Senior Financial Analyst - Cloud

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Job Summary
This role is responsible for driving AWS cloud cost optimization and improving cloud margins across CentralSquare’s SaaS product portfolio. Operating within the Finance organization with a strong FinOps orientation, the analyst will be deeply hands-on – identifying, tracking, and executing cost reduction initiatives in partnership with Cloud and Development teams. The ideal candidate brings a finance foundation combined with genuine technical aptitude: comfort navigating AWS billing data, working with large datasets, and engaging directly with engineering teams to translate cost drivers into actionable savings. This person will serve as a key contributor to cloud margin reporting, savings tracking, and the cultural shift toward cost-aware development practices across the organization.

Job Duties Include:
• Own and manage the AWS cloud cost savings tracker, monitoring initiative progress against budget targets across Cloud Team and Development-Dependent workstreams.
• Analyze AWS Cost and Usage Reports (CUR) and billing data to identify optimization opportunities.
• Build and maintain cloud margin reporting by product line, partnering with Accounting and Engineering to ensure AWS cost allocations are accurate and tied to revenue-generating services.
• Partner with development teams to build cost awareness into the engineering culture – translating how code and architecture decisions (instance sizing, data transfer patterns, storage tiers, etc.) drive AWS spend.
• Evaluate and manage AWS commitment instruments (Reserved Instances, Savings Plans) – monitoring coverage, utilization, and identifying stranded or expiring commitments as the environment evolves.
• Design and maintain dashboards and other data visualizations that surface cloud cost trends, savings performance, and margin data to finance and executive stakeholders.
• Respond to ad-hoc requests for cloud cost analysis and reporting; build reusable queries and models that reduce manual effort over time.
• Key contributor on cross-functional and companywide financial analysis initiatives.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance, Information Systems, or a related field required.
• Minimum of 4-6 years of experience in financial analysis, with at least 2 years in a cloud cost management, FinOps, or cloud finance capacity; direct experience with AWS billing and cost optimization strongly preferred.
• Software or SaaS company experience strongly preferred; familiarity with cloud-hosted product cost structures and gross margin economics is a significant plus.
• Hands-on experience with AWS cost tooling highly desirable: AWS Cost Explorer, Cost and Usage Reports (CUR), Trusted Advisor, Compute Optimizer, or equivalent third-party FinOps platforms (CloudHealth, Apptio Cloudability, etc.).
• Strong data skills - the ability to work with high-volume datasets in Excel, SQL, or Python to extract meaningful cost insights is essential.
• Technical aptitude is a meaningful differentiator – candidates with hands-on AWS experience (console navigation, tagging strategy, resource rightsizing), scripting ability (Python, SQL), or prior work in a DevOps or cloud engineering-adjacent role will stand out; experience leveraging AI tools to accelerate analysis is a plus.