UKG · 19 hours ago
Sr. Staff Cloud FinOps Analyst- Eng
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$130K/yr - $186K/yr
5+ years expUKG is a company that focuses on workforce management and optimization. As a Sr. Staff Cloud FinOps Analyst- Eng, you will be responsible for embedding financial accountability and cost optimization into the cloud strategy, working closely with various teams to deliver insights and standardize governance practices.
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Responsibilities
Governance & Strategic Leadership
FinOps governance and rhythms of business, including forecasting, budgeting, optimization tracking, and reporting
Act as the Resident FinOps practitioner for Strategic Line of Business driving public cloud governance and accountability
Establish long-range plans and monthly forecasts for GCP cloud cost and usage
Define and manage Business Unit’s Economics, KPIs and metrics, ensuring transparency and measurable success
Cost Awareness & Architecture Integration
Embed cost “shift-left” principles into design and architecture by integrating cost into guardrails
Provide cost-to-serve insights to inform pricing strategies and capacity planning decisions
Optimization & Enablement
Support commitment strategies and partner with engineering on forecasting and budgets
Drive tagging, allocations, and unit-cost visibility across services and teams
Identify and track optimizations and realized savings; accelerate optimization initiatives across pillars
Standardize forecasting and planning processes; enable engineers with education, dashboards, and anomaly triage
Coordinate tooling access and implementation for cost management and reporting
Collaboration & Demand Planning
Collaborate on demand planning underpinned by application, services and customer migration
Partner with Finance and technical owners to reconcile invoices and ensure accountability
Qualification
Required
5+ years in FinOps or cloud financial management roles
Minimum 2+ years hands-on experience with GCP billing concepts
Strong proficiency in Excel and enterprise financial systems (SAP, Oracle)
Familiarity with cloud-native cost tools (Google Billing, AWS Cost Explorer) and third-party FinOps platforms (Flexera, CloudHealth, Cloudability etc)
Budget governance and forecasting
Cost allocation and tagging strategies
Advanced data analysis and executive reporting
Strong collaboration and communication skills across technical and financial teams
Preferred
FinOps Certified Practitioner or Professional
Experience with multi-cloud environments (GCP, AWS and Azure)
Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business, Finance, Accounting, or related field (MBA preferred)
Benefits
Short-term incentive
Long-term incentive
Comprehensive benefits
Company
UKG
UKG™delivers HCM, payroll, HR service delivery, and workforce management solutions. It is a sub-organization of Hellman & Friedman.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
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unknown2007-03-23Acquired
Leadership Team
Jennifer Morgan
Chief Executive Officer
Jim Joudrey
EVP and CTO
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