Senior FinOps Analyst

# Senior Fin Ops Analyst Skipton Fin Ops
50k – 100k31/07/2026

Full-time

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Job Description ## About the Role This is a permanent Senior Fin Ops Analyst role, working Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm, with a salary of £50,850 per annum. The closing date for applications is Sunday, 16 August 2026. The role follows a hybrid pattern, with three days a week in the Skipton office and two days working from home.

You will be responsible for building and embedding Fin Ops capability across Skipton’s technology estate. The aim is to improve cloud spend transparency, strengthen financial accountability, and support better technology investment decisions.

Working within the Technology team, you will act as the Fin Ops subject matter expert and partner with colleagues across Technology, Finance, Procurement, and Architecture. The role is focused on turning cloud and financial data into clear insight that helps the organisation understand where money is being spent, why it is being spent, and how to maximise value.##

Key Responsibilities – Establish and lead Fin Ops governance, processes, and reporting standards.  – Improve cloud cost transparency across Microsoft Azure, including spend, usage trends, and cost drivers.  – Develop showback and chargeback models to embed financial accountability across technology teams.  – Partner with Technology, Finance, Procurement, and Architecture to apply Fin Ops best practice in decision-making.  – Identify and deliver cloud cost optimisation opportunities while balancing performance, resilience, and business value.  

– Build forecasting, budgeting, and financial models to improve predictability and support investment decisions.  – Create cloud reporting, dashboards, and KPIs, and lead financial reviews for senior stakeholders.## Required Skills– Proven experience in a Fin Ops, Cloud Financial  Management, or similar role.  – Experience implementing Fin Ops practices in Azure or multi-cloud environments.  – Strong understanding of Fin Ops principles, including cost optimisation, forecasting, governance, and financial accountability.  

– Strong financial analysis, budgeting, and forecasting skills.  – Ability to translate data into business outcomes.  – Experience working collaboratively with Technology, Finance, and Procurement teams.  – Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to influence at all levels.  – Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.  – High attention to detail.  – Ability to work effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.##

Preferred Skills– Fin Ops Certified Practitioner, or an equivalent certification.  – Experience using cloud cost management tools such as IBM Apptio or Cloudability.  – Knowledge of Technology Business Management (TBM) principles.  – Experience in Financial Services or another regulated industry.  – Understanding of cloud platforms, infrastructure, and technology architecture.## Cloud Platforms & Technologies### Cloud Providers  – Microsoft Azure  – Multi-cloud environments### Fin Ops Platforms  – IBM Apptio  – Cloudability### Frameworks & Methodologies  – Fin Ops  – Technology Business Management (TBM)
Management## Fin Ops Responsibilities– Establish Fin Ops governance, processes, and reporting across the technology estate.  – Improve visibility of cloud spend, usage trends, and cost drivers.  – Build showback and chargeback models.  – Support cost accountability across technology teams.  – Identify cloud cost optimisation opportunities.  – Develop forecasting, budgeting, and financial models.  – Produce dashboards, KPIs, and financial review materials for senior stakeholders.##

Benefits– Annual discretionary bonus  – 25 days’…