Cloud FinOps Business Partner

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Cloud FinOps Business Partner

As a Cloud FinOps Business Partner, you will help NICE global cloud business units to maximize every dollar spent on the cloud and help speed delivery of our solutions. You will promote the FinOps and governance principles which are a combination of systems, best practices, and culture designed to increase our company’s ability to understand cloud costs, generate cost optimization and leverage cloud operations and governance cross the organization.

We are looking for a Cloud FinOps Business Partner who will collaborate with DevOps and R&D teams, product managers, business operations, Finance, Legal, and IT to boost the company cloud efficiency and cloud governance.

Main Responsibilities

• Join forces with NICE business units (tech and financial partners) to maximize cloud margin, enhance cloud governance and increase cloud business transparency to various levels in the organization.
• Create metrics, reports, & recommended optimization plans for financial excellence in the cloud.
• Identify, lead and manage cloud service providers incentives plans and other cloud commercial benefits.
• Explore and implement cloud monitoring and optimization tools (internally and with our cloud partner) to enhance cloud business observability and proactive ("AI driven", "hands free", "automation") cost optimization.
• Lead short and long-term financial planning, analyze cloud cost and usage reports and work with business units on cloud budget planning and tracking.
• Go to person for Cloud financials and governance guidance and support.
• Work directly with AWS and Azure billing, while collaborating with engineering, DevOps, product, and finance teams to provide deeper meaning to cost and usage data.
• Work with the global accounting groups to ensure efficient and accurate billing process and Cloud financial governance.
  
  

• Bachelor’s degree preferably in Business Management, Economics /Accounting or Information Technology.
• 1 to 3 years of experience in overall AWS and Azure Cost Management and FinOps principles in large scale organizations.
• 3+ years of experience working cross functionally in large global enterprise.
• Understanding of AWS and Azure cloud platforms, consoles, and services.
• Understand technical issues and drive them to closure by bringing key stokeholds for decision-making.
• Advanced Office skills (master in Excel is an advantage).
• Familiarity with accounting principles.
• Working in a global company / large scale High-tech company.
• Fluency in English.
  
  

• Good focus and attention for details.
• Excellent problem-solving, analytical skills, negotiator.
• Highly organized and creative.
• Manage and empower employees not reporting to you.
• Excellent communication skills, ability to communicate with all levels of the organization.
• Self-learner with ability to manage complex tasks with minimal supervision.