Senior Finops Analyst
Company Summary
First American (India) is a GCC (Global Capability Center) of the First American Financial Corporation (NYSE: FAF) family of companies. FAI is a proud member of the FORTUNE 500 companies and has been amongst the Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For® list for eight consecutive years. First American Financial Corporation provides comprehensive title insurance, closing/settlement, property data and technology solutions. First American (India) creates quality solutions for its customers by combining software, back office, and knowledge processing operations to fulfill First American's business requirements. Our priorities are our employees, customers, and shareholders - in that order. First American (India) has been ranked amongst India's Best Companies To Work For™ 2023: Listed amongst the Top 100 by Great Place To Work® India, FAI is also certified Best Workplaces for Women and Workplace with Inclusive Practices. Software Services helps build First American's product suite that encompasses the best in class Title Insurance, Settlement and Mortgage solutions platforms. Leverages technology product stack across Microsoft platform predominantly to develop, enhance and maintain the best in class applications. The R & D division delivers solutions for the title insurance industry leveraging the best of NLP, AI and ML.Job Summary
Overview
A successful FinOps Analyst is analytical, detail-oriented, and comfortable working with both financial and technical data. They communicate clearly with diverse teams, translating cloud cost information into actionable insights. They are organized, curious, disciplined in tracking and reporting, and able to manage competing priorities. Strong problem-solving skills, accuracy in analysis, and a focus on continuous improvement are essential to perform effectively in the role.
Key Responsibilities
- Cloud Cost Analysis & Reporting: Monitor and analyze cloud spending across multiple platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP) to identify cost drivers, trends, and anomalies. Prepare detailed reports and dashboards for stakeholders.
- Optimization & Efficiency: Partner with engineering and product teams to recommend and implement cost-optimization strategies such as rightsizing, scheduling, reserved instances, savings plans, and storage optimization.
- Budgeting & Forecasting: Support cloud budget development, forecasting, and variance analysis. Provide insights into spending efficiency and assist in developing financial models for future growth.
- Governance Management: Contribute to the development of FinOps frameworks and standards to ensure transparency, accountability and efficiency across cloud environments.
- Collaboration & Enablement: Work cross-functionally with Finance, Procurement, and Cloud Operations teams to promote FinOps best practices, enabling teams to make data-driven cost decisions.
- Tooling & Automation: Leverage native and third-party tools to automate cost tracking, alerting, and reporting.
Qualifications
- Education: Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Computer Science, or a related field.
- Experience: 5+ years of experience in cloud cost management, FinOps or financial analysis.
- Technical Skills:
- Strong Excel and data visualization skills (Power BI, Tableau, or Grafana).
- Good understanding of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and cost management tools.
- Familiarity with data analysis tools (e.g., Python, SQL) is a plus.
- Certifications (Preferred): FinOps Certified Practitioner, AWS Cloud Practitioner, or similar.
- Soft Skills: Strong analytical mindset, communication, stakeholder management, and business acumen.
Success Indicators
- Reduction in unnecessary or underutilized cloud spend.
- Improved forecasting accuracy and budget adherence.
- Increased adoption of FinOps practices across engineering and finance teams.
- Enhanced transparency and accountability in cloud cost reporting.