Position: Commercial Analyst (Cloud)
Datacom Location: Melbourne only.
Our Why
Datacom works with organisations and communities across Australia and New Zealand to make a difference in people’s lives and help them to use the power of tech to innovate and grow.
About the Role (Your Why)
The Cloud Commercial Analyst is a key contributor to Datacoms Cloud Financial Management (FinOps) Practice. This role focuses on administration and coordination of billing for our Public Cloud vendors, supporting customers with billing queries and understanding their Cloud costs and usage patterns, and helping us continuously improve our customers billing experience. If you’re looking to begin your FinOps career journey this role is a perfect place to start.
Our office is based in Melbourne. We like to bring people together in person when we can, but we are mindful of the benefits of working from home for work/life balance. We therefore leave it to you and the team you join to figure out what works best!
** Note that only Australian citizens and residents can be considered for this position **
What You’ll Do
The Cloud Commercial Analyst is responsible for (but not limited to):
- Compiling and validating Public Cloud billing data and coordinating with finance teams to generate invoicing and financial performance reporting
- Conducting public cloud spend and utilisation analyses to formulate reports providing historical analysis and trend forecasts
- Managing the continuous improvement of billing and reporting processes with the support of the Cloud Financial Management team
- Attend and contribute to customer meetings and workshops reviewing and refining reporting
- Building and maintaining detailed knowledge of Public Cloud commercials and products
- Creating training processes and documentation
We are a pretty agile company and are keen to respond to customer, technology and internal stakeholders’ changing requirements and this can mean we evolve in our roles to meet those needs.
What You’ll Bring
Essential:
- 4+ years of related business operations experience, particularly with managing billing and financial data
- Microsoft Office Suite (Word and PowerPoint and particularly with using Excel with pivot tables, power query and extracting insights from complex data)
- Basic understanding of accounting processes and P&L management
- Knowledge of commercial contracts, relevant to Datacom’s industry
- Conceptual understanding of Public Cloud services and associated financial constructs
- Effective presentation skills with the ability to connect technical and financial information in meaningful ways
Desirable:
- Understanding of (and certifications in) Public Cloud Concepts (AWS and Azure)
- Experience with NetSuite and Power BI
- Experience with SaaS, LaaS or PaaS products
- Experience with Cloud FinOps or FinOps certifications
- Accounting or other financial services certifications
Why Join Us Here at Datacom?
Datacom is one of Australia and New Zealand’s largest suppliers of Information Technology professional services. We have managed to maintain a dynamic, agile, small business feel that is often diluted in larger organisations of our size. It's our people that give Datacom its unique culture and energy that you can feel from the moment you meet with us.
We care about our people and provide a range of perks such as social events, chill-out spaces, remote working, flexi-hours and professional development courses to name a few. You’ll have the opportunity to learn, develop your career, connect and bring your true self to work. You will be recognised and valued for your contributions and be able to do your work in a collegial, flat-structured environment.
We operate at the forefront of technology to help Australia and New Zealand’s largest enterprise organisations explore possibilities and solve their greatest challenges, so you will never run out of interesting new challenges and opportunities.
We want Datacom to be an inclusive and welcoming workplace for everyone and take pride in the steps we have taken and continue to take to make our environment fun and friendly, and our people feel supported.
Top Skills
What We Do
Datacom is Australasia's largest home-grown tech company. Drawing on the experience of over 6500 staff in 24 locations around the globe, we work with a full range of clients, from small start-ups through to government agencies and multinational corporations, to explore and extract the hidden value in their systems.
We bring together over half a century of know-how, the right technology and the knowledge and creativity of our people, to deliver sustainable solutions to our customers’ greatest challenges.
With our team of dedicated professionals, we work with leading partners to deliver the solutions that are right for our customers – that solve their issues and enhances their businesses.
We design, build and run IT systems and processes across operations, cybersecurity, cloud, digital platforms, payroll and enterprise applications. We deliver customer care services and operate mission-critical infrastructure with best-in-class data centre facilities – Datacom delivers on the promise: practical imagination.
