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Team Overview
The GTDA FinOps Strategy, Governance & Value Realization team sits at the intersection of technology, business, and finance. The team partners across Cloud Engineering, Product Engineering, Platform Engineering, Finance, and business leadership to improve cost transparency, capacity planning, optimization accountability, and investment value realization. Its mission is to build trusted reporting, governance standards, and decision-ready insights that help TransUnion manage cloud and infrastructure spend more effectively while enabling sustainable technology growth This is a hybrid position and involves regular performance of job responsibilities virtually as well as in-person at an assigned TU office location for a minimum of two days a week.Role Overview And Core Responsibilities
- Build and maintain cloud, AI, and infrastructure cost dashboards for leadership, engineering, finance, and business stakeholders.
- Analyze cloud spend, infrastructure usage, capacity trends, cost variances, and optimization opportunities.
- Translate technical cost and capacity data into business and financial insights that support executive decision-making.
- Produce monthly reporting inputs, executive scorecards, and governance materials for cloud and AI economics.
- Develop capacity utilization reporting across cloud compute, storage, database, network, server, VMware, middleware, and related infrastructure domains.
- Consolidate demand signals from engineering and business teams into a forward-looking view of capacity requirements.
- Support performance and capacity analysis by working with application and platform owners on right-sizing, configuration, query/index optimization, and infrastructure improvement opportunities.
- Track cloud commitments, reservations, savings plans, committed-use discounts, GPU utilization, and other capacity or consumption-based economics.
- Manage the optimization pipeline from opportunity intake through prioritization, implementation, and Finance-validated value realization.
- Identify spend accountability gaps and help route ownership to the appropriate engineering, product, platform, or business teams.
- Support the FinOps governance calendar, ensuring operational changes align with finance close, forecasting, budgeting, and planning cycles.
- Partner cross-functionally across technology, business, and finance teams to improve cost transparency, accountability, and measurable outcomes.
Required Knowledge And Experiences
- Experience in cloud financial management, capacity planning, IT finance, infrastructure reporting, or a related analytical field.
- Working understanding of enterprise infrastructure including server, storage, network, virtualization (VMware), database, middleware, and common operating systems.
- Solid understanding of infrastructure and business capacity planning, with demonstrated reporting and performance analysis skills.
- Working knowledge of public cloud platforms — GCP and/or AWS — including cloud cost fundamentals such as committed-use discounts, savings plans, tagging, and resource lifecycle.
- Proficiency in Google BigQuery for querying and analyzing cloud cost and usage datasets.
- Strong analytical skills with proficiency in reporting and analysis tools including Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint; experience with cloud cost tooling such as Harness CCM is a plus.
- Experience building capacity utilization reports across storage, server, VMware, database, and network infrastructure domains.
- Ability to manage current usage statistics and develop projected growth estimates from business demand signals.
- Clear, professional written and verbal communication skills — able to translate complex infrastructure and cost data into actionable insights for audiences at all levels.
- Proven ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment with multiple priorities and competing deadlines.
- Self-starter who works well independently and collaborates effectively within a cross-functional team.
- The ability to socialize ideas, make recommendations, and gather team consensus to move initiatives forward.
GOOD TO HAVE
- Familiarity with FinOps principles and frameworks — FinOps Foundation certification (FOCP or equivalent) is a plus.
- Scripting or automation skills such as VBA, PowerShell, or SQL to improve reporting efficiency.
- Experience with Splunk or similar observability/analytics platforms for infrastructure performance analysis.
- Experience integrating cloud economics data into financial planning workflows such as forecasting, budgeting, or chargeback/showback.
- Background supporting a federated or matrixed technology organization.
- Familiarity with workflow and ticketing systems such as JIRA or ServiceNow/Remedy.
- Experience with AI/ML or GPU infrastructure cost reporting and governance.
TransUnion Overview:
At TransUnion, we encourage and are committed to creating a real, positive impact and shared sense of purpose within our Workforce for Good, which empowers our people to grow, innovate and contribute to a better future for our communities and customers. We strive to build an environment where our associates are in the driver’s seat of their professional development— while having access to help along the way. We recognize that success comes when our associates thrive both professionally and personally; that’s why we prioritize work/life flexibility and offer resources for our teams across the globe to collaborate and drive excellence.
Be a part of our Workforce for Good – you’ll work with great people, pioneering products and cutting-edge technology.
TransUnion Job Title
Consultant, Strategic Planning
Skills Required
- Experience in cloud financial management, capacity planning, IT finance, infrastructure reporting, or a related analytical field
- Working understanding of enterprise infrastructure, including servers, storage, networks, virtualization, databases, middleware, and operating systems
- Understanding of infrastructure and business capacity planning, reporting, and performance analysis
- Working knowledge of GCP and/or AWS cloud platforms and cloud cost fundamentals
- Proficiency in Google BigQuery for querying and analyzing cloud cost and usage datasets
- Proficiency with Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint for reporting and analysis
- Experience building capacity utilization reports across storage, server, VMware, database, and network infrastructure domains
- Ability to develop projected growth estimates from usage statistics and business demand signals
- Clear professional written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment with multiple priorities and deadlines
- Ability to work independently and collaborate within cross-functional teams
- Ability to socialize ideas, make recommendations, and build consensus
- Harness CCM experience
- FinOps principles or FinOps Foundation certification, such as FOCP
- Scripting or automation experience with VBA, PowerShell, or SQL
- Experience with Splunk or similar observability and analytics platforms
- Experience integrating cloud economics data into forecasting, budgeting, or chargeback/showback workflows
- Experience supporting a federated or matrixed technology organization
- Familiarity with JIRA or ServiceNow/Remedy
- Experience with AI/ML or GPU infrastructure cost reporting and governance
What the Team is Saying
TransUnion Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Healthcare Strength — The package includes day-one medical coverage with multiple plan options, HSA/FSA, dental, vision, disability resources, and robust mental-health support (therapy, coaching, EAP).
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Parental & Family Support — Offerings include 12 weeks of paid parental leave with a gradual return, adoption and caregiver assistance, dependent-care FSA, Care@Work, and recognition for inclusive family benefits such as subsidized childcare and fertility reimbursement.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Flexible time off, 10 paid holidays, two global wellness days, and paid volunteer time indicate a broad time-off program.
TransUnion Insights
What We Do
TransUnion is a global information and insights company that makes trust possible by ensuring that each consumer is reliably and safely represented in the marketplace. We do this by having an accurate and comprehensive picture of each person. This picture is grounded in our legacy as a credit reporting agency which enables us to tap into both credit and public record data; our data fusion methodology that helps us link, match and tap into the awesome combined power of that data; and our knowledgeable and passionate team, who stewards the information with expertise, and in accordance with local legislation around the world. Because of our work, organizations can better understand consumers in order to make more informed decisions, and earn their trust through great, personalized experiences, and the proactive extension of the right opportunities, tools and offers. In turn, consumers can be confident that their data identities will result in the opportunities they deserve. We make trust possible, so businesses and consumers can transact with confidence and achieve great things. We call this Information for Good®—it’s our purpose, and what drives us every day.
Why Work With Us
Our culture is welcoming, energetic and innovative. There’s an overall synergy that flows throughout TransUnion, creating a sense of unity in knowing that we’re all working to achieve the same overall goal. We’re dedicated to providing opportunities for our people to get involved and stay connected with their colleagues across the globe.
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