Cloud Financial Operations Specialist

Stride; United States; Remote; USD 85,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus eligibility

Health benefits

Retirement contributions

Paid time off

Job summary

Stride, Inc. is seeking a Cloud FinOps Specialist to manage cloud program operations, governance, cost optimization, and financial reporting across major platforms. You will collaborate with Technology, Data, Product and Finance teams and with vendors to drive cloud efficiency and provide leadership with regular updates.

The role emphasizes building a holistic view of the cloud roadmap, operational health, and usage data while supporting budgeting, forecasting, and cost governance initiatives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Business Administration or related field.
• Eight years of direct IT finance and cloud experience or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Responsibilities

• Analyze and report on cloud finances to monitor operations and cloud spend.
• Lead cost optimization initiatives across AWS, Azure, and other platforms.
• Identify opportunities for savings and measure outcomes with data and dashboards.
• Partner with Finance and IT to develop budgets, forecasts, and cost allocation.
• Design and maintain cloud cost dashboards for stakeholders.

Skills

Cloud cost management

Budgeting

Forecasting

Data analytics dashboards

Financial modeling

AWS

Azure

GCP

Finance & IT collaboration

Other cloud platforms

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance or Business Administration

Tools

CloudZero

Cloudability

CloudHealth

Job description

Job Description

SUMMARY

As a Cloud FinOps Specialist at Stride, you will be responsible for managing cloud program operations, governance, cost optimization, and financial reporting activities as they relate to our cloud environment across all major platforms (AWS, Azure, etc). The Cloud FinOps Specialist will work closely with cross functional teams across the enterprise including Technology, Data, Product and Finance organizations, in additional to 3rd party vendors. The Cloud FinOps Analyst will develop and maintain a holistic view of our cloud roadmap, cloud operational health and cloud usage data to reduce costs and drive efficiencies, while providing regular updates to executive leadership.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties.

• Financial analysis and reporting to monitor finances associated with business operations and cloud
• Financial management of cloud usage data to implement cost savings recommendations and best practices to drive efficiencies (identify cost optimization opportunities, including rightsizing instances, utilizing reserved instances and savings plans, and optimizing storage and networking configurations).
• Identify significant cost savings through optimizations, with clear data and reporting measuring outcomes and highlighting areas of opportunity
• Conduct capacity planning analysis and cloud budget planning; Support the business aspects of new workload migration
• Integrate financial systems with cloud billing tools
• Lead the development and implementation of Cloud FinOps best practices across the organization, including cost governance, budgeting, forecasting, AWS marketplace purchases, and cost allocation methodologies to accurately track spending by department, team, or project.
• Partner with finance and IT teams to develop a comprehensive cloud cost management framework, including budgets, monthly forecasts, investment cost analysis, and variance analysis
• Design and maintain dashboards and reports to provide stakeholders with clear visibility into cloud costs and usage trends.
• Set up the AWS services plan, continuous cost optimization of the services plan, and cost tracking and reporting of the cloud resources
• Track and manage the lifecycle of AWS Marketplace subscriptions, including renewals and terminations.
• Communicate effectively with technical and non-technical audiences to explain cloud cost concepts and recommendations, including the impact of AWS Marketplace purchases.

Supervisory Responsibilities

This position has no formal supervisory responsibilities.

MINIMUM REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's degree, preferably in a field related to Finance, Business Administration
• Eight (8) years of direct experiencewith IT Finance and cloud experience OR
• Equivalent combination of education and experience

Certificates and Licenses

None required.

OTHER REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• A strong understanding of cloud computing concepts and best practices (AWS, Azure, GCP, etc.)
• Solid financial acumen with experience in budgeting, forecasting, and cost analysis
• Experience developing data analytics dashboards and reporting, relating to finance and operational processes
• Cloud cost management tools (CloudZero, Cloudability CloudHealth, etc.)
• Financial modeling and planning software
• Strong verbal and written communication skills with ability to interface with all levels of management and staff
• Integral experience with business projects in determining and driving process, technology and organizational changes/impacts
• Proven problem-solving and analytical skills, with the ability to apply business judgment to complex problems and make decisions
• Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project, Visio, etc.); Web proficiency.
• Ability to travel 5% of the time
• Ability to clear required background check

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

This position is virtual and open to residents of the 50 states, D.C.

COMPENSATION & BENEFITS

Stride, Inc. considers a person's education, experience, and qualifications, as well as the position's work location, expected quality and quantity of work, required travel (if any), external market and internal value when determining a new employee's salary level. Salaries will differ based on these factors, the position's level and expected contribution, and the employee's benefits elections. Offers will typically be in the bottom half of the range.

We anticipate the salary range to be $85,224.75 - $149,966.40. Eligible employees may receive a bonus. This salary is not guaranteed, as an individual's compensation can vary based on several factors. These factors include, but are not limited to, geographic location, experience, training, education, and local market conditions. Stride offers a robust benefits package for eligible employees that can include health benefits, retirement contributions, and paid time off.

Job Type

Regular

The above job is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and standards of the position. Incumbents will follow any other instructions, and perform any other related duties, as assigned by their supervisor. All employment is "at-will" as governed by the law of the state where the employee works. It is further understood that the "at-will" nature of employment is one aspect of employment that cannot be changed except in writing and signed by an authorized officer.

If you are a job seeker with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to apply for one of our jobs, you can request the appropriate accommodation by contacting [e-mail].

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

Stride, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants receive consideration for employment based on merit without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status, or any other basis prohibited by federal, state, or local law. Stride, Inc. complies with all legally required affirmative action obligations. Applicants will not be discriminated against because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant.