IT&D Senior Technical Analyst - GCP & AWS FinOps Specialist

Role description:

The IT&D Senior Analyst – Finops GCP/AWS will be responsible for planning and managing GCP/AWS cloud billing and consumption. The role will be performing the analysis of the current Reckitt GCP/AWS  landscape and come up recommendations for cost optimization. He/She will create dashboards/reports to provide visibility of the budgeted vs actual spend for various stakeholders and drive cost optimization initiatives. The role will be based out to Warsaw, Poland and report into IT&D Senior Manager FinOps

Purpose & Accountabilities:

The IT&D Manager - FinOps Azure will manage and lead cloud cost related initiatives for Azure cloud platform. He/She will be responsible to drive the culture of financial prudence across product streams. Work with senior leadership across products and platforms to define cloud spend budgets and drive cost management initiatives. The role will work closely with the Platform leadership, Product Stream Architects and Strategy and Operations leads to implement cost optimization measures and will be accountable for meeting the targets set for cost optimization.

Key Outputs/Deliverables

• Dashboards and Reports for Cloud Financial Management
• Analysis of current setup and come up with recommendation for optimal cost spend
• Develop cost calculators for new cloud initiatives
• Monitor spend and drive cloud cost optimization initiatives

Metrics

• Cost optimization realized 
• Financial Reporting accuracy
• Delivery of financial dashboards & reports

Key Interactions/Stakeholders

• Work with product owners / product stream leads to present the financial details for their cloud spends
• Provide visibility to the IT&D leadership for the overall spend, cost saving initiatives etc.
• Work with vendors and internal stakeholders to provide visibility on the cloud spend and keep it within the budget 

Key Skills & Experience

• Strong technical knowledge related to cloud infrastructure design and maintenance
• Experience and technical knowledge on cost optimization for cloud implementations including cloud cost forecasting and calculations at scale.
• Knowledge in developing operational metrics and reports, and driving improvements based on gathered data.
• Certification in Azure /FinOps is preferable
• Knowledge in excel / powerbi
• Strong written and verbal communication
• Must possess a University degree with good academic record
• Ability to learn and deploy market leading finops tools and processes
• 4-5 years experience in similar role
   

Equality

At Reckitt, we recognise that in real life, great people don’t always ‘tick all the boxes’. That’s why we hire for potential as well as experience. Even if you don’t meet every point on the job description, if this role and our company feels like a good fit for you, we still want to hear from you. Come and join a team whose purpose is to protect, heal and nurture in the relentless pursuit of a cleaner and healthier world.

All qualified applicants to Reckitt will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, disability or medical condition; colour, ethnicity, race, citizenship, and national origin; religion, faith; pregnancy, family status and caring responsibilities; sexual orientation; sex, gender identity, gender expression, and transgender identity; protected veteran status; size or any other basis protected by appropriate law.