IT Budget Analyst, FinOps

What we do  

The Business Operations Team is part of our CIO organization and is a fast-growing team that specializes in enabling the strategic vision of the CTO organization's drive to innovate and develop new products from concepts to commercialization. The team works across all functions in the CTO organization to ensure alignment to business prioritizations, validation to key financial requirements and enablement of cost-saving opportunities.  

What we need

As an IT Budget Analyst, FinOps you will be part of a dynamic engineering team and will be responsible for the coordination, visualization and analysis of budgetary data with a primary focus on financial operations. This candidate will understand the principles of cloud engineering and optimization of cloud spending. This role will be responsible for understanding and clearly communicating financial requirements for engineering projects, programs and deployments. As a member of the Project Budget and Controls team within the engineering organization, you will interface with various engineering organizations across the CTO org, finance, HR and recruiting.  This role will also share responsibilities (~10% of time) for the deployment and management of Symbolics’ office time management and project tracking software.

 What you’ll do  

• Tracking progress and managing FY Cloud budget requirements.  

• Lean-focused, continual improvement of new standards, processes and procedures that streamline interactions and communication across teams.  

• Perform various analytics, including trend, impact, and root cause analysis.  

• Create interactive dashboards using Tableau to visualize key metrics and support decision-making for Engineering Organization financial requirements.  

• Collaborate with engineers, finance, and other stakeholders to gather information and ensure data validity between teams.  

• Foster a culture focused on transparency, speed of decision-making, and a synchronized partnership within product teams to ensure all parties are informed and involved throughout the budget, forecast and execution process.  

• Facilitate the resolution of issues, risks, and challenges that surface in the budgeting process.  

• Office Time and Project Management Software Administration.  

What you’ll need 

• Minimum 2 years of experience in a similar role, or relevant engineering and finance. 

• Bachelor’s degree in, Business Administration, or a related field.  

• Familiarity with cost analysis of cloud computing (Azure, GCP) in a scaling environment.  

• Highly Proficient in MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, Powerpoint).  

• Experience with Tableau (creation of simple dashboards for analysis).  

• Excellent organizational and time management skills.  

• Strong written and verbal communication skills.  

• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.  

• Excellent attention to detail and ability to follow procedures precisely.  

• Automation Tools (Python scripts, Excel Macros, etc.).  

• Visualization Tools (Tableau Dashboard Creation, Qlik).  

• Administrative support of IT Tools; Workday, Jira- Highly Preferred.  

• Experience working in a fast-paced environment. 

 
Our environment   

• Up to 10% of travel may be required. Employees must have a valid driver’s license and the ability to drive and/or fly to client and other customer locations.   

• The employee is responsible for owning a credit card and managing expenses personally to be reimbursed on a bi-weekly basis.   

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