Cloud FinOps Analyst
Vacancy at a glance
- Employer
- Shoprite
- Location
- Cape Town, Western Cape
- Pay or stipend
- Not provided in listing
- Closing date
- 27 Oct 2026
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Overview
The Cloud FinOps Analyst is responsible for monitoring, analysing, and optimising cloud expenditure across the organisation's multi-cloud environment to ensure cost-effective consumption of technology services. Works closely with engineering, architecture, finance, procurement, and business stakeholders to provide cost transparency, financial insights, budgeting support, forecasting, and governance that enable informed decision-making. Takes the lead on identifying cost optimisation opportunities, driving consumption accountability, and implementing FinOps best practices across cloud platforms.
Requirements
- Diploma / Degree in Finance, Accounting, Information Systems, Computer Science, Business Analytics or related field – (essential)
- +5 years’ experience in cloud cost management, FinOps, financial analysis, business analysis, reporting, data analytics, cloud operations or a related technology finance environment – (essential)
- FinOps Certified Practitioner or equivalent FinOps training – (desirable)
- Cloud fundamentals certification such as AWS Cloud Practitioner, Azure Fundamentals or equivalent – (desirable)
- Data analysis or reporting training using Excel, Power BI or similar analytics tools – (advantageous)
- Experience analysing cloud consumption, billing data, budgets, forecasts and cost trends – (essential)
- Experience using cloud cost management tools such as AWS Cost Explorer, Azure Cost Management, native cloud billing tools or equivalent platforms – (essential)
- Working knowledge of cloud services, pricing constructs, tagging, cost allocation, resource utilisation and optimisation levers – (essential)
- Strong data analysis and reporting capability using Excel, Power BI, SQL or similar tools – (essential)
- Experience working with Technology, Finance, Procurement, Engineering or business stakeholders to support cost visibility and decision-making – (essential)
- Exposure to budgeting, forecasting, chargeback, showback or financial governance processes – (advantageous)
- Experience in a retail, technology or large enterprise environment – (advantageous)
- Ability to develop clear cloud cost dashboards, executive insights and actionable recommendations for technical, finance and senior business stakeholders – (essential)
Responsibilities
- Lead advanced analysis and reporting on cloud usage, cost trends and key cost drivers across cloud platforms and services
- Evaluate cloud consumption, spend patterns, anomalies and budget variances using available cloud cost management tools and reporting data
- Develop cloud cost reports and dashboards that provide stakeholders with clear visibility of cost, usage, allocation and optimisation opportunities
- Interrogate cloud billing data to identify cost drivers, unused resources, under-utilised services, over-provisioned capacity and material optimisation opportunities
- Translate cloud cost data into actionable insights and recommendations that guide Cloud, Engineering, Finance and business decision-making
- Drive cloud cost optimisation and financial governance practices
- Prioritise and track optimisation actions such as rightsizing, scheduling, storage optimisation, reserved capacity, savings plans and decommissioning of unused resources
- Govern tagging, cost allocation and showback practices to strengthen financial accountability across teams, products, projects and cost centres
- Measure optimisation progress and realised savings against agreed targets, budgets and business expectations
- Lead cloud budgeting, forecasting and stakeholder reporting
- Advise Finance and Technology stakeholders on cloud budget tracking, forecasting inputs and variance explanations
- Deliver timely reporting on cloud spend against budget, forecast, project, product or service area requirements
- Shape insights for cost reviews, governance forums and decision-making discussions
- Influence cross-functional teams to embed FinOps ways of working
- Partner with Cloud, Engineering, Architecture, Finance, Procurement and business stakeholders to promote responsible cloud usage and cost accountability
- Embed FinOps standards, reporting routines, cost management processes and cloud financial governance practices across relevant teams
- Enhance FinOps reporting, cost allocation, tagging, budgeting and optimisation practices to improve cloud financial management maturity
- Facilitate FinOps reviews, communities of practice and continuous improvement activities that strengthen cloud cost visibility and accountability
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