Cloud FinOps Analyst (m/f/d) Porto

Cloud FinOps Analyst (m/f/d)
Porto
Porto, Porto District, Portugal

Kuehne+Nagel is driving a holistic approach to Business Value Optimization and Realization by leveraging public and private cloud services. Cloud Financial Management (CFM) constitutes one key axis in our global cloud value framework. It includes Fin
Ops and Dev
Fin
Ops activities to support our product development teams and stakeholder management.

Your Role

You will join as a member of our newly formed Cloud Value Engineering team (CVE) in our IT hub in Porto. The team is part of our global CCo
E / Cloud Business Office function, KN Cloud Office. From Porto, you will contribute to our distributed team across European IT hubs in Hamburg (Germany) and Tallinn (Estonia), as well as digital product development, operational services, and stakeholder management. Please note: The details below refer to the aggregated responsibilities and skills of the CVE team in the CFM domain. These are distributed among individual team members according to personal profile and experience. As a common characteristic, CVE team members are driving towards embedding individual aspects of CFM, such as
- related cost, into
- level TCO optimization and business value drivers for leverage in product innovation, application modernization, and application operation. In this way, the CVE team design extends traditional IT Controlling functions in terms of holistic scope and proactive financial / cost optimization.

Your Responsibilities

• Cost Analysis and Optimization: Analyze cloud service spending at different levels, using CFM tools and methodologies. Identify cost optimization opportunities and provide input for strategic
  - making.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Collaborate with finance, infrastructure, and cloud provider teams to improve tools, integrate data flows, and align financial strategies with technical needs.
• Reporting and Monitoring: Monitor daily spending, prepare weekly and monthly reports, and present analyses for review, ensuring transparency and control of cloud costs.
• Fin
  Ops Strategies: Develop and implement cost optimization strategies, such as rightsizing, waste management, and leveraging discounts, tracking the progress and success of activities.
• Support and Consulting: Advise and support operational teams in implementing CFM controls and guardrails, and product development teams in Fin
  Ops/Dev
  Fin
  Ops activities, collaborating in the cost optimization of solutions.
• Business Analysis: Conduct business analyses to understand cost drivers, identify trends and opportunities, and provide insights for strategic
  - making related to the cloud.
• Financial Modeling: Develop financial models for cost projection, scenario analysis, and evaluation of return on investment (ROI) of cloud projects.
• Communication and Presentation: Communicate insights and recommendations clearly and effectively to different audiences, including technical, financial, and executive teams.

Your Skills and Experiences

• Technical Cloud Knowledge: Solid technical knowledge of cloud services (mainly AWS), including cost management tools, pricing models, discounts, and reports.
• Data Analysis: Ability to integrate and analyze financial data, using tools like Python, Marimo or Jupyter notebooks, Excel, SQL, and other query languages. Creation and maintenance of dashboards (e. g. , AWS Quick
  Sight).
• Financial Concepts: Understanding of financial concepts in the cloud, such as cost showback, cost attribution, rate optimization using eg Savings Plans, forecasting, and amortization.
• Communication and Presentation: Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to present information clearly and concisely.
• Analytical Thinking: Strong analytical and
  - solving skills, with a focus on identifying opportunities for improvement and optimization.
• Experience in Fin
  Ops/Dev
  Fin
  Ops: Experience in implementing Fin
  Ops and Dev
  Fin
  Ops practices, including Policy-as-Code and integration into delivery pipelines.
• Knowledge of Agile Methodologies: Familiarity with agile methodologies and ability to work in dynamic environments.

Good Reasons to Join

Your work has a direct impact on the future of logistics and IT. Your team is made up of experts who are shaping the IT industry in Portugal and around the world. We want you to feel comfortable in our working environment, where you will be dealing with different cultures. That is why we offer flexible working hours and the opportunity to work remotely. We value teamwork, continuous learning and diversity. Kuehne+Nagel offers you a
- made career with individual planning and team leaders who will support you in every way. On a personal level, we support you with a wide range of
- life balance options, supplementary health insurance and our EAP - Employee Assistant Program.