Cloud Financial Operations Engineer

Overview

At Zelis, we Get Stuff Done. So, let’s get to it!

A Little About Us

Zelis is modernizing the healthcare financial experience across payers, providers, and healthcare consumers. We serve more than 750 payers, including the top five national health plans, regional health plans, TPAs and millions of healthcare providers and consumers across our platform of solutions. Zelis sees across the system to identify, optimize, and solve problems holistically with technology built by healthcare experts – driving real, measurable results for clients.

A Little About You

You bring a unique blend of personality and professional expertise to your work, inspiring others with your passion and dedication. Your career is a testament to your diverse experiences, community involvement, and the valuable lessons you've learned along the way. You are more than just your resume; you are a reflection of your achievements, the knowledge you ve gained, and the personal interests that shape who you are.

Position Overview

The Fin Ops Analyst / Fin Ops Practitioner serves as a core member of the centralized cloud financial management team, responsible for operationalizing Fin Ops Foundation best practices across AWS and Azure. This role supports the full Fin Ops lifecycle (Inform, Optimize, Operate) across AWS and Azure. This role blends cloud financial engineering, financial analysis, and cross-functional enablement to drive visibility, optimization, and accountability for cloud spend.

This role reports to Cloud Engineering leadership and acts as a hands-on practitioner executing Fin Ops capabilities while partnering with Engineering, Cloud Practice, Finance, Product, and Executive Leadership.
Fin Ops Foundation Alignment

This role is explicitly aligned to Fin Ops Foundation principles and capabilities, including:

• Visibility & Allocation
• Optimization & Rate Efficiency
• Budgeting, Forecasting, and Anomaly Management
• Business Value & Unit Economics
• Governance and Cost Accountability

Core Responsibilities

Cloud Financial Management (AWS & Azure)

• Analyze, monitor, and report on cloud usage and spend across AWS and Azure environments
• Develop and maintain standardized cost allocation models using tagging, accounts, subscriptions, and cost centers
• Produce operational, leadership, and executive-level reporting on cloud spend, trends, and unit economics
• Own cloud cost forecasting processes and track variance against budgets and financial targets

Optimization & Rate Strategy

• Identify and drive optimization opportunities including:
• Rightsizing and workload optimization
• Reserved Instances, Savings Plans, and Azure Reservations
• Spot usage strategies where applicable
• Storage tiering and lifecycle optimization
• Identification and remediation of idle or orphaned resources
• Partner with cloud architects and engineering teams to prioritize and implement cost optimization initiatives
• Track realized vs potential savings using Fin Ops KPIs and maturity metrics

Governance, Budgeting & Controls

• Define and enforce Fin Ops governance standards including tagging policies, budget guardrails, and cost allocation rules
• Implement and manage anomaly detection and alerting for unexpected cost behavior
• Support audit readiness and financial controls related to cloud spend and governance
• Maintain oversight of cloud operating budgets across AWS and Azure

Business Value & Enablement

• Embed business value analysis into cloud demand and architectural decision-making
• Develop and support showback and chargeback models to reinforce cost ownership
• Translate cloud financial data into actionable insights for technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Educate engineering, product, and finance teams on Fin Ops best practices and cost-aware decision making

Tooling, Reporting & Data Enablement

• Leverage AWS Cost Explorer, AWS Budgets, Azure Cost Management, and Azure Advisor
• Evaluate and support cost allocation and reporting platforms as needed
• Collaborate with data and cloud engineering teams to centralize Fin Ops reporting, including Power BI dashboards
• Support ETL processes to normalize and aggregate AWS and Azure cost and usage data

Executive & Stakeholder Communication

• Prepare executive summaries, financial…