience with Python and SQL for automation.
• Strong stakeholder management and customer advisory skills.

Responsibilities

• Drive cloud cost transparency and financial accountability.
• Produce monthly dashboards and cost reports.
• Build forecasting and spend analysis models.
• Support customer onboarding and FinOps governance initiatives.
• Monitor usage trends and identify optimization opportunities.
• Support budget monitoring, spend reviews, and anomaly detection.
• Collaborate with Finance teams on billing governance and margin analysis.
• Generate actionable recommendations to improve cloud efficiency and reduce waste.
• Promote FinOps best practices and cloud financial awareness across customers and internal stakeholders.

Skills

AWS basics

Cost management

Excel advanced

Power BI

Data analysis

Python

SQL

PowerShell

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Tools

AWS Cost Explorer

AWS Budgets

CUR (Cost & Usage Reports)

Quicksight

Tableau

Job description

Reporting To: Senior Manager – Cloud & FinOps

Role Summary

We are looking for a Cloud FinOps Analyst to support cloud financial operations, cost optimization, billing governance, reporting, and customer advisory services. The role requires close collaboration with Customers, Finance, Billing, Sales, and Cloud Operations teams to provide visibility into cloud spend, utilization, profitability, and optimization opportunities.

The ideal candidate should possess a blend of cloud technical knowledge, financial analysis capabilities, dashboarding skills, and stakeholder management experience.

Key Responsibilities

FinOps & Cost Management

• Analyze AWS cloud consumption, utilization, and billing trends.
• Identify cloud cost optimization opportunities and savings recommendations.
• Monitor cloud spend and support budget governance activities.
• Maintain billing and consumption data accuracy.

Customer & Finance Collaboration

• Work closely with customers to review cloud spend, utilization, and optimization opportunities.
• Collaborate with Finance and Billing teams on invoice validation, billing governance, and profitability analysis.
• Support billing dispute analysis and resolution activities.
• Assist with monthly business reviews and customer reporting.
• Build and maintain customer-facing and internal dashboards.
• Develop reports covering:
• Cost Optimization
• Margin Analysis
• Budget vs Actual
• Forecast vs Actual
• Automate reporting wherever possible.

Cloud Technical Analysis

• Analyze AWS workloads and resource utilization.
• Review EC2, RDS, S3, EKS/ECS, and networking consumption patterns.
• Support cost optimization through rightsizing recommendations and resource utilization analysis.
• Provide technical and financial insights to customers and internal teams.

Forecasting & Analytics

• Build spend forecasting models.
• Perform trend analysis and variance analysis.
• Support financial planning and budgeting activities.

Automation & Process Improvement

• Utilize Python, SQL, and PowerShell to automate reporting and analytics.
• Improve efficiency through dashboard automation and data-driven processes.
• Support anomaly detection and AI-enabled reporting initiatives.

Required Skills

• Basic understanding of AWS cloud services and billing models.
• Knowledge of cloud cost management and optimization concepts.
• Understanding of AWS pricing and consumption behavior.

Technical Skills

• AWS EC2
• AWS RDS
• AWS S3
• AWS ECS / EKS
• AWS Networking Services
• AWS Organizations (Basic Understanding)

Analytics & Reporting

• Advanced Microsoft Excel
• Power BI
• Data Analysis & Visualization

Programming & Automation

• Python
• SQL
• PowerShell

Soft Skills

• Customer-facing experience.
• Ability to explain cloud cost data to both technical and business stakeholders.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving mindset.

Preferred Skills

• AWS Solutions Architect Associate (Good to Have).
• Exposure to Azure and GCP environments.
• Familiarity with AI/ML-based analytics and anomaly detection.
• Knowledge of cloud governance and tagging practices.
• Experience with QuickSight, Tableau, or similar BI tools.
• AWS (Mandatory)
• GCP (Preferred)

FinOps & Cost Management Tools

• AWS Cost Explorer
• AWS Budgets
• AWS Cost & Usage Reports (CUR)

Reporting & BI

• Microsoft Excel
• Power BI
• Amazon QuickSight

Programming / Scripting

• Python
• SQL
• PowerShell

FinOps Responsibilities

• Drive cloud cost transparency and financial accountability.
• Produce monthly dashboards and cost reports.
• Build forecasting and spend analysis models.
• Support customer onboarding and FinOps governance initiatives.
• Monitor usage trends and identify optimization opportunities.
• Support budget monitoring, spend reviews, and anomaly detection.
• Collaborate with Finance teams on billing governance and margin analysis.
• Generate actionable recommendations to improve cloud efficiency and reduce waste.
• Promote FinOps best practices and cloud financial awareness across customers and internal stakeholders.

Ideal Candidate

A 2–3 year Cloud FinOps professional who can work directly with customers and Finance teams, has a strong foundation in AWS, cost analysis, reporting, Power BI, Excel, and Python, and is eager to grow into a broader FinOps and Cloud Financial Management role.