Cloud Financial Operations Specialist

UDR Consulting Inc; Charleston (WV); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

UDR Consulting, INC is seeking a Cloud FinOps Specialist in Charleston, West Virginia to drive cost optimization, budgeting and forecasting for our cloud environment, while ensuring governance and proper tagging for accurate spend visibility.

You will partner with engineering, finance and leadership to build a culture of financial accountability, deliver executive dashboards, and implement showback/chargeback models so business units see their exact cloud consumption.

Qualifications

• 3 to 7+ years in IT financial management, financial analysis, or cloud operations.
• Experience in cloud cost management and optimization using RI/Savings Plan management.
• Experience creating financial dashboards and reporting for executive leadership.

Responsibilities

• Cost optimization: analyze daily usage and drive right-sizing or waste reduction.
• Budgeting & forecasting: build financial models and track budget variances.
• Governance & tagging: enforce resource naming and tagging standards for accurate cost allocation.
• Cross-functional collaboration with engineering, finance, and leadership to build a culture of financial accountability.
• Showback/Chargeback: manage cost-sharing models so business units see their exact cloud consumption.

Skills

Cloud cost optimization

Cost modeling & forecasting

Executive dashboards

Cross-functional collaboration

Data analysis

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Computer Science, Accounting, or Business

Tools

Power BI

Apptio Cloudability

CloudZero

AWS Cost Explorer

Azure Cost Management

GCP pricing models

Job description

UDR is seeking qualified candidates for a Cloud Financial Operations Specialist opportunity in Charleston, West Virginia.

Description

Core Responsibilities

• Cost Optimization: Analyze daily usage and drive right-sizing or waste reduction.
• Budgeting & Forecasting: Build financial models and track budget variances.
• Governance & Tagging: Enforce resource naming and tagging standards for accurate cost allocation.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with engineering, finance, and leadership to build a culture of financial accountability.
• Showback/Chargeback: Manage cost-sharing models so business units see their exact cloud consumption. [1, 2, 3, 4]

• Cloud FinOps Specialist must have a minimum of three (3) years of experience in cloud cost management and optimization (AWS Cost Explorer, Azure Cost Management, or third-party tools like CloudHealth).
• Cloud FinOps Specialist must have a minimum of three (3) years of experience performing cloud usage analysis, Reserved Instance (RI) / Savings Plan management, and right-sizing recommendations.
• Cloud FinOps Specialist must have a minimum of two (2) years of experience creating financial dashboards and reporting for executive leadership.
• Cloud FinOps Specialist should have strong analytical skills to correlate cloud usage data with business value.

Required Skills and Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Computer Science, Accounting, or Business.
• Experience: 3 to 7+ years in IT financial management, financial analysis, or cloud operations.
• Technical Skills: Proficiency in AWS, Azure, or GCP pricing models, plus tools like Apptio Cloudability, CloudZero, or Power BI.
• Certifications: FinOps Certified Practitioner preferred

UDR Consulting, INC is a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned, Woman-Owned, Minority-Owned, Small Disadvantaged Business. An Equal Opportunity Employer that considers all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected Veterans, or individuals with disabilities. UDR also supports a drug-free work environment.

UDR offers highly competitive salaries and employee benefit packages structured to best suit your needs.

• paid time off, medical, dental, life, vision, and disability insurance, and a pre-tax 401 (k) retirement account with Company matching contributions and 100% vesting for eligible participants beginning DAY 1.