Remote Senior FinOps & Data Analyst – IT Cost Optimizer

FinOps Weekly; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 89,000 - 143,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision insurance

401(k) with company matching

Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP)

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Paid holidays

Paid sick leave

Paid vacation

Job summary

Ciena is seeking a Senior Financial & Data Analyst to drive FinOps initiatives, translating complex IT spend into clear metrics for executives. You will forecast, analyze variances, and create dashboards that reveal actionable insights across cloud and on‑premise environments.

You’ll collaborate with FP&A, IT, and cloud teams to optimize contracts, track accruals, and promote governance and efficiency across the technology stack.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Information Systems, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience in financial analytics, data analytics, or FinOps roles.
• Strong foundation in accounting principles, financial analysis, and variance management.
• Advanced experience working with large datasets using Excel, SQL, Power BI or similar.

Responsibilities

• Establish financial transparency across run, grow, and transform IT spend through accurate forecasting, variance analysis, and standardized KPIs.
• Drive measurable cost optimization and value realization across applications, infrastructure, vendors, and cloud consumption.
• Own IT contract and renewal financial governance, enabling data-driven decisions to renew, renegotiate, optimize, or exit agreements.
• Partner with FP&A and Accounting to ensure strong accruals, capitalization practices, and audit readiness.
• Design executive-ready dashboards and analytics that serve as a single source of truth for IT and cloud financial performance.
• Advance Cloud Financial Operations (FinOps) accountability through tagging discipline, consumption insights, and commitment management.
• Improve financial and operational processes through standardization, automation, and KPI-driven maturity tracking.

Skills

Financial analytics

Data analytics

Variance management

Executive storytelling

Cloud cost awareness

Education

Bachelor’s degree (Finance/Accounting/IS)

Tools

SQL

Excel

Power BI

Job description

Ciena is seeking a Senior Financial & Data Analyst to drive FinOps initiatives, translating complex IT spend into clear metrics for executives. You will forecast, analyze variances, and create dashboards that reveal actionable insights across cloud and on‑premise environments.

You’ll collaborate with FP&A, IT, and cloud teams to optimize contracts, track accruals, and promote governance and efficiency across the technology stack.