Assistant Vice President, Cloud Economics Finance Partner

At Moody's, we unite the brightest minds to turn today’s risks into tomorrow’s opportunities. We do this by striving to create an inclusive environment where everyone feels welcome to be who they are—with the freedom to exchange ideas, think innovatively, and listen to each other and customers in meaningful ways. Moody’s is transforming how the world sees risk. As a global leader in ratings and integrated risk assessment, we’re advancing AI to move from insight to action—enabling intelligence that not only understands complexity but responds to it.

We decode risk to unlock opportunity, helping our clients navigate uncertainty with clarity, speed, and confidence.

We are seeking candidates who model our values: invest in every relationship, lead with curiosity, champion diverse perspectives, turn inputs into actions, and uphold trust through integrity.

• 8–10+ years of experience across Technology Finance, Financial Planning and Analysis, Cloud Economics, Engineering Finance, Product Finance, Fin Ops, or related disciplines
• Strong understanding of cloud cost drivers and consumption-based pricing models, including experience with platforms such as AWS, Azure, GCP, Databricks, Snowflake, MongoDB, Confluent, or similar environments
• Demonstrated experience partnering with Engineering and Product organizations to translate technical decisions into financial insights and executive narratives
• Strong financial modeling and scenario analysis capabilities, with proven experience building driver-based financial models and forecasts
• Understanding of Fin Ops concepts, allocation methodologies, tagging governance, and cloud governance practices
• Executive presence and communication skills, with the ability to simplify complex technical concepts for non-technical audiences and influence without direct authority
• Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to challenge assumptions constructively and drive data-driven decision-making across Finance, Engineering, and Product teams
• Demonstrated proficiency in artificial intelligence concepts, with hands‑on experience using AI tools to streamline workflows and enhance operational efficiency. Proven ability to implement AI‑powered solutions to solve business challenges. Demonstrates a growing awareness of AI risk management and a commitment to responsible and ethical AI use

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, Accounting, or a related field

Leads cloud economics strategy and financial partnership across Moody's Analytics (MA) Engineering, Product, and Fin Ops to drive transparency and executive decision support.

• Serve as Finance's primary business partner to MA Engineering, Product, and Technology leadership for cloud spend, cloud economics, and cloud investment decisions, with a focus on understanding and translating the business and engineering drivers behind cloud spend
• Build trusted relationships across Engineering, Product, Fin Ops, and Finance teams, representing Finance in cloud-related planning, forecasting, investment, and governance discussions
• Support and enhance driver-based cloud consumption models across key MA products, connecting product usage, engineering activity, migrations, architecture decisions, and roadmap investments to cloud spend outcomes
• Lead cloud forecasting activities, support annual planning and rolling forecasts, and perform driver-based variance analysis that translates cloud spend movements into executive-ready business narratives
• Build product‑level cloud cost transparency and attribution frameworks, partnering with Fin Ops teams on tagging governance, allocation methodologies, product mapping, unit economics, marketplace consumption, and commitment management
• Prepare materials…