A Financial Operations Specialist specializes in foreseeing or carrying out financial transactions or other routine operations that are influenced by compliance needs. Requires some knowledge of accounting, billing, customer service and contracts. Helps businesses and their customers resolve financial billing and reconciliation issues.
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]
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 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. 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. We offer multiple individual and family benefit options including 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.
