Data Analyst

Mbi Llc; Mechanicsville (VA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Mbi Llc in Mechanicsville, Virginia, is looking for a skilled financial analyst to analyze IT financial data and develop Power BI dashboards. The role requires a Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Data Analytics, or a related field, along with advanced proficiency in Power BI and familiarity with Azure cost management. Key responsibilities include variance analysis on IT spend, maintaining datasets for accuracy, and supporting Azure migration planning. This position offers an opportunity to contribute to the FinOps strategy.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field.
• Advanced proficiency in Power BI and data visualization.
• High familiarity with Azure cost management.

Responsibilities

• Analyze and interpret IT financial data across Azure and VITA environments.
• Develop and maintain Power BI dashboards to visualize cost trends.
• Perform variance analysis on monthly and annual IT spend.

Skills

Advanced proficiency in Power BI

Data analytics

Financial analysis

Data visualization best practices

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Data Analytics, Information Systems, or related field

Tools

Power BI

Excel

Azure cost management

Apptio

Job description

Key Responsibilities

• Analyze and interpret IT financial data across Azure and VITA environments, including consumption, billing, and chargeback models.
• Develop and maintain Power BI dashboards and reports to visualize cost trends, server migration impacts, and workload optimization opportunities.
• Perform variance analysis on monthly and annual IT spend, identifying anomalies and opportunities for savings.
• Manually maintain and enhance datasets from Apptio, Azure Portal, and SharePoint sources to ensure accuracy and completeness.
• Document processes and procedures for financial reporting and analysis.
• Collaborate with the technical cloud team, I&O team and finance stakeholders to align cost models with operational realities.
• Support Azure migration planning by modeling server cost scenarios and forecasting reserve capacity needs.
• Contribute to FinOps strategy development by providing insights on cost drivers and utilization patterns.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Data Analytics, Information Systems, or related field.
• Advanced proficiency in Power BI, including Power Query and DAX, Excel (advanced), and data visualization best practices.
• Some data modeling and data manipulation skills to maintain data sets from multiple, heterogenous sources.
• High familiarity with Azure cost management, Apptio, and cloud billing structures.
• Understanding of server migration strategies and workload cost modeling.
• Ability to translate technical data into insights for technical teams and managers.

Preferred Qualifications

• FinOps certification or training.
• Experience with Azure Reserved Instances and Just-In-Time (JIT) capacity planning.
• Knowledge of enterprise architecture and strategic IT planning frameworks.