FinOps Analyst -Remote

Ellucian is seeking a Fin Ops Analyst to support the financial sustainability, governance, and scalability of its cloud and technology investments. The role is part of a Fin Ops team that helps improve financial transparency, accountability, and optimization across consumption-based technology spend.

In this role, you will independently manage assigned Fin Ops initiatives, analyze usage and cost data, and work with technical and business stakeholders to turn findings into practical actions. The position supports better visibility into cloud and third‑party technology consumption, more predictable costs, and stronger governance across the organization.

You will collaborate with teams across Cloud Engineering/Operations, R&D, Product, Finance, Procurement, and other business functions to embed Fin Ops practices into planning and decision‑making. The work will focus on reporting, forecasting, optimization, and governance for cloud services and other consumption‑based technologies.

• – Own and deliver assigned Fin Ops initiatives, improving visibility, accountability, governance, and optimization across technology spend.
• – Analyze cloud and third‑party technology usage, cost, and operational data to identify trends, anomalies, cost drivers, and financial risks.
• – Identify, prioritize, track, and help implement cost optimization opportunities, measuring realized savings and cost avoidance.
• – Support Fin Ops governance practices, including tagging, metadata standards, cost allocation, ownership, policy compliance, and controls.
• – Monitor consumption‑based platforms and services, including Datadog, to assess usage patterns, cost drivers, and financial impact.
• – Build and maintain dashboards, reports, forecasts, and KPIs covering consumption, optimization progress, governance compliance, and financial performance.
• – Support budgeting and forecasting through analysis of historical consumption, growth trends, business drivers, and planned technology changes.
• – Use cloud financial management, observability, analytics, and Fin Ops tools to support analysis and optimization work.
• – Partner with stakeholders across technical, finance, procurement, and business teams to support technology planning and decision‑making.
• – Investigate unexpected spend or consumption changes and recommend corrective actions.
• – Help establish financial governance for emerging technologies and consumption models, including SaaS, observability, data platforms, and AI services.
• – Improve Fin Ops processes, controls, reporting, and operational effectiveness through automation, analytics, and standardized practices.
• – Support automated reporting, consumption monitoring, and cost anomaly detection.
• – Contribute to the maturity of Fin Ops practices across cost allocation, forecasting, governance, and financial accountability.

• – 2+ years of experience in Fin Ops, cloud financial management, cloud operations, observability/platform operations, technology governance, technical program/project management, financial/business analysis, or a related discipline.
• – Hands-on experience with Datadog, including analysis of usage, consumption trends, and cost drivers.
• – Experience analyzing technology usage and cost data to identify trends, anomalies, optimization opportunities, and financial impact.
• – Experience supporting or implementing governance practices such as resource tagging, metadata management, cost allocation, policy compliance, or ownership controls.
• – Working knowledge of public cloud infrastructure and services, with AWS experience particularly relevant.
• – Experience developing dashboards, reports, and analytical views for financial or operational performance.
• – Strong Microsoft Excel and data analysis skills.
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