The role
As a Senior Cloud FinOps Analyst, you will play a key role in driving our FinOps practice at NEXT, with a primary focus on Microsoft Azure. You will help design and implement the financial governance policies, processes, and frameworks that ensure our cloud investments deliver maximum value and efficiency. Working alongside cross-functional engineering, DevOps, finance, and procurement teams, you will champion financial accountability and help shape the way we manage, optimise, and forecast our cloud footprint. To help you get started and succeed, NEXT offers a collaborative, supportive environment where you can develop your skills, share best practice, and help build a mature, forward-thinking cloud financial culture.
What You'll Take On:
Develop FinOps Frameworks: Help create and roll out practical cloud cost management policies, processes, and best practices across our cloud teams to support effective financial governance.
Drive Cost Optimisation: Identify and act on savings opportunities across Azure services through resource optimisation, rightsizing, and utilisation tracking to ensure maximum efficiency.
Collaborate Cross-Functionally: Partner closely with Cloud Engineers, DevOps, Finance, and Procurement to integrate FinOps principles into everyday workflows and promote transparent cloud usage.
Build Clear Dashboards & Reports: Design, manage, and maintain scalable Power BI dashboards and tabular data models to deliver clear spend visibility, trends, and actionable insights to key stakeholders.
Lead Forecasting & Budgeting: Work with finance and product teams to establish Azure cloud budgets, track consumption, and produce accurate forecasts to keep spend aligned with financial goals.
Promote Financial Awareness: Conduct interactive training sessions and workshops to equip teams with the skills and knowledge needed to take ownership of their cloud spend.
Assess FinOps Maturity: Carry out periodic assessments of our FinOps maturity to identify areas for improvement and continuously evolve our cloud financial management practices.
What You'll Bring:
FinOps Certification: A recognised FinOps Foundation certification (such as FinOps Certified Practitioner) and a strong understanding of core FinOps principles and value realisation.
Azure & FinOps Tooling Expertise: Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Azure services (including Azure Cost Management, Reserved Instances, and Azure Advisor) alongside familiarity with tools like Infracost.
Data Analysis & Visualisation: Advanced proficiency in Power BI, Google Sheets, tabular data modelling, and semantic models to transform complex spend data into clear, actionable reports.
Automation & Scripting Skills: Proficiency with scripting tools like PowerShell to build custom reporting and automate routine cost monitoring tasks.
Cross-Functional Collaboration: Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with a knack for working alongside technical and non-technical teams to align spending with operational goals.
Analytical & Organised Mindset: Great attention to detail, strong problem-solving capabilities, and a practical approach to building financial governance and budget forecasts.
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- 25% off most NEXT, MADE*, Lipsy*, Gap* and Victoria's Secret* products (*when purchased through NEXT)
- Company performance based bonus
- Sharesave scheme
- On-site Nursery available; OFSTED outstanding in all areas
- 10% off most partner brands & up to 15% off Branded Beauty
- Early VIP access to sale stock
- Access to fantastic discounts at our Staff Shops
- Restaurants with great food at amazing prices
- Access a digital GP and other free health and wellbeing services
- Free on-site parking
- Financial Wellbeing - Save, track and enhance your financial wellbeing
- Apprenticeship - Grow and develop on the job whilst gaining a qualification
- Direct to Work - Discount online and instore, collect your items the next day for free from your place of work or local store
- Support Networks - Access to Network Groups to empower and celebrate each other
- Wellhub - Discounted flexible monthly gym memberships, with apps, PT sessions and more
Skills Required
- Recognized FinOps Foundation certification, such as FinOps Certified Practitioner
- Strong understanding of FinOps principles and value realization
- Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Azure services, including Azure Cost Management, Reserved Instances, and Azure Advisor
- Familiarity with Infracost
- Advanced proficiency in Power BI
- Proficiency with Google Sheets
- Experience with tabular data modeling and semantic models
- Proficiency with PowerShell or similar scripting tools
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills
- Strong analytical, organizational, problem-solving, and attention-to-detail skills
What We Do
BD is one of the largest global medical technology companies in the world and is advancing the world of health by improving medical discovery, diagnostics and the delivery of care. The company supports the heroes on the frontlines of health care by developing innovative technology, services and solutions that help advance both clinical therapy for patients and clinical process for health care providers. BD and its 65,000 employees have a passion and commitment to help improve patient outcomes, improve the safety and efficiency of clinicians’ care delivery process, enable laboratory scientists to better diagnose disease and advance researchers’ capabilities to develop the next generation of diagnostics and therapeutics. BD has a presence in virtually every country and partners with organizations around the world to address some of the most challenging global health issues. By working in close collaboration with customers, BD can help enhance outcomes, lower costs, increase efficiencies, improve safety and expand access to health care. In 2017, BD welcomed C. R. Bard and its products into the BD family. For more information on BD, please visit bd.com.
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