Hybrid IT FinOps Analyst: Drive Infrastructure Cost Stewardship

FinOps Weekly; Kuala Lumpur; Hybrid; MYR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

FinOps Weekly is seeking a seasoned FinOps/ITFM professional to own infrastructure cost management across cloud and on‑premises. You will drive budgeting, forecasting, TCO modeling, and cost allocation while partnering with Engineering, Finance, and leadership to improve utilization and cost control.

The role emphasizes translating technical cost drivers into business decisions, optimizing spend across data centers, networks, servers, and cloud platforms, and delivering near real‑time dashboards

Qualifications

• 5+ years in IT Finance, Cloud Operations, or FinOps with hybrid exposure.
• Deep knowledge of cloud pricing for at least one major provider.
• Understanding of data center economics and depreciation.
• Strong accounting concepts: CapEx vs OpEx, amortization, EBITDA.
• Proficiency with FinOps/ITFM tools and cloud cost consoles.
• Advanced Excel or Google Sheets skills; vendor negotiation ability.
• Ability to translate cost drivers to Finance and Engineering terms.
• Experience managing regulatory compliance risk.

Responsibilities

• Build a single financial view across cloud and on-premises infrastructure.
• Create and maintain a normalized TCO model for costs.
• Lead budgeting and monthly forecasting for infrastructure spend.
• Set workload placement rules for cost efficiency.
• Manage cloud discounts and commitment programs (Savings Plans, RI, EDPs).
• Identify waste and rightsizing opportunities with engineering.
• Allocate shared container and infrastructure costs to products/teams.
• Define tagging and allocation standards across environments.
• Produce dashboards for near real-time spend visibility.
• Support unit economics analysis and cost-per-output tracking.
• Track KPIs: forecast accuracy; utilization and allocation coverage.

Skills

5+ years IT Finance/FinOps

Cloud pricing knowledge

Depreciation & CapEx/OpEx

FinOps/ITFM tools

Advanced Excel/Sheets

Vendor negotiation

Cost driver communication

Regulatory risk awareness

Education

FOCP / AWS Cloud Practitioner / ITIL 4 Foundation

Tools

Apptio

Cloudability

CloudHealth

Kubecost

Native cloud cost consoles

Job description

FinOps Weekly is seeking a seasoned FinOps/ITFM professional to own infrastructure cost management across cloud and on‑premises. You will drive budgeting, forecasting, TCO modeling, and cost allocation while partnering with Engineering, Finance, and leadership to improve utilization and cost control.

The role emphasizes translating technical cost drivers into business decisions, optimizing spend across data centers, networks, servers, and cloud platforms, and delivering near real‑time dashboards