About the Role
As a FinOps Analyst, you will play a critical role in managing AWS financials, identifying cost-saving opportunities, and aligning cloud usage with strategic business and financial goals. You'll be responsible for analysing spend, creating detailed reports, automating processes, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to drive transparency and accountability in cloud costs.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead AWS budgeting, forecasting, and cost optimisation initiatives
- Provide in-depth analysis using AWS Cost Explorer, AWS Budgets, and Cost and Usage Reports (CUR)
- Leverage tools such as AWS Trusted Advisor, CloudWatch, S3, DynamoDB, Lambda, and others to extract and analyze financial data
- Apply FinOps best practices to monitor, report, and optimise AWS spend
- Utilise scripting and automation (e.g., Python, Bash, or similar) to retrieve and manipulate platform data, automate reporting, and manage cloud infrastructure efficiently
- Develop insights and actionable recommendations through financial reporting to drive cost savings and improve cloud ROI
- Partner with engineering, operations, and finance teams to align cloud resource usage with business and financial strategies
- Support cost allocation, tagging strategies, chargeback/showback models, and enforce cloud financial governance policies
Mandatory Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in managing AWS financials, including budgeting, forecasting, and cost optimisation
- Expert-level proficiency with AWS Cost Explorer, AWS Budgets, and AWS Cost and Usage Reports
- Deep knowledge of AWS pricing models, including Reserved Instances, Savings Plans, and Spot Instances
- Extensive experience with core AWS services, with the ability to interact programmatically and via reporting tools
- Strong scripting and automation skills applied to cloud cost management workflows
- Proven ability to generate insights from financial data and recommend optimisation strategies
- Experience working within cross-functional teams in cloud environments
- Knowledge of FinOps principles, including cost allocation, chargeback/showback, and governance
- Australian Citizenship (essential due to security clearance requirements)
- Baseline Security Clearance with the ability to obtain NV1 clearance
- Experience working in large-scale government or public sector environments
- Strong understanding of cloud governance frameworks and public sector procurement
- Familiarity with cloud management platforms and integration with financial systems
At Randstad, we are passionate about providing equal employment opportunities and embracing diversity to the benefit of all. We actively encourage applications from any background.
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