IT FinOps Analyst – Cloud

If you're interested, please share your resume at this email address: divya.rajendran@hlag.com.

This is a global role and oversees end-to-end cloud estate at Hapag-Lloyd from cost perspective.  The role represents a great opportunity to join an organisation of significant scale that is transforming to a platform operating model and looking to modernise its traditional application landscape and needs a strong analyst to help on that journey.

An experienced leader with a proven track record of cloud usage data analytics, operational excellence, and FinOps functions for large organisations and driving cost efficiency will find this role appealing. 

A high-level role overview follows:

The IT FinOps Analyst – Cloud will be accountable for:

Accountabilities 

Cloud Cost Management & Optimization:

• Collaborate across teams to manage cloud budgets, track spending, and identify cost savings.
• Monitor AWS and Azure cloud usage, investigate anomalies, and work with the stakeholders to optimize resource utilization.
• Design reports and KPIs to track cloud spend and budget performance.
• Develop and implement cost optimization strategies (reserved instances, savings plans, etc.).
• Automate and improve FinOps processes for efficiency.

Cloud Cost Analysis & Reporting:

• Analyse cloud spend data to derive insights for strategic decisions.
• Correlates monthly reporting on cloud costs across all cloud service providers to provide enterprise-wide summary and consumption vs. budget analyis.
• Participate in business case development, cost modelling, and TCO calculations.
• Crete cloud cost optimization frameworks and governance mechanisms.
• Partner with service providers to understand and collect cloud spend data.
• Generate reports on cloud consumption and identify cost optimization opportunities.

Cloud Governance & Collaboration:

• Establish strong cost management practices for AWS and Azure.
• Define and track cost performance KPIs.
• Implement cost optimization governance strategies.
• Collaborate with IT, Finance, and other teams to drive cost optimization.
• Help define and implement tagging standards for resources.
• Build strong relationships with internal and external partners.
• Coordinates across the global organisation and with suppliers as required to build the visibility of the cost saving initiatives planned, ongoing or required.

Chennai has just recently been established as one of 3 global IT hubs for Hapag-Lloyd, and will be the global IT operations hub.  This role based in Chennai has responsibility for establishing the functional strategy for Run Efficiency and for building up the required capabilities in Chennai and other global locations as necessary to realise the remit of the function, which includes cost analytics, initiative program management, lean process excellence, automation, software licence management.

Core Responsibilities for IT FinOps Analyst - Cloud:

1. Collaborate with stakeholders to manage cloud budgets, track spending, and identify cost-saving opportunities.
2. Coordinate periodic reviews across the organization and with suppliers to establish global visibility of planned, ongoing, and required cloud cost-saving initiatives.
3. Establish strong cost management practices for AWS and Azure, define and track cloud cost performance KPIs, and implement cost optimization governance strategies.
4. Monitor cloud usage, investigate anomalies, and work with stakeholders to optimize resource utilization for cost efficiency.
5. Design reports and KPIs to track cloud spend and performance, analyze cloud spend data to derive insights for strategic decisions.
6. Develop and implement cost optimization strategies like reserved instances, savings plans, etc.
7. Automate and improve Cloud FinOps processes for efficiency.
8. Participate in business case development, cost modeling, and Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) calculations for cloud resources.
9. Collaborate with IT, Finance, and other teams to drive cost optimization. Partner with service providers to understand and collect cloud spend data. Build strong relationships with internal and external partners.
10. Help define and implement tagging standards for cloud resources for better cost allocation and tracking.

§            IT Leadership Globally

§           Cloud Centre of Excellence

§            Platform Engineering Teams

§            Finance Managers

§      IT Operations Teams

Perks and Benefits at HLTC :

Recreation: Play area with PS5, Table Tennis, Foosball, Carrom, and Chess
Financial & Health: Provident Fund, Gratuity, Performance Bonus, Medical Insurance, Leave Travel Allowance
Work-Life Balance: Hybrid model after probation confirmation based on Manager's approval (3 days in office, 2 days WFH), Generous Leave Policies
Facilities: Car/Bike Parking, Food Court, Modern Office Environment
Professional Development: HL Academy - Training Programs, Career Growth Opportunities, Employee Referral Policy