General information

Career area

Technology

Work Location(s)

500 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, MI, 601 S. Tryon Street, Charlotte, NC

Remote?

No

Ref #

12326

Posted Date

Friday, May 27, 2022

Working time

Full-time

Ally and Your Career

Ally Financial only succeeds when its people do - and that's more than some cliche people put on job postings. We live this stuff! We see our people as, well, people - with interests, families, friends, dreams, and causes that are all important to them. Our focus is on the health and safety of our teammates as well as work-life balance and diversity and inclusion. From generous benefits to a variety of employee resource groups, we strive to build paths that encourage employees to stretch themselves professionally. We want to help you grow, develop, and learn new things. You're constantly evolving, so shouldn't your opportunities be, too?

The Opportunity

At Ally, you get a startup feel, but experience the benefits of a company that's worked out the kinks and is fulfilling its purpose. We're always evolving and see that as a good thing. From owning our work to seeing its impact in the real world, our team is relentless in finding new ways technology can help make experiences better and help people. We are problem solvers, we value diverse thinking, we support one another, and we challenge ourselves to think bigger in the journey to deliver customer-obsessed tech solutions.

The Cloud FinOps Manager has a strong background or interest in building successful developer-facing products and has expertise to work with various teams for enterprise-wide transformations involving Cloud Service Providers. They will be responsible for Cloud Financial oversight and coordination of various activities to develop product roadmaps and drive desired outcomes within the cloud governance function with a focus on spend transformation and cost optimization.

The Work Itself

• Create metrics, reports and recommend remediation options, plans for financial excellence in the cloud
• Engage regularly with various stakeholders to educate on Cloud Cost financials and enable to make most cost-efficient choices on the Cloud Platform
• Develop and deploy solutions leveraging serverless components hosted on AWS cloud technology to provide insightful reporting
• Deliver end to end solutions including Planning, Design, Development, and Testing
• Perform analysis, create decks and present regular operational reviews to leadership
• Contribute educational content and tutorials to advocate financial acumen and effective cloud resource management
• Lead a team of engineers to support development and deployment of new features in the Cloud FinOps space
• Lead and own the agile delivery process, and as part of that help size stories and own, research and recommend new solutions
• Provide actionable insights to various stakeholders to help optimize their cloud costs
• Being passionate about your work, your teammates' success, and our customers' needs

The Skills You Bring

• Preferable Certifications: AWS certified cloud developer or relevant certifications
• Deep understanding of cloud-based services usage and pricing
• Knowledge of financial principles and business analytics
• Expert knowledge (5+ years) of application and AWS (cloud) architecture and related technologies
• Comfortable building solutions as an individual and as a leader of others concurrently
• Excellent technical documentation capabilities (e.g., data models, process diagrams, high level designs)
• Strategic thinking abilities and an enterprise-wide perspective
• Automation and Scripting (Python, Bash, Groovy, etc.)
• Ability to analyze and produce meaningful insights from large datasets

It's not expected that any single candidate would fulfill all these characteristics. For instance, we have wonderful team members who are really focused on their customers' needs and building continuously available environments, but didn't work on banking systems before joining Ally. We encourage you to apply if you're interested in this Cloud FinOps Manager role!

How We'll Have Your Back

Ally's compensation program offers market-competitive base pay and pay-for-performance incentives (bonuses) based on achieving personal and company goals. But Ally's total compensation - or total rewards - extends beyond your paycheck and is designed to support and enrich your personal and professional life, including:

• Time Away: competitive holiday and flexible paid-time-off, including time off for volunteering and voting.
• Planning for the Future: plan for the near and long term with an industry-leading 401K retirement savings plan with matching and company contributions, student loan and 529 educational assistance programs, tuition reimbursement, and other financial well-being programs.
• Supporting your Health & Well-being: flexible health and insurance options including dental and vision, pre-tax Health Savings Account with employer contributions and a total well-being program that helps you and your family stay on track physically, socially, emotionally, and financially.
• Building a Family: adoption, surrogacy, and fertility support as well as parental and caregiver leave, back-up child and adult/elder day care program and childcare discounts.
• Work-Life Integration: other benefits including LifeMatters® Employee Assistance Program, subsidized and discounted Weight Watchers® program and other employee discount programs.

Who We Are:

Ally Financial is a customer-centric, leading digital financial services company with passionate customer service and innovative financial solutions. We are relentlessly focused on "Doing it Right" and being a trusted financial-services provider to our consumer, commercial, and corporate customers. For more information, visit www.ally.com.

Ally is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, sex, religion, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy status, marital status, military or veteran status, genetic disposition or any other reason protected by law.

We are committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to applicants with physical or mental disabilities. For accommodation requests, email us at [email protected]. Ally will not discriminate against any qualified individual who is capable of performing the essential functions of the job with or without reasonable accommodation.

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