Senior Financial & Data Analyst; FinOps

Position: Senior Financial & Data Analyst (FinOps
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Senior Financial & Data Analyst (Fin Ops) - Hanover, Maryland page is loaded## Senior Financial & Data Analyst (Fin Ops) - Hanover, Maryland locations:
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As the global leader in high-speed connectivity, Ciena is committed to a people-first approach. Our teams enjoy a culture focused on prioritizing a flexible work environment that empowers individual growth, well-being, and belonging. We’re a technology company that leads with our humanity—driving our business priorities alongside meaningful social, community, and societal impact.

Senior Financial & Data Analyst (Fin Ops) roles at Ciena sit at the intersection of technology, finance, and data-driven decision-making. This position plays a pivotal role in running Information Technology (IT) like a business—bringing transparency, predictability, and accountability to IT and cloud investments. With direct exposure to senior leaders across IT, Finance, and Cloud teams, this role offers the opportunity to influence strategy, optimize spend at scale, and help Ciena continue to lead with both innovation and humanity.
** How you will make an impact:*
* • Establish financial transparency across run, grow, and transform IT spend through accurate forecasting, variance analysis, and standardized key performance indicators (KPIs)  
• Drive measurable cost optimization and value realization across applications, infrastructure, vendors, and cloud consumption  
• Own IT contract and renewal financial governance, enabling data-driven decisions to renew, renegotiate, optimize, or exit agreements  
• Partner with Finance Planning & Analysis (FP&A) and Accounting to ensure strong accruals, capitalization practices, and audit readiness  
• Design executive-ready dashboards and analytics that serve as a single source of truth for IT and cloud financial performance  
• Advance Cloud Financial Operations (Fin Ops) accountability through tagging discipline, consumption insights, and commitment management  
• Improve financial and operational processes through standardization, automation, and KPI-driven maturity tracking
** The must haves:*
* • Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Information Systems, or a related field  
• 5+ years of experience in financial analytics, data analytics, or Financial Operations (Fin Ops) roles  
• Strong foundation in accounting principles, financial analysis, and variance management  
• Advanced experience working with large datasets using tools such as Excel, Structured Query Language (SQL), Power BI, or similar  
• Proven ability to translate complex metrics into clear insights for senior and executive stakeholders  
• Experience supporting Information Technology (IT) or technology-focused organizations  
• Hands-on cloud cost management or Fin Ops experience across providers such as Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), or Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)
** Nice to haves:*
* • Experience managing IT vendor contracts, renewals, and financial negotiations  
• Exposure to automation or data integration initiatives that reduce manual financial effort  
• Familiarity with cloud tagging…